In a series of special reports, our Social Affairs Correspondent, Christine Alsford, spent time at a Redbridge Community School in Southampton.
The school has dramatically improved its truancy rates, reduced permanent exclusions and turned lives around.
For the last few days we've been featuring the work of an inspiring secondary school in a challenging part of the South. We've been out on their attendance bus, chasing up truants - and we've seen how a special unit at Redbridge Community School helps pupils at risk of exclusion. Tonight our Social Affairs Correspondent concludes her series Every Day Counts with a report on the headteacher - and finds out why he keeps a pot of stones on his desk.
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