DfE figures estimate only 88% of schoolchildren were recorded as present last week
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More than one in nine state school pupils was absent last week as schools across England reopened, according to Department for Education figures.
Only an estimated 88% of pupils from reception classes upwards were recorded as present last Thursday, with the remainder described by the DfE’s analysis as “absent for Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 related reasons”.
