Thousands more Brighton and Hove children miss school persistently since covid pandemic

More than 6,000 children – or one in five – missed school persistently in Brighton and Hove during the 2022-23 academic year, according to figures from the Department for Education (DfE). The rate of persistent absence has soared since the coronavirus pandemic restrictions from 11.5 per cent in 2018-19, before covid, to 21.6 per cent […]