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More than 300,000 pupils estimated absent from school after England World Cup win

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Exclusive: Initial figures yet to be confirmed by Department for Education, which said schools ‘at the heart’ of the celebration

About 332,000 fewer children were in school on Monday morning than a week earlier, according to initial figures, as attendance fell after England’s 3-2 World Cup win over Mexico.

School registers were down more than three percentage points on last week, after England manager Thomas Tuchel advised parents to “write an excuse for school and let them watch”.

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