Last week the House of Commons Education Committee published its report into the causes of, and possible solutions to, the rise in absence since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the first month of the new academic year behind us, we take a look at rates of absence this year so far.
As usual, we base the analysis on data collected from 7,200 primary schools and 2,700 secondary schools that make use of FFT’s Attendance Tracker service.
In the chart below, we compare absence in September 2023 to absence in September 2022 by year group.
