Pupils: Attendance
Commons · Question 63478 · Tabled 27 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
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
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 10 Jul 2025
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...