{"id":83847,"date":"2023-06-16T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-ghost-children-problem-why-so-many-are-still-missing-school\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T08:00:14","slug":"the-ghost-children-problem-why-so-many-are-still-missing-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-ghost-children-problem-why-so-many-are-still-missing-school\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018ghost children\u2019 problem: Why so many are still missing school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/80giuD7OkYU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The \u2018ghost children\u2019 problem: Why so many are still missing school\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80giuD7OkYU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Since the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of children in England haven&#8217;t returned to school.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re known as &quot;ghost children&quot; &#8211; and in the first term of this year, more than 125,000 children were out of school more than in school, a figure that&#8217;s doubled since the pandemic.  <\/p>\n<p>On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Nick Martin, Sky&#8217;s people and politics correspondent, who has been investigating what is stopping pupils from returning to class, and Conservative MP Flick Drummond to discuss how to stop children from falling through the cracks.  <\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/an-urgent-national-crisis-the-number-of-children-skipping-school-soars-12903220<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews <\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps:<br \/>\nApple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8<br \/>\nAndroid https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/<\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are also available in German here\/Hier k\u00f6nnen Sie au\u00dferdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHYg31l2xrF-Bj859nsOfnA <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of children in England haven&#8217;t returned to school. 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