Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has backed headteachers driving to pick up absent pupils in the morning, amid a crisis in kids no longer attending school post-Covid.
Speaking to Sky News, Ms Keegan was asked whether such anecdotes are a ‘good use’ of teachers’ time.
“I think it’s a good thing to have all kids in school… it’s not what we want headteachers to be doing all their days but to be honest right now if that works to get somebody in school it’s worth it.
“We all have to play our part, and I actually have a number of headteachers who work with me on policy and they say ‘sometimes you just have to do that’, sometimes you just have to go, or you text the parent in the morning,”
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