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Daily Mirror
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Kerry Ashdown & Reanna Smith

Mum slapped with £378 court bill as children 'ruling the roost' at home dodge school

A mum has been handed a £378 court bill after two children with "no respect" for their parents failed to attend school regularly.

The two children, who attend Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, missed a combined 149 days of school.

One of the children missed 116 days in total, while the other had 33 unauthorised absences.

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