Anna Maxwell Martin calls for end to ‘cruel, idiotic’ fines for school absence
Friday 21st March 2025
Exclusive: actor says experience of school refusal showed her more compassion is needed, not exclusions
The actor Anna Maxwell Martin, best known for TV shows including Motherland, Line of Duty and Ludwig, has called for more compassion for families struggling with school refusal, and a scrapping of fines for non-attendance.
A single mother of two teenage daughters, she has previously spoken out about the challenges she has experienced navigating the special educational needs system in England’s schools, describing the process as “impossible” and “brutalising”.
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