With almost 15,000 children missing education, new research has shed light on the wide range of complex and often connected issues behind the statistics. It also calls for more to be done to stop these children slipping through the net. Pete Henshaw reports

Children missing education are vulnerable, often with tough family circumstances, SEN or mental health issues, perhaps at risk of falling into crime, or at risk of abuse or exploitation. Despite this, no national data is collected on these children and many are slipping through the cracks in the system.

A call has been made this week to change this situation after the publication of an in-depth report describing the huge range of family experiences that can lead to children dropping out of or missing education.

Children Missing Education has been produced by the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) with funding from Lankelly Chase and is calling for better local and national data collection.

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