According to an analysis of the charity Family Action's 69 local services, more than a quarter of "troubled families" experienced problems with truancy or exclusion from school.
A report by the charity is now calling on government to adopt a joined-up approach to tackling issues that children have at school, which it says are often the result of wider family problems, including an inability for parents to manage chronic child health conditions such as diabetes.
“A diagnosis of diabetes in teenagers can have a huge impact on their wellbeing and behaviour and needs to be managed by their family,” the report says. “Some families do not have the necessary resilience and resources to respond and need extra support.”
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