Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 22900

Pupils: Absenteeism

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of school absence in (a) schools with 40% or more pupils in bands A-F of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index and (b) other (i)

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department collects detailed pupil-level data on attendance, which is disaggregated by a number of characteristics, including measures of disadvantage such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and free school meal (FSM) eligibili...

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