As many as 300,000 children aged five to 15 were missing from education in England last year, a report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has found.
The figures – which compare GP registrations with school enrolment data – mark a 40% increase in unaccounted absences since 2017.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/demands-our-attention-as-many-as-300-000-children-were-missing-from-education-in-2023-report-finds-13266519
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