Cheating headteacher is struck off for telling staff to fiddle school's attendance figures
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Wales Headteacher Struck off School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 13, 2022
Headteacher sacked for covering up more than 28,000 pupil absences
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Wales Headteacher Struck off School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 13, 2022
Cheating headteacher ‘covered up 28,000 pupil absences over five years’
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Wales Headteacher Struck off School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 13, 2022
Headteacher struck off for telling staff to falsify pupil attendance figures
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Headteacher Struck off Wales School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 13, 2022
Fines for parents whose kids miss school could get harsher under new truancy crackdown
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy Attendance policy
  • May 12, 2022
Education Secretary says school attendance is non-negotiable in truancy crackdown
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy Attendance policy
  • May 12, 2022
New crackdown on children skipping school as Zahawi says attendance ‘non-negotiable’
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy Attendance policy
  • May 12, 2022
Going to school ‘non-negotiable’, warns Nadhim Zahawi in crackdown on truants
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy Attendance policy
  • May 11, 2022
Attendance policy requirements spelt out in new guidance
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy Attendance policy
  • May 11, 2022
Half of MATs offered DfE attendance advice reject it
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 11, 2022
School attendance: improving consistency of support
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 10, 2022
Queen's Speech 2022: NAHT responds to the announcement of a not in schools register
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Queen's Speech School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 10, 2022
Attendance policies: What the government expects from schools
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 10, 2022
Crackdown on truancy will see absent kids named on official register
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 9, 2022
Pupils who play truant will be named on official register under plans to boost school attendance
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 9, 2022
Teachers ordered to register pupils in truancy crackdown
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School attendance Pupil absence Truancy
  • May 9, 2022
School attendance, improving the consistency of support: new burdens assessment
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 6, 2022
Absence and attainment at key stages 2 and 4: 2018 to 2019
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Attainment Pupil absence
  • May 6, 2022
Working together to improve school attendance
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • May 6, 2022
DfE to let councils invest absence fines in attendance support
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School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • May 6, 2022
National school absence fines plan greenlit despite parent opposition
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Pupil absence Fines School attendance
  • May 6, 2022
Parents to be fined again if children don't go to school in Wales
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Fines Truancy Wales
  • May 3, 2022
Covid: Truancy fines for parents to return in Wales
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Covid impact Wales School attendance Pupil absence Fines Truancy
  • May 3, 2022
Funding round to understand the impact of different approaches to improving attendance
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Pupil absence School attendance
  • May 3, 2022
Scotland: ‘Not here, sir’ — concern over surge in truancy
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Truancy School attendance Pupil absence Scotland
  • May 3, 2022
Headteacher demands parents are fined because so many pupils are not in school
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Wales School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Apr 28, 2022
School attendance data: Government 'pretending that the pandemic is over'
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 20, 2022
Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 14 April 2022
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 19, 2022
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 19, 2022
Covid: Lack of attendance data 'deeply troubling'
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 19, 2022
Headteachers accuse Government of ‘ignoring Covid’ by ending publication of school coronavirus statistics
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Apr 19, 2022
Covid continuing to wreak havoc in schools and exams could still be disrupted, teachers warn
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Covid impact Disruption School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 19, 2022
School attendance drops in Wales with hundreds of thousands missing classes
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Wales School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 14, 2022
Coronavirus in NI: Pupil Covid absence rate falls to lowest level
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance Northern Ireland
  • Apr 13, 2022
Five things we’ve learned this term about pupil absence
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Attendance tracker Pupil absence School attendance Covid impact
  • Apr 8, 2022
Year 11s still missing one in 10 lessons as exams near
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 8, 2022
DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Apr 7, 2022
DfE no longer monitoring Covid-related pupil absence
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Apr 6, 2022
One-in-12 teachers are off with Covid as unions warn axing free lateral flow tests is 'reckless in the extreme'
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COVID-19 Pupil absence
  • Apr 6, 2022
Stay at home for three days not five if you've got Covid, school pupils are told
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Covid outbreaks Covid safety School attendance Pupil absence Self-isolation
  • Apr 1, 2022
Covid figures for Welsh schools latest as more than 15,000 miss classes
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Wales School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 31, 2022
Covid in Scotland: Pupils ‘likely to stay off school with just a cold’
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Covid safety Scotland School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 31, 2022
Pupil absence in schools in England: 2020 to 2021
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Pupil absence
  • Mar 24, 2022
Pandemic led to 270 million missed school days prompting fears over exams
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 24, 2022
Absence rates higher among pupils eligible for free school meals
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance Free school meals
  • Mar 24, 2022
Covid: Persistent absence doubled during the pandemic
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence
  • Mar 24, 2022
270 million in-person school days missed due to Covid last year
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 24, 2022
The number of children missing school for Covid reasons is rising rapidly
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 23, 2022
Should kids with Covid still be kept off school?
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 23, 2022
ASCL Cymru comment on school attendance figures
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact Wales
  • Mar 23, 2022
Covid school absences triple in a fortnight
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 23, 2022
Soaring Covid-related absences could seriously damage exam grades, say heads
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Covid impact Exams Grading Pupil absence
  • Mar 22, 2022
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 22, 2022
Attendance data for 17 March
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 22, 2022
Covid school absences triple in two weeks
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 22, 2022
Covid absences in schools in England triple in two weeks
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 22, 2022
Covid: Pupil absence more than triples in two weeks
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 22, 2022
Covid school absences triple in two weeks as 202,000 pupils off sick or isolating in England
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 22, 2022
Covid pupil absences triple in two weeks and almost 1 in 10 teachers off
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 22, 2022
What people said about bringing back fines for parents whose children miss school
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School attendance Pupil absence Fines Truancy Persistent absence Wales
  • Mar 22, 2022
How can we improve attendance in the wake of Covid?
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 18, 2022
Fears over Covid testing cut-off as pupil absences start to rise
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Covid outbreaks Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 17, 2022
Attendance: 'Nudging' parents helps to tackle pupil absence
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence Parental engagement Nudge letters
  • Mar 16, 2022
Texting parents could reduce persistent school absence, research finds
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence Parental engagement Nudge letters
  • Mar 16, 2022
Keeping young people safe at school and improving their life chances
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Life chances School attendance Pupil absence Pupil exclusions Disruption Education outcomes
  • Mar 16, 2022
Evidence review finds sending personalised letters or texts can help but wider evidence is weak
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence Parental engagement
  • Mar 16, 2022
What’s the best way to tackle low attendance?
