Parents will be fined if they don't send children back to school in September
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcompulsory for children to return to school for the new academic year. Now Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed that families will be penalised if they don't follow the rules.He told LBC radio: “It is going to be compulsory for children to return back to school unless there’s a very good reason, or a local spike where there have had to be local lockdowns.“We do have to get back into compulsory education as part of that, obviously fines sit alongside that.“Unless there is a good reason for the absence then we will be looking at the fact that we would be imposing fines on families if they are not sending their children back.”He says the government is still consulting on how to get children back to school and said a detailed plan.
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