One in ten children known to social care missing half of school time, reveals DfE data

One in ten children known to social care missed at least half of school time during 2022-23, show Department for Education statistics released today.
The 10.1% severe absence rate for children in need in England was almost five times that for pupils in general (2.2%), according to the annual figures on educational outcomes for children in the social care system.
And while the rate for all pupils grew by one percentage point from 2020-21 to 2022-23, it rose by 4.5 percentage points for children i