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Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 16, 2022
Report shows sending parents nudge letters can boost attendance
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School attendance Pupil absence Parental engagement Nudge letters
  • Mar 16, 2022
'Ghost children' of Covid as 135,000 pupils vanish from school after pandemic
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Ghost children School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 15, 2022
Covid Scotland: School absences jump as new strains circulate
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Scotland Covid outbreaks Pupil absence
  • Mar 11, 2022
The FFT Regional Attendance Tracker
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 11, 2022
Nearly 10% of year 11s still absent from school as exams loom
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Exams Pupil absence School attendance
  • Mar 11, 2022
Parents and children are treating school as 'optional' especially on Fridays, warns school governor
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Wales School hours School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 10, 2022
1.8m pupils regularly missing school and some 'haven't come back' after lockdown
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
Half of councils unable to provide data on persistent school absences
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
No one knows how many children in England, says children’s commissioner
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
‘Rationalise’ school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner
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Pupil absence School attendance Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
Almost two million pupils regularly missing school
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
No accurate figure for number of schoolchildren in England
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Pupil absence School attendance Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
Report shows striking lack of data on England's missing children
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School attendance Pupil absence Home schooling Safeguarding
  • Mar 9, 2022
School attendance highest since last May
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 8, 2022
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 8, 2022
The number of London children off school due to Covid has plummeted
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Mar 8, 2022
Number of pupils absent for Covid-related reasons plummets
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 8, 2022
Covid: Attendance reaches 9-month high, but schools ‘not out of the woods’
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 8, 2022
DfE scales back school Covid attendance data collection
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Mar 3, 2022
Huge numbers of children in Wales have missed a week or more of school this year
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School attendance Pupil absence Wales
  • Feb 24, 2022
Number of children off school due to Covid drops to lowest level this year
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 23, 2022
School Covid absences in England fall by 43% as attendance hits highest level since November
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 22, 2022
School attendance at highest since November as Covid absences fall
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Feb 22, 2022
Covid anxiety means more than 100,000 children are staying away from school and too scared to return
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Covid safety Covid guidance Restrictions Home schooling School attendance Pupil absence Anxiety
  • Feb 22, 2022
Experts reveal how Covid school closures and lack of socialising have created anxious pupils who struggle to go back to class
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Ghost children Covid impact School closures School attendance Pupil absence Online learning
  • Feb 20, 2022
Covid: 100,000 'ghost children' will make those who wanted more lockdowns hang their privileged heads in shame
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Covid impact Lockdown School attendance Pupil absence Ghost children
  • Feb 18, 2022
Scrap masks in schools and bring back penalties for non-attendance, says head teacher
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School attendance Pupil absence Fines Face masks Restrictions Covid safety Wales
  • Feb 13, 2022
Parents of Covid ‘ghost’ pupils hit with fines
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Ghost children School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Feb 13, 2022
DfE is ‘criminalising parents’ in England, say families still shielding from Covid
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Covid safety Vulnerable Shielding School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 12, 2022
Some children in Wales have never returned to school since classrooms shut in the first lockdown
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Covid impact School closures Lockdown School attendance Pupil absence Wales
  • Feb 10, 2022
Northern Ireland: MLAs call for action on number of pupil absences
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Pupil absence School attendance
  • Feb 10, 2022
'Sensible albeit obvious' – Ofsted's attendance advice focuses on the basics
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence
  • Feb 9, 2022
Number of children off school due to Covid drops but there are record overall absences for teachers
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Covid impact Pupil absence Staff absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
NEU comment on attendance data for education settings
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
Covid absence falls overall – but rises for secondary staff
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Covid impact Pupil absence Staff absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
Covid pupil absences fall, but 320,000 still off
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
Covid absence: Schools call for ‘more honesty’ from government
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Covid impact Pupil absence
  • Feb 8, 2022
‘Bubble mentality’ means some parents are keeping children off school
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Covid safety School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Parents think their children will get remote teaching from school if they take them on holiday, Ofsted finds
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Online learning Remote education Term-time holidays School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Pupils in England reluctant to return to school after lockdown, says report
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact Online learning
  • Feb 7, 2022
Successful schools 'don't tolerate' persistent absence
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Pupil absence School attendance Persistent absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Good attendance: listen, understand, empathise and support
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School attendance Pupil absence Persistent absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
School attendance has dropped because pupils 'no longer feel they need to go to class'
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
ASCL comment on Ofsted report into student attendance levels in schools
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Feb 7, 2022
Anxiety fuelling school absence, heads tell Ofsted
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact Anxiety
  • Feb 7, 2022
Parents want teachers to provide remote classes during trips abroad, Ofsted report finds
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Remote education School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact Online learning
  • Feb 7, 2022
Covid used as an excuse by ‘poor attenders’, warns Ofsted
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Ofsted: Individual support for disadvantaged pupils key to boosting attendance
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Disadvantaged pupils School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Feb 7, 2022
Pupils feel attendance doesn't matter following lockdown online learning
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Online learning
  • Feb 7, 2022
Do ‘ghost children’ exist and what can we do about them?
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Ghost children Pupil absence
  • Feb 7, 2022
Measuring inclusion? Beware the unintended consequences
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Inclusion School attendance Pupil absence Pupil exclusions
  • Feb 6, 2022
Will the Government’s latest attendance initiative work?
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School attendance Pupil absence Attendance tracker
  • Feb 4, 2022
ASCL Cymru comment on school attendance figures
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Wales School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Feb 2, 2022
Covid-19: Number of pupils in NI schools drops as Omicron spreads
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Northern Ireland Covid impact Covid outbreaks School attendance Pupil absence
  • Feb 1, 2022
Coronavirus: Early years staff absences fall while cases in children grow
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Covid impact Covid outbreaks Teacher absence Pupil absence
  • Jan 31, 2022
'National disaster' of 100,000 ghost pupils absent from schools
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Jan 30, 2022
Up to 10,000 pupils in England missed whole autumn term last year, analysis finds
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 30, 2022
Number of pupils absent from the classroom more than they are in school has soared due to Covid closures
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 29, 2022
Questions over exam schedule as pupil Covid absences soar in Scotland
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Scotland Exams Pupil absence Disruption
  • Jan 29, 2022
Who are the children who have “fallen off the radar”?
