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fromIndependent
1 week ago

'I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel conflicted' - Irish parents on the true costs and savings of taking kids out of school for holidays

54% of Irish parents would remove children from school to save on holiday costs, prompting debate over acceptability and parental conflict between savings and schooling.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago
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The reasons behind the growing absences of autistic children from school

A third of autistic young people missed at least two weeks of school since September due to misunderstanding and lack of appropriate support.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
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One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September

One in six autistic pupils have not attended school this academic year, with mental health issues and unsuitable mainstream environments driving high absence rates.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

School absence a big factor in child mental illness in England, data shows

Our research shows that the more times a child is absent from school, the greater the probability that they will experience mental ill health, the authors, from Loughborough university and the ONS, concluded. The study, involving more than a million school-age children in England, found the relationship between absence and mental health was a two-way street, with lengthy absences increasing the likelihood of later hospital treatment.
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