Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a new analysis paper on the latest school attendance figures, the number of days of schooling lost by pupils across the country and how this correlates with geographical disadvantage.
It states that attendance rate in primary schools have been much higher than those in secondary schools - around 90 per cent in most areas during the autumn term - but dropped to around 80 per cent in areas of high disadvantage including Oldham in Manchester, Sandwell in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets in east London.
Secondary school attendance rates were typically between 80 and 90 per cent in most areas but dropped as low as 71 per cent in Oldham and Sandwell, the analysis shows.
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