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 28, 2022
ASCL Cymru comment on school attendance figures
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Wales
  • Jan 27, 2022
School attendance: National thresholds for fixed penalty notices
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Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 26, 2022
DfE reveals plans for crackdown on ‘avoidable absences’
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 26, 2022
Clampdown on late and absent pupils
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 26, 2022
Covid chaos in schools: One in 20 pupils in England were absent last week
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 20 January 2022
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School attendance Covid impact Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
Schools face more scrutiny on 'avoidable absence'
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
NEU comment on school attendance figures Jan 2022
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Jan 25, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi announces crackdown on school attendance postcode lottery
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
EPI responds to new DfE figures on pupil absence
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
One in eight pupils out of school as Covid worsens
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance tracker to cut absences
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School attendance Pupil absence Attendance tracker
  • Jan 25, 2022
One in 20 pupils and 9% of teachers off school due to coronavirus in England
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
Covid-related absences in English schools double to record high
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 25, 2022
Covid: Pupil absence jumps by 100K in two weeks
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 25, 2022
One in 20 children off school due to Covid as absentees rise by 100,000 in a fortnight
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
One in 20 pupils off school because of coronavirus last week as number doubles
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 25, 2022
School absences: Number of children missing class because of Covid hits 415,000 and 9 per cent of teachers off
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
Record high of 1 in 25 pupils off with Covid as confirmed cases double
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 25, 2022
Poorer GCSE students have missed 8 weeks of school
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Disadvantaged pupils School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Jan 21, 2022
Scale of Covid pupil absences in Scotland revealed
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Covid impact Pupil absence Scotland
  • Jan 21, 2022
Councils help Children’s Commissioner identify children missing education
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 21, 2022
Schools in open revolt over masks but government can't do anything to stop them
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Covid safety Face masks Restrictions Pupil absence Teacher absence Disruption
  • Jan 21, 2022
Covid: Pupil sickness absences are reason to go slowly on masks
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Scotland Covid impact Restrictions Face masks Pupil absence Disruption
  • Jan 21, 2022
Covid Scotland: Thousands of pupils ‘missing from school’
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Scotland Covid impact Lockdown School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 19, 2022
School Covid absences: Inquiry launched to investigate 10,000 pupils missing classes during pandemic
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 19, 2022
Covid in schools: Inquiry launched to find 100,000 pupils absent in England
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 19, 2022
Inquiry launched to track down up to 100,000 pupils who have not returned to the classroom since the pandemic began
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Covid impact Lockdown School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 19, 2022
Pupil absence rate in NI schools lowest since mid-November
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Northern Ireland Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 19, 2022
Thousands of children have fallen off the radar during lockdown, warns Dame Rachel De Souza
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Covid impact Lockdown Safeguarding School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 18, 2022
A huge number of children and teachers missed the start of the school term because of Covid
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance Wales
  • Jan 13, 2022
Top nine areas with the highest number of children off school due to Covid are all in London
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 12, 2022
Number of kids off school due to Covid soars to highest since September
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 11, 2022
EPI responds to new DfE figures on pupil and teacher absences
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Covid impact Pupil absence Teacher absence School attendance
  • Jan 11, 2022
How school absence varies from day to day
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Pupil absence School attendance Covid impact
  • Jan 11, 2022
ASCL comment on school attendance figures
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Covid impact School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jan 11, 2022
Number of pupils and staff absent from England's schools rises after Christmas
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Covid impact Pupil absence Teacher absence Staff shortages Disruption
  • Jan 11, 2022
Almost 15,000 more schoolchildren off sick due to Covid than before Christmas
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance Disruption
  • Jan 11, 2022
Schools: 315,000 pupils miss class in first week of term because of Covid, with 1 in 12 teachers off
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Covid impact Teacher absence Pupil absence Staff shortages Disruption
  • Jan 11, 2022
Covid: 315,000 pupils off in the first week of term
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Jan 11, 2022
Covid in Scotland: At least 58,000 pupil absences last week
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Scotland Pupil absence Covid impact
  • Jan 11, 2022
Covid in Scotland: Teacher and pupil absence hits schools
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Covid impact Scotland Teacher absence Pupil absence Disruption
  • Jan 8, 2022
Covid in Ireland: Parents poised to keep unjabbed children out of school
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Covid safety Ireland Pupil absence School attendance Vaccinations
  • Jan 6, 2022
Mums face court as they refuse to send kids to school amid surging Covid rates
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Legal action School attendance Pupil absence Covid safety
  • Jan 4, 2022
One million Brits in Covid self-isolation as back to school and work chaos awaits
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Covid outbreaks Covid safety Self-isolation School attendance School reopening Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Jan 4, 2022
More Covid absences expected as UK schools go back
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Covid impact Pupil absence Teacher absence Disruption Covid safety
  • Jan 4, 2022
School heads fear GCSEs and A-levels will be cancelled by Covid for third year as Omicron forces absences
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Omicron Pupil absence Staff absence
  • Dec 21, 2021
Omicron hits schools as teacher and pupil absences surge
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Covid outbreaks Pupil absence Teacher absence
  • Dec 17, 2021
Persistent Covid-related absence leaves pupils lagging – Ofsted
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Covid impact School closures Learning loss Catch up tuition Pupil absence School attendance
  • Dec 16, 2021
Schools adapt teaching to help children catch up but COVID-related absence remains a concern
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Ofsted reports Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance Catch up tuition Education recovery
  • Dec 16, 2021
Low school attendance ‘stubborn concern’ as Covid keeps pupils off, inspectors say
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Covid impact Pupil absence School attendance
  • Dec 16, 2021
Low pupil attendance in schools remains a stubborn concern, Ofsted warns
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School attendance Pupil absence Covid impact Education recovery Catch up tuition Learning loss
  • Dec 16, 2021
Pupil absence a 'stubborn concern', Ofsted warns
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Ofsted inspections School attendance Pupil absence Education recovery
  • Dec 16, 2021
Fines for school absence plummet by 86 per cent
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School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Dec 16, 2021
School absences double in Scotland in two weeks after Covid guidance changes
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  • Dec 16, 2021
Do not take children out of class ahead of Christmas, No 10 warns parents
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  • Dec 15, 2021
Schools are forced to shut a week early as unions warn of Omicron chaos
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Number of pupils in England off school due to Covid rises ahead of Christmas
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Covid disruption to schools ‘far from over’ as 236,000 pupils off due to virus
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Number of pupils forced to stay home owing to school Covid closures doubles in a fortnight
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  • Dec 14, 2021
EPI responds to new school attendance figures
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Covid: Staff absence up by 20% as term draws to a close
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  • Dec 14, 2021
NEU comment on attendance figures for 9 December
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Covid school absences: Number of children missing classes in England rises to 236,000 as term nears end
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  • Dec 14, 2021
More than 230,000 children out of school due to Covid in 13 per cent rise in a fortnight
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Covid: Pupil absence rises by nearly 30,000 in fortnight
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Covid keeps quarter of a million pupils off school in England
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Schools experiencing very severe low attendance ahead of Christmas, heads warn
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Omicron: Covid reaches all-time high in nurseries as schools hit by ‘severe low attendance’
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  • Dec 14, 2021
Children’s commissioner for England to launch investigation over children missing from education
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  • Dec 13, 2021
Hunt launched to find ‘ghost children’ missing from schools in England
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  • Dec 12, 2021
School attendance ‘remains mandatory’, warns Nadhim Zahawi as pupils sent home
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Zahawi unveils new 17-member ‘attendance alliance’
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Education Secretary launches new attendance alliance
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  • Dec 9, 2021
School sickness at highest level as Covid cases soar
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Zahawi launches 'alliance' to 'fix' school attendance
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Increasing rates of sickness absence in primary schools
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  • Dec 9, 2021
Over 1/3 secondary pupils persistently absent this term
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Pupil absence
  • Dec 9, 2021
Covid in Scotland: Education absence figures are shocking and demand action by Scottish government
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  • Dec 4, 2021
Covid Scotland: Five-fold rise in number of primary pupils missing at least half of schooling
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  • Dec 4, 2021
Zahawi wants parents warned on ‘repercussions’ of school absence
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  • Dec 3, 2021
Number of pupils in England off school due to Covid-19 surges
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  • Nov 30, 2021
NEU comment on summary of school attendance data for 25 November
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  • Nov 30, 2021
School Covid absence up 60% in England in two weeks
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  • Nov 30, 2021
Covid: 'Very sharp' rise in teacher and pupil absence
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  • Nov 30, 2021
School attendance: Number of pupils off because of Covid in England jumps by 60%
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  • Nov 30, 2021
Covid-related absence jumps 60% in a fortnight
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  • Nov 30, 2021
Council facing legal action over mandatory attendance rule
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  • Nov 28, 2021
New measures to reduce pupil absence
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  • Nov 26, 2021
NEU comment on the Government’s new measures to reduce pupil absence
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  • Nov 26, 2021
Hiring 'five attendance advisers' ignores real issues
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  • Nov 26, 2021
ASCL comment on new government measures to reduce pupil absence
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  • Nov 26, 2021
Schools to get 'advisers' to tackle persistent absence
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  • Nov 26, 2021
DfE appoints just 5 attendance advisers (after years of council cuts)
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  • Nov 26, 2021
Schools could use home visits and phone calls to help reduce absences
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  • Nov 26, 2021
Council threatened with legal action over Covid-19 school attendance rules
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  • Nov 23, 2021
Wales: Primary schools are now being hit hardest by Covid
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  • Nov 19, 2021
Primary schools are now being hit hardest by Covid as overall absence figures fall
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  • Nov 19, 2021
School attendance peaks in NI as Covid absences decrease
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  • Nov 18, 2021
Covid: Rise in violent pupil behaviour and unexplained absences
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  • Nov 17, 2021
How many secondary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year?
