Structure · Why does school attendance keep falling?

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Why does school attendance keep falling?

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A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not → influences? → The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week

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Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	open	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✓ yes	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✓ yes	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✓ yes	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✓ yes	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✓ yes	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✓ yes	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✓ yes	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✓ yes	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✓ yes	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✓ yes	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✓ yes	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✓ yes	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✓ yes	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✓ yes	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✓ yes	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✓ yes	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✓ yes	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✓ yes	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✓ yes	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✓ inferred	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✓ inferred	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✓ inferred	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✓ inferred	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	in focus ↑ · close ✕
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	→	Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	→	Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	Sanctions escalate faster than any support does	✗ no	discuss
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	✗ no	discuss
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9	→	Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not	✗ no	discuss
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch	→	Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude	✗ no	discuss
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves	→	The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	✗ no	discuss
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers	→	Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it	→	Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	✗ no	discuss
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	✗ no	discuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow	→	Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer	✗ no	discuss
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone	→	Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first	✗ no	discuss