Home-working parents may be behind rise in school absence, Ofsted warns

Skipping Fridays appears to be part of unorthodox schooling' trend in England since pandemic, says report

Parents who have been working from home since the pandemic are keeping their children off school with them, the chief inspector of Ofsted has suggested.

Sir Martyn Oliver, who has launched his first annual report on education and children's social care in England, said the trend could be seen in lower attendance figures on Fridays.