An evaluation of the views of secondary staff towards school attendance issues

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-324

  Reid, Ken ^a  

^a Swansea Institute of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745425843     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980600775557     Document Type: Article

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