I'm concerned about the fact that my cousin's child, aged 12 seems to be constantly off School for one reason or another.
They have managed in the region of 3 or 4 full weeks since returning in September and I'm told by my cousin that attendance is around 70% overall which she thinks is fine. It's various reasons, some may be genuine, others an "illness" that requires a day or two off School but doesn't hinder other activities like meeting friends and football practice. Other times they are late up and it's "not worth bothering".
She seems to like him being home and is certainly complicit so these non-attendances are called in rather than unauthorised.
I'm concerned that he's missing so much learning and that she will get into trouble with the education authority, but she seems unconcerned.
At what point is this likely to be flagged up as a problem?