Pupils: Absenteeism
Commons · Question 22900 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 17 Jan 2025
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...