WHILE millions of British schoolchildren returned to the classroom this September after six months at home, hundreds of thousands of chairs still sit empty. They show the harrowing reality the Covid pandemic has wreaked on our nation’s children – with some vulnerable youngsters having vanished from schools altogether. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates Though many pupils are temporarily missing from the classroom due to self-isolation or coronavirus infection, a hidden generation of children are in danger of becoming ‘lost’ for good. While some parents are keeping their kids at home over health fears – or in some worrying cases, to avoid scrutiny by keeping their children out of sight – fed-up teens are choosing to drop out of education altogether. One 17-year-old said: “I’ve just given up, I used to love working, I just struggle to motivate myself, what’s the point?”Groomed by drug gangs Some of these youngsters have now swapped lessons for shuttling Class A drugs across the UK after being lured in by ‘county lines’ gangs. Others face domestic or sexual abuse, neglect, or getting embroiled in knife crime. “I am getting more calls this year from parents whose sons or… Read full this story
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