“It is something he looks forward to all year long,” Julie says. So, when Julie called her son’s high school to report Ian being absent, she worried about what the school would say. The school’s ...

Poverty and disadvantage leading to school absence is then compounded by disconnection from peers, adverse mental health outcomes and risks of harms, unemployment and negative outcomes ...

In an article published by The University of Manchester’s policy engagement unit, Policy@Manchester, Professor Caroline Bond draws on findings from the latest Child of the North and Centre for ...

Poverty and disadvantage leading to school absence is then compounded by disconnection from peers, adverse mental health outcomes and risks of harms, unemployment and negative outcomes ...

The absence rates of Oxfordshire primary and secondary schools have been revealed for the past year. Figures from the Department for Education showed the best and worst absence rates for ...