| In the last academic year 696, 328 pupils truanted or were absent without permission, on average for 15 half days. |
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| Youngsters truanted for all sorts of reasons including bullying, domestic violence, family illness and basic issues like failing to do homework, she said. |
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| Campaigners claim that such a situation breeds truancy, and that in the past year 870 pupils truanted for 5,665 school days lost. |
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| We were able to maybe nip truancy in the bud for some young people who may have not truanted much before. |
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| By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. |
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| The bewildered boy truanted, stole and got expelled. |
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| The ECHO revealed last month how one in every nine primary schoolchildren in Liverpool truanted from school during last year. |
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| An estimated one in four school-aged offenders has truanted significantly. |
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