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  • Nov 17, 2021
How many primary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year?
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  • Nov 17, 2021
Caution remains watchword despite drop in Covid absence
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  • Nov 17, 2021
Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: 23 March 2020 to 11 November 2021
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Number of pupils off school due to Covid-19 fell after October half-term
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Covid school absences: Number of pupils missing classes in England falls 50% after half-term ‘circuit breaker’
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Covid absence down after 'circuit breaker' half term
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Absence in primary schools so far this year
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  • Nov 9, 2021
Will schools close again? Shocking data shows hundreds of thousands pupils not in school
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  • Nov 5, 2021
How many asymptomatic pupils with COVID-19 are attending schools?
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  • Nov 3, 2021
Pleas for government action grow louder as Covid absence soars
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  • Nov 3, 2021
ASCL comment on latest school attendance statistics
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  • Nov 2, 2021
Around 248,000 pupils off school due to Covid in week before half-term
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  • Nov 2, 2021
Teacher and pupil absence 'wreaking havoc', say leaders
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  • Nov 2, 2021
Nearly a quarter of a million pupils off school before half-term due to Covid
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  • Nov 2, 2021
250k Covid absences in week before half term, with south west worst hit
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  • Nov 2, 2021
Head teachers predict Covid disruption for ‘foreseeable future’ because of 12 to 15 year-old vaccine ‘debacle’
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  • Nov 1, 2021
How many children were off school for Covid-related reasons in Wales in the last week of term
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  • Oct 28, 2021
What does secondary school absence look like this year?
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  • Oct 22, 2021
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2020 and spring 2021
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  • Oct 21, 2021
Councils order masks in schools to stem Covid absence
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  • Oct 21, 2021
Covid: Children missed 219 million days in school during spring term
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  • Oct 21, 2021
The huge numbers of pupils missing school in Wales for Covid and unauthorised absence
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  • Oct 20, 2021
Record 111,000 pupils missed school with Covid last week - twice as high as figure last month
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Covid: Where is pupil and teacher absence heading?
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Record 111,000 school children had Covid last week
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Covid cases among school pupils hit record high as number of student coronavirus absences rises again
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Rise in Covid absence slows, but record numbers still off
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  • Oct 19, 2021
Mum slapped with £60 fine for taking son out of school for life-changing treatment
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  • Oct 15, 2021
This is how many children were off school for Covid-related reasons in Wales last week
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  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools should only allow absences arising from Covid pandemic ‘in exceptional circumstances’, heads reminded
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  • Oct 14, 2021
204,000 pupils absent from class due to Covid
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  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools told to crack down on Covid absences after 200,000 children missed lessons last week
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  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools told to curb virus-related pupil absences
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  • Oct 14, 2021
Covid: DfE tells schools to limit extended absences
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  • Oct 12, 2021
What it’s like to be the middle class parents of a ‘school refuser’
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  • Oct 11, 2021
Nadhim Zahawi vows to tackle persistent pupil absences 'head on'
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  • Oct 9, 2021
Education Secretary vows to tackle persistent absenteeism of children head on
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  • Oct 9, 2021
More than 10,000 children missed school for Covid reasons last week in Wales
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Covid is rising in schools, here's what it means for you
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  • Oct 7, 2021
Schools battle on alone amid 'grim' Covid absence figures
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  • Oct 6, 2021
Zahawi commissions absenteeism ‘deep-dive’ by DfE and Ofsted
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  • Oct 5, 2021
Zahawi wants Ofsted to help raise school attendance
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  • Oct 5, 2021
More than 200,000 pupils - one in 40 - were off school in England due to Covid last week
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  • Oct 5, 2021
100,000 pupils in England off school with confirmed Covid last week, figures show
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  • Oct 5, 2021
School Covid absences rise two-thirds in fortnight
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School attendance Pupil absence
  • Oct 5, 2021
Number of pupils out of class due to Covid-19 rose by two thirds in a fortnight
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  • Oct 5, 2021
More than 200,000 pupils off because of Covid
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  • Oct 5, 2021
Heads demand action from Zahawi on 'grim' Covid figures
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  • Oct 5, 2021
Ghost children of Covid: 135,000 pupils ‘disappear’ from school
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  • Oct 3, 2021
Zahawi: 'We won't let school attendance fall'
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  • Sep 27, 2021
Government won't stand back and let school attendance fall, Nadhim Zahawi says
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  • Sep 27, 2021
Nadhim Zahawi: I will not stand back and see schools close
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  • Sep 26, 2021
‘It’s scary’: record Covid absences cause concern in England’s schools
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  • Sep 22, 2021
Headteachers warn of Covid ‘high alert’ for schools as 122,000 pupils miss class
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  • Sep 22, 2021
Covid in schools: Record number of students absent from class
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  • Sep 21, 2021
ASCL comment on school attendance statistics
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  • Sep 21, 2021
More than 100,000 pupils off school in England last week amid Covid surge
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  • Sep 21, 2021
More than 122,000 children in England out of school last week over Covid-19
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  • Sep 21, 2021
Covid: Schools 'struggling' with outbreaks
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  • Sep 21, 2021
Covid absence falls to 1.5% after self-isolation rules relaxed
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  • Sep 21, 2021
More than 100,000 pupils off school due to Covid
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  • Sep 21, 2021
Wales: Parents to 'risk truancy fines' if school cases rise
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  • Sep 19, 2021
Scotland: Number of pupils off school because of Covid falls
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  • Sep 17, 2021
Parents warn of tsunami of school-anxiety cases
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  • Sep 15, 2021
Covid-19: More than 10% of pupils not in school last week
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  • Sep 14, 2021
Covid in Scotland: School absences surge at start of week
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  • Sep 10, 2021
Scotland: More than 38,000 pupils off school because of Covid
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  • Sep 10, 2021
Coronavirus: Stormont discusses Covid school absences at recall
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  • Sep 9, 2021
Covid: Schools' legal position on non-attendance
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  • Sep 9, 2021
Coronavirus: Schools overwhelmed by 'tsunami' of Covid absences
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  • Sep 8, 2021
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland Assembly recalled over school Covid absences
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  • Sep 7, 2021
Covid: School attendance fines 'could be unlawful'
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  • Sep 6, 2021
Covid in Scotland: More than 32,000 school pupils absent this week
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  • Sep 2, 2021
Scotland: Number of pupil Covid absences doubles in a week
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  • Sep 2, 2021
Greens' door-to-door Covid testing call for Kirkintilloch where half pupils of St Ninian's school are absent
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  • Sep 1, 2021
Covid in Scotland: Almost half of Kirkintilloch school's pupils absent during surge
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  • Aug 31, 2021
County lines: Off-grid children ‘at risk from drug gangs’
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  • Aug 9, 2021
Covid in Wales: Almost a quarter absent from school at end of term
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  • Jul 28, 2021
Almost half of pupils were off school towards end of term in Covid hotspots
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  • Jul 27, 2021
Record 1.13m children in England were out of school due to Covid 'pingdemic' at end of term
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  • Jul 27, 2021
More than 1.1m pupils missed class due to Covid at end of term in record absences
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 27, 2021
Covid: Record 1.1 million pupils absent from school
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  • Jul 27, 2021
North of England hardest hit by Covid school absence
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  • Jul 27, 2021
Daily testing can keep pupils in school, study suggests
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  • Jul 22, 2021
Covid school absences: what official statistics show
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  • Jul 21, 2021
Fears over ‘lost generation’ as huge numbers off school
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  • Jul 21, 2021
More than a million pupils were forced into isolation and had to miss lessons last week
