Neil Merrick 27 August 2025

Scottish care kids failing to attend school

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An increasing proportion of children in local authority care in Scotland are failing to attend school.

New Scottish government figures show the attendance rate for looked after children fell from 84.4% in 2022-23 to 83.7% in 2023-24, at the same time as attendance increased slightly among other pupils, from 90.2% to 90.3%.

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