"(Truancy Call) has had a dramatic effect reducing the number of unauthorised absences from 1,200 last year to 150 this year"

"My response (to the parents), is if you phone the school when your child is off you will not be called. (Truancy Call) is well worth the money"

"Our use of (Truancy Call) is overwhelmingly about getting explanations for legitimate absences. However we have also turned up a few truants"

"Employing the latest technology allows us to make very early contact with parents when their children are absent"

"(Truancy Call) provides an early warning to the parent if their child has unexpectedly not turned up at school."

"Previously we didn't have the time or resources to make telephone contact with parents on the first day of their child's absence so this is an improvement"

"This is pretty state-of-the-art. It has been successful in terms of raising awareness among students that we are monitoring attendance"

"The system is looking very promising. It is very helpful in terms of the immediacy of knowing why a child is off. It saves our guidance staff an awful lot of phoning"

"In the past (staff) would call if a pupil was away, but to do it the same day the child was first absent was very difficult given the workload they have"

"Two pupils were caught at the shopping centre this term after (Truancy Call) contacted their parents!"

"Parents are now more reluctant to give their child the day off school casually"

"(Truancy Call) allows our parents to let us know the reason for their child's absence immediately, so cutting down on paperwork for us and them"

"Authorised absences has dropped at our school from nearly 11 per cent of school time last term to 6.68 per cent. The rate of unauthorised absences is down from more then four per cent to 2.9 per cent"