Children
who
skip
school
are
increasingly
on
family
holidays
,
government
figures
revealed
today
.
____________________
children
played
truant
this
spring
term
compared
with
the
spring
term
last
year
.
Children
missed
3m
unauthorised
days
of
school
last
term
,
compared
with
3
.
7m
days
of
school
in
the
same
period
last
year
.
But
a
____________________
group
of
truants
-
6%
of
the
school
population
-
who
account
for
more
than
three
-
quarters
of
all
those
on
unauthorised
absence
,
are
more
likely
to
be
on
a
family
holiday
than
they
were
in
the
same
period
last
year
.
Some
1
.
2%
of
all
absence
was
for
family
holidays
not
____________________
by
their
school
last
term
,
compared
with
0
.
9%
for
the
same
term
last
year
.
More
than
60%
of
all
absences
were
for
illness
,
the
same
figure
as
last
yea
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