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Huge scale of children sent home from school in Salford revealed - in warning of 'north-south divide'
More than 2,100 schoolchildren on average are self-isolating every day in Salford – which is around 6pc of the school population in the city.Overall attendance of schools is at around 85pc with more unauthorised absences recorded in secondary schools and some absences due to anxiety.The overall absence rate Salford's state-funded secondary schools was 6.8pc in 2018/19, while the absence rate in state-funded primary schools was 4.2pc.Cathy Starbuck, assistant director of education and children's services at Salford City Council, revealed the latest figures to a scrutiny panel this week.She said: “Attendance is much better overall in primary than it is in secondary."Other than the children isolating – which is obviously something that they’re