School staff tell focus groups they believe school system in England and Wales cannot deal with attendance crisis Teachers have so little belief in the importance of pupils’ full school attendance that they would take their own children on term time holidays if they could, staff have told a three...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/10/teachers-say-holidays-in-term-can-be-worth-more-than-time-in-school)