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We haven't been able to take payment You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Act now to keep your subscription We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Your subscription is due to terminate We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account, otherwise your subscription will terminate. Sunday May 19 2024 A pupil for every secondary school classroom is missing most of their education, as record numbers of "ghost children" since the pandemic raise fears that thousands have given up on school. Ministers are under pressure to do more to get children back to school as they acknowledge a "massive challenge" of chronic absenteeism, with 1 in 12 secondary pupils absent from school more often than not in some parts of the country. The problem is most acute among vulnerable children, with one in ten secondary pupils in care missing most of their schooling, triple the rate of five years ago. A rise in mental illness and behavioural changes linked to the pandemic lockdowns are thought to be among the reasons that the number of children
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