Many children’s ability to participate fully in school life is closely linked to the financial pressures facing their families, according to a joint report by Save the Children and Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People.
Learning Lessons: Young People’s Views on Poverty and Education in Scotland, which drew on the views of about 1,000 secondary pupils, also shows how children and young people can be stigmatised or bullied for being poor.
An overwhelming majority, 88 per cent, of the pupils who took part in the survey said that education was an essential factor in success in life, and that a lack of money influenced their decision-making.
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