They're missing school because of 'social struggles'
Some pupils’ struggles with the social side of school may be contributing to an “alarming” drop in attendance in Leeds, it’s been suggested.
Leeds City Council, which governs most local schools that are neither academies or free schools, said there was “work to be done” across the education sector to reverse the trend.The problem was discussed at a meeting of the council’s children and young people scrutiny board on Wednesday. Local Labour councillor and qualified teacher Jools Heselwood suggested a lot of pupils are unable to “cope with a full school environment”.
“These children are often perfectly capable of passing their exams and taking on the academic side of school, but they can’t cope with that environment. That’s something that’s been raised on the doorstep with me.” Fellow Labour councillor Caroline Gruen described the non-attendance figures as a whole as “alarming”. The council’s chief officer for learning and improvement, Dave Clark, said school attendance would generally be expected to be at “96 per cent plus”.
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