Best and worst West Midlands schools for unauthorised absence rates revealed - see where your school ranks
The worst schools in the West Midlands for unauthorised absences have been revealed.
Unauthorised absences at schools across the UK have fallen for the second time in a row over the last year.
In the UK, schools registered an overall absence rate of 6.78 per cent, which is down from 7.15 per cent the year prior, with the percentage of persistent absences (10 per cent or more missed) sitting at 18.14 per cent, down from 19.95 per cent the year before.
Severe absentees, however, saw a rise over the last year, rising from 2.30 per cent in 2023/24, to 2.39 per cent the year after.
Now, data from the Department for Education has revealed the West Midlands schools with the highest rates of truancy over the last school year, with Birmingham’s Wavelery Studio College topping the list.
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Pupils at Wavelery Studio College missed around one in nine sessions through unauthorised absences, a proportion of 11.5 per cent.
Second on the list is Walsall’s Shire Oak Academy, where students were reported to have missed around one in 10 sessions, a rate of 10.1 per cent.
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