Truancy

latest truancy news and features

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  Judge orders teen truant to decide which of his parents goes to jail

  Mar 7th, 2013

  A judge has ordered a teenage truant to choose which of his parents should go to jail for failing...

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  10,000 parents convicted for children's truancy from school

  Jan 8th, 2013

  A whopping 10,000 parents were given criminal records in 2011 for their child’s truancy

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  Boy, 12, refuses to go to school - and his mum says he's 'too big' to force him

  Oct 18th, 2012

  As all parents know, it can be a struggle getting children up and ready to go to school in the...

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  Council apologises after telling schoolboy he would 'have to work harder in life' because...

  Sep 13th, 2012

  A council has apologised to a mother after her son was told by a truancy officer he would have to...

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  Do your children truant - or are they simply on holiday?

  Would you allow your child to truant from school? Of course you wouldn't. But what if truanting...

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  Teacher fined for sending daughter on holiday during term time

  Aug 2nd, 2012

  A mum who took her daughter on holiday during term-time – despite protests from the school – has...

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  Do you take your children on holiday in term time?

  As the last half term of the school year dawns and classes have so many empty chairs it looks like...

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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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