EPI blames patchy data for uncertainty over numbers and calls for national register to track those out of school
Incomplete records and patchy data mean there could be up to 300,000 children missing out on education in England, according to a thinktank that wants a national register to track those out of school.
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) said the 300,000 could not be accounted for, after taking the number of children registered with NHS GPs in England and subtracting the number of five- to 15-year-olds on school rolls or recorded as in home education.
