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Eleanor Busby

One in 10 pupils skipping school due to feeling ‘unsafe’

A new review found that a quarter of pupils felt only fairly safe or not safe at school in the last six months.

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One in 10 pupils reported missing school recently because they felt unsafe, research suggests.

In a class of 30 pupils, this could mean between three pupils missed lessons “for safeguarding reasons”, according to the report from The Key, a support service for schools, and survey provider Edurio.

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