The ‘ghost children’ problem: why so many are still missing school

This Is Why

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Since the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of children in England haven't returned to school.

They’re known as “ghost children,” and in the first term of this year, more than 125,000 children were out of school more than in school, a figure that’s doubled since the pandemic.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Nick Martin, Sky’s People and Politics Correspondent who has been investigating what is stopping students from returning to class, and Conservative MP Flick Drummond to discuss how to stop children from falling through the cracks.

Producers: Sydney Pead and Soila Apparicio
Editor: Paul Stanworth

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0:00.0	You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you?
0:04.0	Fine, she'd say.
0:06.0	She clearly wasn't.
0:07.0	After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot.
0:11.0	Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college,
0:15.0	same skills but with new people, new challenges.
0:19.0	Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief.
0:23.2	Can't get a word in.
0:25.0	Give your skills new life.
0:26.6	Train others.
0:27.7	Search jobs in further education.
0:30.0	A safe trip begins with TRIP.
0:32.8	Take a road trip with your family.
0:34.8	Get there safely.
0:36.5	Do your trip checks
0:37.5	T drop up on island fuel
0:40.5	R rest every two hours to
0:43.2	I inspect your pressure and tread
0:45.8	Trip for the weather ahead
0:48.4	A safe trip begins with TRIP
0:51.4	A safe trip begins with TORRRR
0:55.4	Think, though the four trip checks before every long journey, National Highways
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