Truancy jailing every two weeks – BBC News
“A parent is jailed for their child’s truancy once a fortnight every school term in England and Wales, analysis of court statistics shows.”
BBC News, 12th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: truancy
Breast cancer mother cleared of allowing son to truant – Daily Telegraph
“A mother fighting breast cancer has been cleared of failing to send her son to school after a court was told the teenager stayed at home to look after her.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Truancy: Number of parents jailed trebles – The Guardian
“The number of parents jailed for failing to stop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years, government figures show.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother is sentenced over truancy – BBC News
“A mother who claimed her daughter was too old and too big to be forced to go to school has been sentenced.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