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  • Jul 21, 2021
Lesson in chaos as Tories accused of 'abandoning Britain's children' amid record absences
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Almost a quarter of England's pupils out of school
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Schools in Covid chaos as over 1 million children missed classes in one week
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  • Jul 20, 2021
More than 1m school pupils in England absent last week due to Covid
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 20, 2021
More than 1 million children were out of school last week as Covid cases surge
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Over one million pupils off school in England owing to Covid
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 20, 2021
More than 1m pupils off school due to Covid
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Covid: 9% of teachers consider keeping child off school
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Secondary school absences rise to highest levels this year with the North and Midlands hardest hit
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  • Jul 19, 2021
Parents are taking their children out of school early to reduce risk of being 'pinged' by test-and-trace
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  • Jul 19, 2021
Parents pull kids out of school early to avoid 'pings' ruining summer holiday
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  • Jul 18, 2021
Schools in England shut early for summer as record numbers are forced to isolate
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  • Jul 18, 2021
Heads urge parents to keep sending pupils in next week
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  • Jul 16, 2021
Parents pulling kids from school to avoid nightmare of having to cancel holidays at last minute if classmate gets Covid
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  • Jul 14, 2021
Covid: Heads predict pupils stay home to save holidays
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  • Jul 14, 2021
More than 800,000 kids miss school in a single week because of Covid ‘bubble’ rule
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  • Jul 13, 2021
Number of children out of school increases 30% in one week as Covid ‘crisis’ hits education
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  • Jul 13, 2021
Number of pupils missing school in England due to Covid doubles in July
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 13, 2021
More than 830,000 schoolchildren in England were out of class last week
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  • Jul 13, 2021
NAHT comments on latest school attendance figures showing continued increase in Covid-related absence
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  • Jul 13, 2021
NEU comment on latest school attendance figures
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  • Jul 13, 2021
More than one in 10 pupils missing school because of Covid rules
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  • Jul 13, 2021
ASCL comment on Week 28 school attendance figures
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  • Jul 13, 2021
Almost 100,000 ‘ghost children’ have not returned to school since start of Covid pandemic
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  • Jul 13, 2021
Covid school absences explode as one in every nine kids - 800k - stuck at home
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  • Jul 13, 2021
1.5m pupils out of school in England last week
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 13, 2021
One in nine pupils isolating after school Covid absences hit record high
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 13, 2021
Covid-related pupil absences in England jump to 840,000
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Coronavirus School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 13, 2021
Covid: 820,000 pupils off school as isolation soars
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  • Jul 13, 2021
More than 1 in 10 pupils absent as isolation rises again
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  • Jul 13, 2021
Covid cases and secondary school absence surge in the North East
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  • Jul 12, 2021
School threatens pupils with detention if they're late on Monday after Euro 2020 final
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  • Jul 11, 2021
Pupils they will be given detention if they are not at their desks bright and early on Monday morning
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Football School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 11, 2021
Union leader blames parents for falling school attendance
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  • Jul 7, 2021
Nearly 18,000 children absent from Welsh schools last week due to Covid
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  • Jul 7, 2021
640,000 children off school in England as Covid bubbles scrapped from 19 July
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  • Jul 7, 2021
Roadmap Step 4: Relief and anxiety amid rising Covid absences
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Covid safety School attendance Pupil absence Self-isolation
  • Jul 6, 2021
Covid: Huge rise in pupils not in school last week as absences hit 640,000
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  • Jul 6, 2021
At a glance: Covid absence grows to 1 in 10 students
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  • Jul 6, 2021
Huge surge in number of pupils sent home due to Covid
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Covid outbreaks Covid safety Restrictions Self-isolation School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 6, 2021
More than 600,000 pupils off school due to Covid
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Covid outbreaks School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 6, 2021
How much school did Year 11 miss this year?
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Coronavirus School closures School attendance Pupil absence Learning loss Teaching hours
  • Jul 5, 2021
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2020
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Pupil absence
  • Jul 1, 2021
Number of pupils absent due to Covid in Wales jumps by almost half in a week
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Wales Covid outbreaks School attendance Pupil absence Self-isolation
  • Jul 1, 2021
Covid: Poorer pupils missed 30% more school days last autumn
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Coronavirus Disadvantaged pupils School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jul 1, 2021
Act now to reform education or a generation of ghost children will be pandemic’s haunting legacy
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Robert Halfon Education recovery Catch up tuition School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jun 30, 2021
Bubble trouble: pupil Covid-19 school absences quadrupled in June
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Covid outbreaks Covid safety Self-isolation School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jun 30, 2021
Bid to end school Covid chaos
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Covid outbreaks Self-isolation Covid safety Disruption School attendance Pupil absence
  • Jun 30, 2021
What madness! We are robbing our children of their childhood with Covid shambles
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Pupils could be regularly screened for Covid in bid to tackle absences
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Staggering 1 in 20 pupils off school and self-isolating because of Covid contact
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson working to 'relax' school Covid measures
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Williamson working to ‘relax Covid measures in schools’
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  • Jun 29, 2021
School absences due to Covid at highest rate since March
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Massive rise in kids missing school due to Covid with one in 20 now absent
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  • Jun 29, 2021
One in 20 children missed school in England due to Covid as cases rise 66%
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Secondary school attendance is lowest since March with nearly 400,000 pupils off
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Four-fold rise in Covid school absence in a fortnight
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Attendance: 1 in 20 pupils absent due to Covid as isolations soar
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Covid-related pupil absence hits record high of 375,000
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Covid cases in schools are veering out of control
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  • Jun 29, 2021
Gangs warning for pupils missing majority of school
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Nearly 100,000 pupils failed to return to education full-time, report finds
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Tens of thousands of pupils isolating as Covid cases rise 70% in schools
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Shock report reveals 100,000 pupils failed to return to education full-time when their schools reopened
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  • Jun 28, 2021
Nearly 140,000 pupils did not attend class in England in last week before half-term amid fears over Indian variant
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  • Jun 8, 2021
Covid-19: Almost 1 in 3 Bolton secondary pupils absent as Delta variant surges
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  • Jun 8, 2021
A third of secondary students off in virus hotspot
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  • Jun 8, 2021
It's time to turn our attention to the 'Pupil Missing rate'
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  • Jun 1, 2021
One in ten children still aren't attending school in Wales
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  • May 31, 2021
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2020
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  • May 27, 2021
ASCL comment on pupil absence in autumn term
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  • May 27, 2021
Ten areas hardest hit by Covid school absence revealed
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  • May 27, 2021
Parents ‘won't be fined for taking children to Spain for half-term break’ and having to miss school to quarantine
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  • May 21, 2021
Covid school absences nearly double in a week
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  • May 5, 2021
Long Covid and school absences
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  • Apr 24, 2021
Over 20,000 children fell off the school register by last autumn's reopening
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  • Apr 23, 2021
More than 20,000 children missing from class when schools reopened as lockdown sees kids ‘falling through the gaps’
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  • Apr 23, 2021
Over 20,000 children had fallen from the school register by last autumn's reopening
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  • Apr 22, 2021
Covid school absences rise by 32% in a week
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  • Mar 30, 2021
Absenteeism rates in English secondaries double pre-Covid level
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  • Mar 26, 2021
How much school did Year 11 miss in the Autumn term?
