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Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of persistent absence in schools in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
4 Aug 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of persistent absence in schools in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Answer published

    Absence is a key barrier to opportunity. For children to achieve and thrive they need to be in school. The department is committed to improving the attendance of all pupils. Thanks to the efforts of the sector, we saw record improvements in 2024/25 with a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many publicly-funded adult education classes were provided in each year since 2023.

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Pupils: Absenteeism

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fixed penalty notices for school absences were issued in Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire in the last academic year.