Exclusive: Extraordinary levels of absence fuelled by anxiety, illness and cost of living crisis
- ‘His safe space is at home’: parents on why their children are absent from school
One in 10 GCSE-year pupils have been absent from school in England each day this year, up 70% since before the Covid pandemic, a Guardian investigation has found.
Thousands more teenagers are attending school only part-time as anxiety, illness and the cost of living crisis fuel extraordinary levels of absence.
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