Updates for 29 April:
School attendance rates double after Easter break
The number of vulnerable pupils attending schools doubled in the week after the Easter holidays, updated figures from the Department for Education show.
The data, which is based on schools self-reporting figures to the DfE, shows 49,000 of the children in attendance on 24 April were classed by schools as vulnerable, up from 24,000 on 17 April.
Overall attendance levels hit 1.9 per cent last Wednesday, with 177,000 pupils attending. This was more than twice the rate of 0.9 per cent seen at points during the Easter break.
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