The Nottinghamshire schools which recorded the most student absences have been revealed in Department for Education (DfE) data. 289 students at Djanogly City Academy in Nottingham were recorded as persistently absent during the 2020-21 academic year.
That means they missed at least 10% of possible half-day sessions – the equivalent of a day off every fortnight. This equates to around 30.7% of pupils enrolled at the school over the year. That was the 90th-highest rate of persistent absence out of thousands recorded by state-funded secondaries across England.
The school also recorded 39 pupils as having missed at least half of their sessions, which was 4.1% of those on the roll. The next highest persistent absence rate of secondary schools in the area was recorded at the Bulwell Academy, where 299 pupils (29.9%) missed 10% or more of sessions.
