During the academic year, 77,654 pupils of primary and secondary school age across the city region did not turn up for class
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren across Greater Manchester were ‘persistently absent’ from school during the 2022/23 school year, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
A memo sent out by the city’s executive director of children’s services, Melissa Caslake has been seen by the LDRS. It is headed: Miss School. Miss Out - Back to school in September. A spokesperson for Salford city council has confirmed the copy of the memo seen by the M.E.N. is genuine, although the authority’s official figure for persistent absences was released to us as 9,153. They said: “There is a national link between areas of deprivation and below average school attendance.”
The number of presently absent pupils for the authorities is as follows with the total statutory school-age population in brackets: Bolton 13,906 ; Bury 3,673 ; Manchester 19,912 ; Oldham 10,100 ; Rochdale 8,965 ; Salford 9,153 ; Wigan 11,945 . A spokesperson for Rochdale council said: “We are working with all our schools to promote good attendance. The council is part of the Greater Manchester Attendance Action Alliance and we work closely with partners to understand the range of factors which affect our children and young people who are persistently absent from school.
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