Department for Education data shows that 2.3% of pupils were ‘severely absent’, up from 2.0% in 2022-23
More than 170,000 children in England missed at least half their school lessons last year, which is a record high, government figures suggest.
This amounts to 2.3% of pupils who were “severely absent”, which means they missed at least 50% of possible classes, in 2023-24 compared with 2.0% in 2022-23.
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