FOI Request - Internal Truancy

Request 101003848858

I would like to request the following information.

1. All recorded instances of ‘internal truancy’ within schools over the past three years, (internal truancy being incidents of pupils not being in class but elsewhere within the school campus),
a) Broken down by:
i) Year
ii) School

b) And including:
i) Any details recorded (excluding anything which may break GDPR)
ii) Action taken by the school

Response 30-09-2025

The information requested is not held centrally in our Education Management Information System. To find the information officers would have to search through every pupil file individually. With thousands of pupil files, this task would cost the Council in excess of £600 of staff time. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost), we are therefore unable to comply with this request.