Hazel sheeringEducation correspondent
Pupils in England, who missed the school during the first week in September 2024, were more likely to remember large parts during the rest of the year, showing figures.
According to the first government data viewed by the BBC, more than half (57%) disciples who were partially absent in the week were “frequent” – at least 10% of the school went missing.
In contrast, in the first week, 14% of the students who were fully participated in the first week became consistently absent.
Education Secretary Bridget Philipson said that schools and parents should “double” to achieve children at the beginning of the 2025 term, which is for most English schools this week.
The conservatives said that the bills of labor schools had destroyed a system that had “extended the standards for decades”.
A major teachers union said that “outside the school gate” was required more support to promote the attendance.
Schools always struggle with attendance issues, but after the epidemic in 2020 they became very bad and the schools closed most of the students during the national lockdown.
The appearance has improved, but it remains a major problem than before Kovid.
In total, about 18% of students were absent continuously in 2024–25 school years, below the peak of 23% in 2021–22 but more than the east-coved level of about 11%.
The Education Department (DFE) stated that 2024–25 data of the first week of school year revealed that the word was “important” to deal with frequent absence.
Carl Stewart, head teacher at the Shaftsbury Junior School in the lecester, said his school’s attendance rate was higher than average and “a certain dip” over two years after Kovid.
He said, “Why do I get. Some of them did not necessarily do not want to send them. This was because either they had found Kovid or other things, they were saying, ‘We would keep them away to ensure”, “, he said.
The school has incentives such as awards and class competitions to keep the absence rates low, and Mr. Stewart said that the attendance had returned to more or less pre-covered levels.
“The results are just better when we have children every day,” he said.
“If you are here, it gives you more time to notice your teacher, to see us all this good behavior [and] This is really hard work – and this is what we want. ,
But, Like a lot of schoolsHe said that some parents still took their children unauthorizedly on holidays from time to time to provide maximum benefit of cheap costs.
Other, he said, children have taken children for medical treatment abroad to avoid NHS waiting list.
The Education Secretary said that the presence of presence last year improved, the level of absence is “severely high, which risks the possibility of a whole generation of young people”.
Philipson said, “The school has been stolen from the future of a child every day.”
“As the new word closes, we need to double schools and parents on energy, drive, and strange, which already promotes the possibility of life of millions of children, does the same for millions of people.”
DFE stated that 800 schools were supported by regional school reform teams – through attendance and behavior hub.
These hubs are made up of 90 exemplary schools that will provide assistance to improve struggling schools through training sessions, events and open days.
It said that it had earlier appointed 21 schools which would lead the program.
However, the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders, Peppe Diyasio, said the attendance hub was not a “silver bullet” and a more “strategic approach” was required.
“I think the government has really worked hard to improve the presence and it remains a priority for them, but certainly there is much more to do so,” he told the BBC.
“So many challenges [school leaders] Coming beyond school gates – children suffering from high level anxiety, issues around mental health. ,
He said that school leaders wanted to reach quick access to those students and expert employees in schools, but students also needed a “great role model” in the community through young clubs and volunteer groups.
Chhaya Education Secretary Laura Trot said: “Behavior and attendance are two of the biggest challenges in front of schools and this is about the time when the government acted.”
He said: “There should be clear results for poor behavior, not only to protect the students trying to learn, but also to identify that mainstream education is not the right setting for those who create disruption.”
Additional reporting by Nathan Standley