51 h. ago POLL: Should parents be fined for taking kids on holiday during term time?

Around half of parents say they cannot afford to take a holiday during the summer, with some families paying three times the cost of a break by booking during school holidays

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52 h. ago Age you can legally take your child out of school for a holiday during term

A petition campaigning for school absence penalty fees to be scrapped has gained momentum, with MPs in Parliament set for a debate on the issue that has troubled parents — but when can a child miss school?

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4 d. ago Can you leave a child home alone? The age you can legally leave your kids home alone ahead of summer holidays

Parents can be prosecuted if they leave a child at home and it places them at risk 🏡

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6 d. ago Parents say children are asking to miss school over ‘horror movie’ toilets

Around 10 per cent of parents say their child has asked to miss school over the issues

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8 d. ago Free school meals warning to parents ahead of benefit being given to half a million kids

Students who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically registered to ensure no child misses out, the Education Policy Institute has demanded in a report

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8 d. ago Suspected 'stabbing' near Scots primary school leaves child in hospital

Emergency services raced to Muir Road in Dumbarton, near Aitkenbar and St Peter's Primary School, after the alarm was raised at around 3.30pm on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago Holly Willoughby opens up about personal battle with dyslexia as a child

Holly Willoughby has opened up about her struggles with dyslexia as a child, admitting she was “always” making mistakes in school.

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9 d. ago Anger grows after boy, 8, was denied NHS care because he attends private school as top Tory blasts 'unfair, outrageous punishment of child'

Sir Jake Berry, who was Conservative Party Chairman, said the case was 'absolutely unfair', 'outrageous' and symptomatic of a 'failing system'.

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1 week ago Princess of Wales cuts a trendy figure in navy trouser suit as she visits buzzy V&A storehouse in east London

The princess' last public engagement was a ship-naming ceremony in Glasgow on May 22, after which she enjoyed the half-term holiday with her children.

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1 week ago Boss sparks fury over shocking response after employee's child injured himself in school

An employee was taken aback by her boss' response when she asked to work from home after her child was injured at school.

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1 week ago Fury grows over the NHS staff who are turning away sick private school pupils

Wes Streeting (pictured) was urged to 'act swiftly' yesterday after a child was denied vital treatment because he goes to a private school.

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1 week ago The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must faceIt was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead.Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives be...

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1 week ago Youth violence campaigner begs third Swinney summit 'cannot be another talking shop'

Vicky Donald, whose teenage daughter was attacked on a school bus, pleaded: "Let's hope another child doesn't die in between this summit and the next."

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1 week ago What is the legal minimum age kids can be left alone as summer holidays approach

The kids are about to be home for six weeks- but how old do they have to be for you to leave them by themselves?

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1 week ago Legal age parents can leave children alone as summer holidays approach and what NSPCC advises

Parents may be wondering if their child is ready to stay at home alone or go out unsupervised this summer

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1 week ago Kate Middleton's surprise omission when cheeky child asks who she is on school visit

During a royal outing to a primary school in Scotland, the Princess of Wales charmed the children in an honest yet unexpected response to a child asking who she was

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1 week ago The legal age children can be left home alone ahead of summer holidays

The NSPCC has issued guidance for parents considering leaving their children at home alone

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1 week ago Legal age for children to be left at home alone as summer approaches

As the summer holidays approach, many parents will be wondering if their child is old enough to be left home alone. The NSPCC has shared some guidance to help parents

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer vows to attack child poverty crisis after free school meals boost

Keir Starmer said expanding free school meals to more than half a million more pupils next year was a 'down payment' on the Governments plans to drive down child poverty

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2 w. ago Starmer describes free school meal expansion as ‘down payment’ on child poverty

Ministers have announced plans to expand free school meals to all pupils in England in families on universal credit from September 2026.

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