Govt pays £2 million for parent advisers to cut truancy
Posted by Ellee on Jan 16, 2007 in Uncategorized | 14 comments See if this adds up. Truancy figures are at a record high, despite the government spending £900 million on tackling it. So they suggest keeping kids at school until they are 18, even though thousands of them refuse to stay there until 16. They already have the choice to stay until 18 if they wish. They are now spending £2 million in Norfolk to pioneer a new...read more
