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Primary school truants warning

PARENTS of primary schoolchildren were yesterday urged to do more to ensure they do not play truant or miss school as official figures revealed Wales has a worse attendance rate than England.

Primary schools across Wales have an absence rate of 6.9%, down from 7.5% in 2006 but higher than England (5.3%). Truancy is higher in Wales – 0.9% compared with 0.5% in England.

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