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Daily Mirror
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Claire Barre & Sam Ormiston

Mum threatened with jail over school attendance record of anxious daughter, 14

A devastated mum claims she has been threatened with jail and a fine of up to £2,500 over her daughter’s poor school attendance record.

Nicola Giles, from Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, says her 14-year-old daughter who struggles with her mental health ‘dreads’ getting up for school each morning.

The 39-year-old claims that her daughter, who has suspected ADHD and has been referred to Children and Adult Mental Health Services, has been depressed and anxious over the last year.

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