The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named

The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named

Many were also among the country’s highest performers when it came to GCSEs 👀

The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named - with the lowest pupil absence rates

Many were also among the country’s highest performers when it came to GCSEs 👀

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire's best and worst performing high schools

The latest state secondary school performance figures are out

Record number of school pupils in England ‘severely absent’

A school leaders' union warned last week that some families see school as "optional" since the pandemic

Severe absence reaches record high

Overall absence continues to fall, but figures for the most severely absent pupils have reached highest numbers since data collection began

Record number of pupils in England ‘severely absent’ from school

The number of pupils in England absent for long periods of time reached a record high last year, Government figures suggest.Department for Education (DfE) data indicates that 2.3% of pupils were "severely absent", which means they missed at least 50% of possible school sessions, in 2023/24, compared with 2.0% in 2022/23.Overall, 171,269 pupils were classed as severely absent last academic year, up from 150,256 in 2022/23.It is the highest number…