Katherine Sangster: “This would help to gather data on absences so that targeted interventions can be made to support young people re-engage.”

Too many kids and families are being let down by an education system that doesn’t work for them.

These figures are deeply shocking. Far from keeping The Promise, progress for looked after children and young people is actually going in the backwards.

Scotland’s education system was one the envy of the world – but under the SNP, it has been allowed to decline.

The fact that the Government has not even brought these important figures before parliament shows that they have completely dropped the ball.