Parents in Knowsley could get texts when children don’t show up at school under new plans revealed by the government today.
The borough is one of four areas chosen by the government for targeted support to tackle attendance rates in school.
Under the plans, an attendance mentor programme run by Barnados will be introduced into Knowsley as well as Doncaster, Stoke-on-Trent and Salford to work with persistently and severely absent children and their families.
