Jan also includes this bit of bollocks in her article.
Even so, how has it all come to this? Couldn’t a little common sense and goodwill have been shown by the local authorities? Not least because the Sutherland children have an excellent attendance record and are good pupils.
Whilst the father did claim before going to court that the kids had a good attendance record and worked hard in school when giving evidence under oath he said one of the kids and missed a lot of school and was getting into trouble at school so they had gone away on holiday to try and deal with it.
Jan also makes out it was the local authorities decision to prosecute when actually it is the DFE that has told schools that they have no option but to involve the courts.