Number of city school truants have tripled
The Herald|October 24, 2024
ALARMING NEW STATISTICS SHOW LEVEL OF ABSENCES
DAVID DUBAS-FISHER and KATIE TIMMS
Number of city school truants have tripled

PLYMOUTH schools dealing with the most truancy among pupils have been named. And the number of unauthorised absences at state-run secondary schools in Plymouth has almost tripled since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some 1.5% of school sessions – defined as half a day of school per pupil – in Plymouth were missed due to unauthorised absences in the autumn and spring terms of the 2018/19 academic year. That rose to 3.7% in 2022/23 and 4.1% in 2023/24 according to the latest official figures.

But the rates at some schools are far higher than at others. Around one in 13 school sessions (7.6%) at Marine Academy Plymouth were missed due to unauthorised absences in the autumn and spring terms of 2023/24. That’s the highest rate for any state-run secondary school in our city.

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