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  • Mar 23, 2021
Coronavirus: What are the rules around student absence?
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  • Mar 5, 2021
Mandatory school attendance will ‘pit heads against parents’
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  • Mar 5, 2021
Some children ‘won’t go back until April even if school is open’
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  • Feb 19, 2021
School threatens legal action after Muslim girl told skirt is ‘too long’
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  • Jan 12, 2021
Pupils missed up to 18 million days of school since November, analysis shows
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  • Dec 18, 2020
Covid in Scotland: Pandemic keeps one in eight pupils out of school
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  • Dec 18, 2020
Coronavirus: We're in a ghost school with empty classrooms
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  • Dec 18, 2020
Will parents be fined for pulling their children out of school early for Christmas break?
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  • Dec 16, 2020
Teachers report rise in non-Covid persistent absence
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  • Dec 16, 2020
New attendance figures paint a worrying picture of mass absences
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  • Dec 15, 2020
School attendance and lost schooling across England since full reopening
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  • Dec 15, 2020
‘I just don’t want to take the risk’: Parents on why they are not sending children into school in run-up to Christmas
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  • Dec 15, 2020
Absence fines drop by 90% despite fall in attendance
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  • Dec 11, 2020
Coronavirus in schools: Parents warned over Christmas attendance
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  • Dec 11, 2020
GCSEs 2021: DfE admits to no data on exam pupil absence
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Covid: Fewer pupils at school than at start of lockdown
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Government drops expectation of daily checks on isolating pupils
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Hidden horror of Britain’s ‘lost’ children vanishing from our schools then being groomed by drug gangs & sex beasts
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Covid-19: Fall in schools with self-isolating pupils
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Covid: Pupil absence stabilises after recent fall, but disruption still ‘significant’
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Schoolgirls can’t take days off for periods as 'inconvenience is part of being a woman’, says headteacher
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  • Nov 26, 2020
Anger after school tells teen girls they can’t call in sick because of their periods and it’s ‘part of being a woman’
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  • Nov 26, 2020
‘Collapse’ in secondary school attendance warning
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Around one in 10 state school pupils out of school for Covid-related reasons, latest figures show
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Nearly three-quarters of secondary schools have pupils at home self-isolating
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Desperate schools ‘clinging on’ as Covid ‘runs riot’
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  • Nov 24, 2020
School attendance plunges due to Covid as a fifth of secondary pupils stuck at home
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Covid: 1 in 10 pupils now absent as attendance drops again
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Scotland: Glasgow and Fife areas hardest hit by Covid-19 school absences
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Covid data shows big changes in year-on-year attendance
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  • Nov 24, 2020
The children missing education because they're homeless during lockdown
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  • Nov 24, 2020
Parents urged not to pull children out of school ahead of Christmas
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  • Nov 22, 2020
‘Terrified’ mum ‘threatened with court’ for pulling daughter, 12, out of school over Covid fears
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  • Nov 22, 2020
More than 30,000 pupils absent as a result of Covid-19
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  • Nov 20, 2020
The eight places where children missing education can be "found"
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  • Nov 18, 2020
'Sounds incredibly horrendous' - Half of Fife's Auchmuty High School off due to Covid-19
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  • Nov 18, 2020
School attendance plunges into chaos amid huge rise in entire classes being sent home to isolate
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  • Nov 17, 2020
Two thirds of all England's secondary schools had at least one pupil self isolating at home due to possible Covid last week
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  • Nov 17, 2020
One in four Hull children absent from school as Covid cases soar
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  • Nov 17, 2020
Over 500k pupils now self-isolating after surge in cases sees two thirds of secondaries disrupted
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  • Nov 17, 2020
School absences hit new Scottish record as EIS threatens industrial action
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  • Nov 15, 2020
Concerns raised over rising school coronavirus absences in Scotland
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  • Nov 13, 2020
Schools must be rated on Covid catch-up, say lords
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  • Nov 13, 2020
Just one in 10 vulnerable children attended school during lockdown
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  • Nov 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Lanarkshire councils release figures confirming absence rates
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  • Nov 11, 2020
Pupil attendance gap during Covid-19 could create ‘unforgivable legacy’
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  • Nov 10, 2020
Pupil attendance gap during Covid-19 could create ‘unforgivable legacy’
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  • Nov 10, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: teachers concerned about growing level of staff and pupil absence in schools
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  • Nov 10, 2020
Covid-19 pupil absence peaks in nine Scottish councils
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  • Nov 10, 2020
Concerns over Scots school social distancing as pupil absences due to Covid treble in 12 days
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  • Nov 7, 2020
Pupil attendance in schools could drop amid second lockdown, heads' union warns
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  • Nov 3, 2020
Can parents be fined if they don’t send kids to school during the second national lockdown?
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  • Nov 2, 2020
Mother-of-two is threatened with prison and a £2,500 fine for refusing to send her children to school
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Single mum threatened with £2,500 fine and prison for keeping kids off school as she fears she’ll die if she gets Covid
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Mum threatened with prison for refusing to send kids to school amid coronavirus fears
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  • Oct 26, 2020
Thousands more pupils from poorer Scots areas miss school during Covid pandemic
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  • Oct 18, 2020
Teachers search for lost children of Covid
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  • Oct 18, 2020
Coronavirus and exams: a guide to the rules for absence
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  • Oct 14, 2020
The power of texting: combating student absenteeism
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  • Oct 13, 2020
Thousands of pupils missing out on school in areas worst-hit by Covid-19
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  • Oct 9, 2020
'It can be life or death': the parents in England refusing to send their children back to school
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  • Oct 9, 2020
Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19
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  • Oct 5, 2020
Covid-19: Government action demanded as student attendance falls to 84 per cent
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  • Sep 30, 2020
Spielman: Not ‘realistic’ to expect schools to provide ‘full’ online teaching
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  • Sep 24, 2020
Coronavirus: What are the rules around student absence?
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  • Sep 23, 2020
One million pupils skip classes due to parents' Covid fears
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  • Sep 22, 2020
Over a million kids missing school during wave of suspected Covid outbreaks, figures reveal
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  • Sep 22, 2020
One million pupils skip classes due to Covid fears as 4% of schools are closed
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  • Sep 22, 2020
One million kids kept home because of coronavirus fears, according to latest figures
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  • Sep 22, 2020
Can parents be fined if they don’t send their kids to school during a second wave of coronavirus?
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  • Sep 21, 2020
One-in-20 pupils at home with lockdown-related issues
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  • Sep 20, 2020
Four in five schools don't have children in class because they can't get Covid-19 tests
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  • Sep 18, 2020
Pupils off in four out of five schools in England waiting for Covid tests
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  • Sep 18, 2020
Damning figures show 82% of English schools have pupils self-isolating due to lack of Covid tests
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  • Sep 18, 2020
Schools reopening: Do children have to go back to school? Will parents be fined for non-attendance?
