'You have a duty of care': Parents warned not to take children out of school for holidays 

The number of children absent from school due to family holidays has skyrocketed post-pandemic.

The number of school days primary school children lost due to their parents taking them out of class during term to go on holidays stands at almost 360,000 days, almost three times higher than prior to the pandemic.

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