Survey reveals the most popular reason parents give for keeping children out of school
by Eleanor Busby
Mar 08, 2024
3 minutes
Parents are keeping their children at home becaus of disputes with schools, a headteachers’ union chief has warned.
A survey revealed that nearly a third (32%) of teachers and school leaders have experienced pupils being absent this academic year because of a parental dispute with the school.
The survey by the Teacher Tapp app asked 8,411 teachers and leaders in state schools in England in January what reasons they had been given for pupils missing school
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