Sentences with phrase «poor school attendance»

There have been less fines for poor school attendance than last year, despite the absence rate in state - funded schools increasing from 1.1 per cent to 1.3 per cent.

Murphy's analysis found that regular breakfast skipping was associated with poorer school attendance and tardiness, less verbal fluency, and more parent - and teacher - related behavior problems.

The White House announced Friday that it plans to tackle the problem of poor school attendance by connecting 1 million at - risk students with mentors over the next five years.

Breakfast skipping in children is also associated with poor memory, lower test scores and poor school attendance.

Dr Armstrong said children from disadvantaged backgrounds, or with disabilities such as autism, are most at risk of behaviours that lead to exclusion, poor school attendance or self - withdrawal from school.

Poor school attendance is cause for concern.

Summer learning loss, poor school attendance and inadequate school readiness are the three major reasons why children do not read at grade level.