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16 year-old Ivy Bertram is a student at Hester Hornbrook Academy's new South Melbourne campus. Source: SBS News / Sean Wales

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School absence rates are on the rise around the country, after multiple years of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One Melbourne independent school for children disengaged with the education system, is expanding, as demand continues to grow.

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