When we looked at absence in the first half-term of this year, we saw that although levels were still some way above pre-pandemic, they were a big improvement on last year.
Let’s see how the rest of term panned out.
Absence compared with last year
First, we’ll plot absence by week across Autumn Term up to the end of last week (9th December) and compare with the same period last year. As usual, we’ll be using data from our 10,000 Attendance Tracker schools.
