| Educational neglect occurs when a child is allowed to engage in chronic truancy, or is of mandatory school age but not receiving schooling. |
| With this truancy law at their disposal, teens and pre-teens are on the verge of absolute power. |
| Officials suggested some of the rise in truancy was due to headteachers getting tough, leading to more recorded cases. |
| It could be used in court at an application for a parenting order or during a prosecution for truancy. |
| It has unemployment levels at three times the national average and truancy rates run five times above average measures. |
| He also noted a rise in pupils staying away from school, although truancy rates remain largely constant. |
