Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 51237

Schools: Attendance

Tabled: 9 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Satvir Kaur

LabourSouthampton Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of emotional based school avoidance on (a) pupils and (b) schools.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The absence crisis is one of the government's most challenging inheritances. By working alongside school staff and parents, the department is getting absence moving in the right direction with children attending over 3 million more days of school this yea...

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