The truth about truancy / Ben Whitney.
By: Whitney, Ben
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BookSeries: Kogan Page books for teachers series: Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 1994Description: 130 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0749414162 .Subject(s): School attendance -- Great Britain | School attendance -- Law and legislation -- Great BritainDDC classification: 371.295 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 371.295 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016625 |
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Presenting information from the perspective of the professional education welfare officer, the author provides a clear summary of UK law relating to truancy, and offers advice both on the new policies that schools and Education Authorities should adopt, and the role that teachers can play.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 'Always with us' -- The law on school attendance -- Truancy, tables and the truth -- Whole-school policies -- Education welfare in the 1990s -- Forward to the past?