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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Pupils in England reluctant to return to school after lockdown, says report

Secondary school pupils in a classroom.
Attendance in state-funded schools fell to 87.4% on 20 January. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Pupils who were sent home to learn remotely during lockdown may no longer feel the same need to turn up for school, according to an Ofsted report, which also cites parents requesting online lessons for their children during term-time holidays.

The report comes after an investigation into low attendance in schools, which found the switch to online lessons had “negatively affected” some secondary school pupils’ perceptions of the need to be in school and could be contributing to high absence rates.

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