Truancy falls 96% as church-school partnership lifts off

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  26 Aug 2024
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Truancy falls 96% as church-school partnership lifts off

Some of the team and pupils at Abersychan Comprehensive School. Source: John Funnel

Truancy has dropped by a staggering 96% after a Welsh evangelical church launched a new ‘learning hub’ with a nearby school.

The hub was opened in June by Noddfa Evangelical Church and Abersychan Comprehensive School and combines academic teaching and broader ‘Life Skills’. So far, 20 school pupils have registered with the hub.

Noddfa’s pastor, John Funnell, told en: ‘Within four weeks, internal truancy has dropped from over 600 missed lessons a week to just 25.’ That’s a drop of 95.8%.

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