Rural, semi-rural and coastal council areas dominate the list of those with high rates of lost learning through school absence, suspensions, exclusions and other factors in pupils missing school.
The research, which has been carried out by think tank Centre for Young Lives and funded by racing driver Hamilton’s charity, also found that London boroughs make up the best performing council areas due to their low lost learning rates.
The least inclusive area in supporting children who are missing school has been named as Middlesborough, followed by Cornwall, Somerset, Torbay, Liverpool and Stoke-on-Trent.
Sunderland, Bradford, Northumberland and Halton make up the rest of these “least inclusive” council areas, says the research.
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