BBC – Sean Coughlan
“”No nonsense and no excuses.” That’s the message that you keep hearing from staff at Co-op Academy Manchester. There is also a very direct approach from the school’s attendance team. Even if a parent rings to say their child is poorly, there could still be a knock on the door to check out the story. Jenny Robey, the school’s attendance manager, says she might be halfway up the stairs of a house where a child is supposedly off sick when the parent will admit that “she’s really in Tenerife.” (more)