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Why are so many more children missing school and what can we do about it?

Neil Merrick, LGIU associate

  • 6th November 2023
  • England & Wales Scotland
  • 9 mins read

Thousands of children across the UK miss school each week, and not only because they are ill. What can be done to tackle the problem of post-Covid absenteeism more than two years after schools officially reopened?

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