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  • Sep 4, 2020
Headteacher threatens to fine parents who refuse to send children back to classroom from next week
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  • Sep 3, 2020
I don’t care about fines – I’m not sending my boy, 10, back to school, kids have germs & ‘safety bubbles’ can burst
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  • Sep 3, 2020
More than 100,000 pupils still not attending school in Scotland
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  • Sep 2, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: One in six children absent from classrooms last week
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  • Sep 2, 2020
1 in 6 parents may not send children back to school
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Tens of thousands absent from Scotland's school
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Parents face £120 fines for not sending their kids back to school from today
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  • Sep 1, 2020
One in six parents 'seriously considering' keeping their children out of school, poll reveals
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Parents who don't send children to school to be fined as 'last resort'
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Unions call for hiatus on absence fines as 40% of schools are set to welcome back pupils
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Millions of children finally back to school today – but parents will face fines if they keep them home
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  • Sep 1, 2020
Parents vow to risk penalty or start homeschooling instead of sending children back to classrooms
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Parents should not face fines if their child misses school due to anxiety, experts say
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Coronavirus and schools: Ditch truancy fines, say doctors
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  • Aug 26, 2020
Scrap fines for school non-attendance in England, say psychiatrists
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  • Aug 26, 2020
'I'm happy to be fined': parents on the return to school
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  • Aug 25, 2020
More than 10,000 Scots pupils off school last Friday for coronavirus-related reasons, according to government data
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  • Aug 25, 2020
Scotland to publish Covid-related school absence rates
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  • Aug 25, 2020
Headteachers will not fine parents who keep their kids off school from next week, teaching unions say
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  • Aug 25, 2020
Head teachers signal they will not fine parents whose children don't return to school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Schools reopening: Fury at 'absurd' threat to fine parents £1000 for keeping kids away
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Fines a ‘last resort’ for parents who don’t put their children back in school next week, says education minister
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Will parents be fined if their child can't go to school due to 14-day quarantine?
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents face fines as 'last resort' if they don't send children back to school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Fining parents is 'a last resort', says Gibb
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents in England could be fined if they keep children off school
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school as 'last resort', says minister
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  • Aug 24, 2020
Will parents be fined if children can't go to school due to 14-day quarantine?
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  • Aug 21, 2020
Pupils required to self-isolate will not be marked ‘absent’, DfE confirms
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  • Aug 6, 2020
Parents who've been shielding face fines for not sending their children to school
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  • Aug 5, 2020
Mum saving £4,000 to take on school fines rather than send son back to classroom
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  • Jul 25, 2020
One in six children in school for last week of term
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  • Jul 21, 2020
Parents face fines in September if they don’t send children back to school
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  • Jul 20, 2020
Parents face fines if they don’t send their kids back to school in September
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  • Jul 20, 2020
Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term
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  • Jul 17, 2020
One in ten parents 'may not return children to school' in September, survey finds
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  • Jul 15, 2020
Pupil attendance dips as holidays approach
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  • Jul 14, 2020
Proportion of schools open more widely falls as end of term nears
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  • Jul 14, 2020
Headteacher refuses to fine parents under new coronavirus rules
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  • Jul 3, 2020
Heads must issue absence fines so poor don’t ‘suffer’, claims Williamson
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  • Jul 3, 2020
Coronavirus: Williamson lays down law on full-time school return
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  • Jul 3, 2020
School attendance mandatory in England from September (video)
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Headteacher refuses to fine parents if children don’t return to school in September after coronavirus lockdown
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Gavin Williamson announces major changes for new year - and warning to parents
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Parents face £120 fines if children don't return to class in September
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  • Jul 2, 2020
Fines for pupil absences in September? It's immoral
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  • Jul 2, 2020
How much could parents be fined for refusing to send their children to school?
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  • Jul 1, 2020
Parents will be fined! Williamson says children must go to school in September
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  • Jun 30, 2020
Threatening families with fines over school not the way to go
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Gavin Williamson says parents will be fined if they fail to send children back to school
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents face fines if their children don't go back to school in September
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Headteachers 'may refuse' to fine parents who keep children at home in September
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents could be fined for not sending children back to school
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Penalty fines for missing school next term
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents will face fines if they refuse to send their kids back to school in September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents who do not send children back to school in September could be fined
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 29, 2020
Fines for school non-attendance in England to resume from autumn
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Parents to be fined for pupil absences from September
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  • Jun 29, 2020
School absence fines will resume in September, says Williamson
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Gavin Williamson: Parents fined if they don't send kids to school (video)
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Boris Johnson gets tough on children going to school in September – ‘It’s the law!’
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Schools reopening: Parents face fines if children do not return to school
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Heads caution against fines for parents who keep children at home
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  • Jun 29, 2020
Headteachers may refuse to fine parents who keep children at home in September
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Coronavirus School reopening School attendance Pupil absence Fines
  • Jun 28, 2020
Parents face a tough choice on sending kids to school. The Tories make it harder | Polly Toynbee
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Coronavirus in Scotland: Parents prosecuted if pupils are kept at home
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Only one in four pupils who were allowed to return to school last week showed up for classes
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Parents won't be fined for not sending their children to school this term
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Schools face DfE demand for twice-daily absence data
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Coronavirus: Concerned parents keep up to 60% of eligible pupils at home
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Pupil absence rate reaches six year high
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Eight in ten parents not sending kids back to school today, union poll claims
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Schools expect almost half of families to keep their children at home
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Schools reopen with kids in masks and teachers checking temps – but 1 million kept home
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Worried parents who keep kids off school in September could be fined
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Parents refuse to send kids back to school and share photos with powerful message
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Parents could face fines for keeping kids off school from September, Children’s Commissioner suggests
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Coronavirus: Nearly half of pupils expected to stay at home when schools reopen
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Coronavirus: Some primary schools reopen as parents remain wary
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Ministers tell parents that reopening classrooms is safe amid fears many will keep children away
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Half of parents in England intend to keep children out of school
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School staff numbers down by a quarter, survey predicts
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At least one million primary school pupils to stay home today despite reopening
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Coronavirus: Schools expect half of pupils will stay home as year groups return
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Half of families will keep pupils at home, say heads
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Schools expect nearly half of families to keep children at home
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Will parents be fined for refusing to send their children back to school?
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Can parents be fined for not sending their kids to school when they reopen?
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Two thirds of parents say they’ll refuse to send children to school on June 1
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  • May 22, 2020
Schools pushing parents to decide today whether they plan to send their kids back to class after half-term
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Coronavirus: Schools pushing parents to say if pupils will return
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Poorest families least likely to send children back to school
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'Give parents the option': Will you be fined for keeping your kids off school?
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Labour Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds will refuse send son back to school in June
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Covid-19: No fines for parents if pupils miss school
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Government says parents will not be fined for refusing to send children back to school during coronavirus pandemic
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Parents won’t be fined for not sending their kids into school when they reopen
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Parents won't be fined for keeping children out of school after lockdown
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Coronavirus UK: Will fines for school non-attendance stop?
