Truancy and exclusion less common
Truancy and exclusion from school become far more common in secondary school; meaning that many of the children most in need of the drugs education will be less likely to receive it.
In 2003/4, around 84 per cent of exclusions were from secondary school, the average age being 14. Of 9,880 exclusions from primary, secondary and special needs schools, 8,320 were from secondary school.

BBC website, ‘More children banned from schools’, 23 June 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4122408.stm
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