133 elever är inte skolplacerade i Jönköpings kommun. Några av eleverna som inte kommit tillbaka vistas just nu utomlands.

Amanda Spielman says children are walking out of class, or registering but not attending lessons.

The number of children missing school in England is a crisis that needs to be tackled with bigger, bolder national measures, MPs say.

Commons education committee report also says mental health struggles should be accepted as valid reason for missing school.

Rektorerna avslog ledighet – trots det åkte familjen till Thailand på en flera månader lång vistelse. Nu kräver Solna kommun 50 000 kronor i vite – och får rätt av domstol.

Parents in England no longer subscribe to the view that their children need to be in school full-time, according to new research which says there has been “a seismic shift” in attitudes to attendance since the pandemic.

Mange elever i grunnskolen synes det er skummelt å rekke opp hånda eller snakke foran klassen. Men overdreven tilrettelegging i skolen gjør det bare verre, mener forskere.

Utdanningsdirektoratet er bekymret over nye fraværstall.

Skoleledere mener for mange elever er vekk fra skolen på grunn av småsykdom og ferier.

For many, lockdown was a relief. Some never went back at all. As a new academic year begins for most of the UK, more children than ever are worried about returning. What’s being done to get them into the classroom – and is that always the best idea?

Det behövs tillförlitliga data på total frånvaro och inte minst sjuktalen bland gymnasieelever, skriver Malin Gren Landell, tidigare särskild utredare av skolfrånvaro.

School leaders tell of abnormal levels of pupil anxiety amid plan to lower grades back to pre-pandemic levels.