London truancy crisis 'threatens to damage whole generation' experts warn

London schools are having to take unprecedented measures to tackle the truancy crisis that threatens to damage a generation of children, experts warned on Monday.

The Standard reveals the “monumental efforts” schools across the capital are making to bring children back to the classroom with it being the number one problem.

They include:

• Children at one academy chain being given pre-paid Oyster cards so that they can get to school.
• Police being sent to knock on the doors of children who are absent.
• Parents in some schools warned that letting their children stay at home is