School absence fines and petition to group inset days together

Hear Cllr Bewick explain why national rules restrict headteacher discretion around penalties for parents who take children out of school during term time. He also sets out the council's response to a local petition to group inset days together. Pictured: Cllr Tom Bewick, Chair of the Children & Young People Committee, being interviewed by ITV Meridian outside Kings House about school absences