Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says school absences are a “generational challenge” as the government announces it will deliver up to 300 new or expanded nurseries across England.
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00:00This is a real challenge that we face, one in five children who are regularly out of school.
00:04It's why last week I announced additional investment in attendance mentors in parts of the country
00:09where we're seeing some of the sharpest challenges around the numbers of children who are regularly not in school.
00:14This is a generational challenge that we face and we need to work together as schools, parents and government
00:21to make sure that children are in school regularly because failing to do so really does damage their life chances.