They are Edinburgh's forgotten children. Hundreds of youngsters failed in a scandal which shames the capital. Some need additional support, others suffer behavioural problems, all of them let down by a creaking school system. Starting today and continuing all week, Edinburgh Live uses exclusive data, heartbreaking personal testimony and high-level sources to uncover the reality for children on the periphery of mainstream education.

More than 1,200 Edinburgh pupils are currently attending school on a part-time basis, shocking new figures have revealed.

An Edinburgh Live investigation has found 140 primary school children and 978 pupils in council-run secondary schools have been placed on reduced timetables.

But union leaders and teachers have warned this may be the tip of the iceberg, wi

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