To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of recent trends in pupil absences at schools in England.
Answered on
1 February 2022
The daily education settings survey asks schools and colleges to report data such as on-site attendance and COVID-19 absence.
The most recent published data at national level is 20 January 2022 and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak.
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Department for Education
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