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A TENTH of primary and secondary students in state-run schools were absent the week before the Easter Holidays in Bolton.
Figures from the Department for Education show that more than 2,000 pupils were not in school in the last week of March – equating to 9.7 per cent.
This is a rise in number of absentees compared to the week to February 10, where the figure was 8.2 per cent.
Broken down into primary and secondary students,…
