The charity Centrepoint is urging schools to direct vulnerable young people to its support services if they are worried – including its new telephone helpline.
Long absences from school and students who do not complete their exams are two of the most common identifiers of youth homelessness.
Research surveys involving more than 600 young people aged 16 to 25 who have experienced homelessness found that half had been absent from school for long periods due to problems at home.
Half were also unable to finish their exams or coursework because of problems in their personal lives, while almost one-third said they had never felt settled as they moved from school to school during their childhood.
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