Nearly 40 per cent of pupils missed school today due to strike action, with the majority of students at three in five secondaries staying at home, new data reveals.
Attendance data shared exclusively with Schools Week shows 39 per cent of students at 3,300 primary, secondary and special schools were absent today because of strike disruption.
Teachers in thousands of schools walked out after National Education Union members voted to strike and crunch talks with government failed to find a resolution.
If school management information system operator Arbor Education’s attendance data was extrapolated nationwide, it equates to 3.2 million pupils missing school because of strikes.
