Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 63478

Pupils: Attendance

Tabled: 27 June 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review how attendance at schools is recorded for students who have been transferred to another school.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Once a pupil has been transferred to another school, their name is deleted from both the admission and attendance registers.The ’Working together to improve school attendance’ guidance sets out the process clearly for schools in paragraphs 222-224. The gu...

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