A school is waging war on absent children by sending teachers out on a 'battle bus' to knock on doors to get kids out of bed in the morning.
Staff at Cumberland Community School in east London make daily home visits to every child who does not have a legitimate reason for staying away.
Every morning after register staff are out in the school minibus, dubbed the 'battle bus'. Even if pupils have a note from a parent the school will still knock on the door if the child is regularly off sick.
If nobody answers then a teacher posts a note through the door and if parents do not provide a reason for the absence, the teacher doubles back for a visit later in the morning.
