Ofsted head warns working from home leads to lower school attendance as 19% of pupils are "persistently absent."

Sir Martyn Oliver, head of Ofsted, warns that post-pandemic trends of working from home are leading parents to keep their children out of school on Fridays, lowering attendance. He notes this is a shift from pre-pandemic times and highlights that over 19% of pupils are "persistently absent," an increase from pre-pandemic rates. Oliver calls for better tracking of children's education status, citing the fragmentation of educational patterns.

December 05, 2024
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