Claim: The Centre for Social Justice recently produced figures which show that pupil absence grew by 55% during the previous lockdown, with more than 90,000 pupils now absent from school.
Fact-check: Iain Duncan Smith's figures on school absence are out of date - Full Fact
Verdict: these are not recent figures. the csj published them in june 2021, and they describe pupil attendance more than a year ago. therefore, they do not accurately tell us anything about the current picture of persistent pupil absence.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-12-21T00:00:00