Department for Education figures show 12 per cent of pupils missed at least 10 per cent of sessions in the school year 2022/23 and were considered persistently absent from the 49 primary schools that reported numbers for York.
The rate was lower than secondary schools, where the figure stood at 25.1 per cent.
In 2018/19, before the pandemic, the persistent absence rate for primary schools was seven per cent and 13.2 per cent for secondaries.
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York is set for its hottest day of the year so far today (Thursday, May 1) – with temperatures expected to hit 26C.
