I hate to say it but stupid people breed stupid children; if parents are not intelligent enough to support schools, get their kids regularly attending schools and explain to their children the importance of an education to give them a better life then it’s more than an uphill battle.
Labour has thrown around £1 billion in initiatives to get attendance rates up and has only made modest gains. Some parents just resist any kind of punitive measures to get their kids into school and to actually take responsibility for them.
I think that schools do have a strong part to play in making learning interesting, inspiring teachers, dealing with bullying effectively, etc.
Also, when I was at school (during the Conservative years) once you got to choosing your options those children who were identified as not particularly hopeful academically were given the choice to study vocationally in such areas as farming, child care, carpentry / joinery, etc and had one day a week work experience during their study.
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