The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the equalising power of schooling. Over 28% of primary and 40% of secondary school pupils who qualified for free school meals were persistently absent during the 2021/22 autumn term. Lee Elliot Major and Andy Eyles write that the evidence on how to reduce persistent absenteeism is weak.

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17 October 2022

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/rising-school-absences-the-post-pandemic-education-divide/

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This publication comes under the following theme: Inequality and social mobility