Make data sharing on school attendance mandatory, children’s commissioner says

Fiona Simpson
Thursday, November 2, 2023

The children’s commissioner for England has called for compulsory data sharing on attendance across all schools, academy trusts and local authorities in a bid to tackle “endemic” absenteeism in Key Stage 4.

De Souza: 'It is my ambition that every child should be in school 100 per cent of the time.' Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
De Souza: 'It is my ambition that every child should be in school 100 per cent of the time.' Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

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