'Cheap Holiday' Parents to Blame for Truancy Rise ; Massive Increase in Absences
South Wales Echo › September 04, 2008
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PARENTS booking cheap family holidays during term-time have been blamed for a massive rise in children's primary school absences.
In the three years to 2006-07 the number of unauthorised absences in South Wales rose 27% to576,012,while in Cardiff alone it went upby43,407 to158,067 - another 27% rise.See the full content of this document
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'Cheap Holiday' Parents to Blame for Truancy Rise ; Massive Increase in Absences
Teaching leaders fear even more parents will take their children out of school as the cost of travel increases and the credit crunch bites harder.
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