Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza is concerned by recent attendance data showing that just 87 per cent of pupils are in school in England, down from 95 per cent pre-pandemic.
While the fall is partly attributed to children being absent with Covid-19, the Centre for Social Justice also estimates that up to 100,000 pupils dropped off school rolls last term.
The 10 authorities involved in the research project will submit attendance data to the commissioner’s office to identify those children that are no longer in school and highlight the information vacuum about what has happened to them.
The aim is to develop improved ways to identify why some children are not in the classroom or have dropped off school rolls.
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