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Warrant issued for arrest of mum of truanting children - kids could go into care
Jun 29th, 2012
A mum could lose custody of her kids after failing to turn up at court over their persistent...
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Police get truants out of bed and take them to school by patrol car!
Jun 25th, 2012
Police officers are rousing truanting children from their slumber and driving them to school in a...
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Five-year-old girls let themselves out of school and walk home
Jul 6th, 2011
A five-year-old girl and her school friend let themselves out of school and walked back to one of...
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Term time holidays fuelling truancy rates
Mar 31st, 2011
Cheap term time holidays have been blamed for escalating truancy rates after Department for ...
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318 parents prosecuted for child truancy in one county alone
Jan 24th, 2011
More than 300 parents in the county of Essex have faced court hearings over their children's ...
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