There are growing concerns for a Malvern East teenager who failed to turn up to school on Tuesday.

Owen Clune, 14, was last seen by his family around 8am at his home in Thornbury Crescent.

Police say he told his father he was going to school in Malvern, but it appears he never arrived.

About 12.45pm Owen's stepmother came home and found his school bag and uniform were still in the house.

His mother Bronwen Clune, a journalist, has been using her Twitter account to ask for public help to look for her son.