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Schools say government must tell them whether to fine parents who refuse to return children to class after lockdown
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Schools will only open when it’s absolutely safe – but Matt Hancock won’t rule out fines for parents who keep kids away
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Matt Hancock hints parents could be fined for keeping kids out of reopened schools
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Parent fines for taking children on holiday during school time shot up by almost 30% last year
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School absence fines rise again as landmark court ruling continues to have an impact
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Unauthorised absence rate remains at highest since records began
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Coronavirus: DfE tells heads to ‘be pragmatic’ on non-isolation absences
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Coronavirus: Attendance falling at Scottish schools
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Schools in England struggle to stay open as coronavirus hits attendance
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Children stay at home amid coronavirus fears after their parents ignore Boris Johnson's advice
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  • Mar 17, 2020
Thousands of parents keep kids at home over coronavirus fears as schools are ordered to stay open
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Parents keeping kids off school amid coronavirus: ‘Don’t prosecute us for protecting our families'
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Coronavirus: Parents already removing pupils from class
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Coronavirus: Worried mums keep children off school despite government advice
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Coronavirus: Schools won’t be penalised for absences, says Williamson
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  • Mar 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Parents pull children out of class over fears despite official advice, heads warn
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Coronavirus-fearing mum pulls kids out of school so she doesn't catch bug
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Academy trusts lengthen October half term to tackle coastal schools’ absence problems
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School absence fines 'rise by a fifth'
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One in 10 students 'misses school due to bullying'
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Unauthorised absence for holidays at highest-ever rate
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We Are Stoke-on-Trent: Helping students who are truanting
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Chesterfield school anxiety pupil 'treated like truant'
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Global climate strike: What happens if your child skips school to protest?
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'Heavy-handed' attendance targets damage mental health
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'I missed four weeks' school a year caring for my sick mum'
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Scottish pupils take 200‑mile trips for 10 minutes with orthodontist
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  • Jun 21, 2019
Absences soar at Scottish schools on toxic waste dump site
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  • Jun 19, 2019
I was fined for taking my child to Jamaica, but I'm one of the lucky ones | Kehinde Andrews
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Data reveals poor pupils' Xmas jumper shame
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  • May 31, 2019
School absence rates fall, data shows
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  • May 30, 2019
Unauthorised term-time holidays up 11%
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  • May 30, 2019
New study finds one in five females between 14 and 21 have been bullied over their period
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Grime over Mozart? Better music lessons 'changed my life'
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Average schoolgirl takes three days off each term due to period-related issues, study finds
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'Around 600' children taken out of school during campaign against LGBT lessons
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LGBT protest: '600 pupils' taken out of primary
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Almost 15% of secondary pupils in Ireland are absent ‘excessively’
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Children find foreign languages so stressful they are being signed off by a GP, headteachers told
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Couple who took child out of school for holiday face prison if they do it again
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Parents threatened with jail after taking child on holiday in term time
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Home visits show effect on absenteeism and performance
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Climate protests: Teachers won’t punish absent pupils
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Teachers oppose 'reprisals' for pupils protesting about climate change
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Climate strike: Schools should not punish protesting students with detentions, teachers say
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NEU opposes detentions and exclusions for climate strike pupils
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Almost third of children in need 'persistently absent' from school
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Climate change: Spare pupil protestors detentions, say teachers
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Absence: Parent penalty notice system under fire
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School holiday fines double in just one year as councils crack down on trips during term time
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School holiday fines 'double in one year' after ruling it is illegal to take pupils out of term time
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School holiday fines rise by 75% in a year
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  • Mar 22, 2019
Why school attendance really matters for social mobility
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  • Mar 21, 2019
One million parents took their children on term time holidays last year, figures show
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Absence rates in schools continuing to rise
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Number of parents fined for term-time holidays at record level
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Family holidays during term time help push unauthorised school absences to record high
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Term-time holiday fines rise 75% in crackdown
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Unauthorised absences hit record high
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School holiday fines: Parents hit by penalties rise 93%
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School absence fines soar by 74% after Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School absence rates continue to rise
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Lower absence and exclusion in non-GCSE courses
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  • Mar 19, 2019
Hundreds of UK students have joined thousands across the globe in climate change protest
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Climate strike: US students walk out of classes as part of global protest
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Students around the world go on climate strike (video)
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Pupils across UK leave lessons to join climate change protests
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Thousands of students leave lessons for climate protests on global day of action
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  • Mar 15, 2019
British kids walk out of lessons to join school ‘strikes’ across the world demanding action on climate change
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Climate change protest: Students from 80 countries walk out of school for demonstration
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Four ways you can support the YouthStrike4Climate movement | UK Student Climate Network
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Global climate strike: students take to the streets – in pictures
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Students skip class to stage climate change protest
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Climate strike: Give detentions to children who skip school to protest environmental catastrophe, headteachers' union leader says
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Students strike for climate action around the world
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Climate strikes spread worldwide as students call for action
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Climate protests: Poll finds public back striking pupils
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Hundreds set to skip classes for climate strike
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Pacific islanders plea to Scottish climate strike pupils: Help us save our paradise
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Climate strikes: students around the world walk out to demand change – live
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  • Mar 15, 2019
Youth climate strikes to take place in more than 100 countries
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  • Mar 14, 2019
Scotland: 'Don't punish pupils' for climate change strikes say MSPs
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  • Mar 7, 2019
Edinburgh pupils will not be punished for joining climate-change protests
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  • Mar 5, 2019
Scotland: Edinburgh pupils can skip school for climate protest, council rules
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Scotland: Pupils 'will not be punished' for climate change strikes
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  • Mar 5, 2019
Mum who let child miss school for entire year fined just £585
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  • Mar 1, 2019
Should children be allowed time off school to strike?
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  • Feb 26, 2019
Twice as many mothers prosecuted for their children's truancy than fathers, figures show
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  • Feb 20, 2019
Ministers are misguided if they think missing school is more serious than climate change | Jane Merrick
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  • Feb 18, 2019
Holiday in term time: Parents ignoring 'taking children out of school ban' soars
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  • Jan 28, 2019
Four in ten parents have risked a £1,000 fine and even prison to take kids out of school for term-time holidays to save money
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  • Jan 28, 2019
Two in five say term-time holidays OK for primary pupils
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  • Jan 24, 2019
Lancashire school's '£1,000 holiday fine' warning denied
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Damian Hinds: £1K holiday fines won't be used
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Parents receive warning of £1,000 term-time holiday fines, but council disputes plan
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  • Jan 21, 2019
£1,000 fine for term-time holidays could be illegal
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Ireland: Demand for stiffer penalty if your child misses school
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  • Jan 17, 2019
Prosecutions of parents for their child's truancy soar to 20,000 a year after a ban on term-time holidays
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  • Jan 9, 2019
Council prosecuted parents after pupil, 15, couldn't attend classes due to anxiety
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Mum criticises school for sending police to see parents of kids who miss classes
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Unauthorised absences continue to rise
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  • Oct 19, 2018
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  • Oct 18, 2018
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2017 and spring 2018
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  • Oct 18, 2018
One in ten pupils have missed school due to family holidays
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  • Oct 18, 2018
Dad who failed to send son to school is jailed after boy turned up twice this year
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'Rewards don't improve school attendance'
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  • Aug 29, 2018
A-level results day: Fears grow over unconditional university offers as some students stop attending school
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  • Aug 18, 2018
Growing fears about 'unconditional university offers as some students quit school
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  • Aug 18, 2018
Scotland: Investigate pupil absences in last week of term, MSPs told
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  • Aug 10, 2018
Scotland: Half of children miss end of term to beat holiday price rises
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Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017
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Pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2016 to 2017 academic year
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  • Jun 20, 2018
7 things you need to know about period poverty
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20million school days lost: Shock figures reveal rise in children skipping lessons
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Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2017
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  • May 17, 2018
Fining parents ‘has no effect on school term-time absence’
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Pupil absence in in primary and secondary schools in England during the 2016 to 2017 academic year
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