Some pupils have 'simply got out of the habit of regular attendance,' education bosses say.
Rates were broadly similar for eight years before the Covid pandemic brought huge disruption to the way schools operated.
There is a slight difference between the 2018-19 data - which records statutory school age pupils - and the last year's data, which covers pupils of any age, but it does not explain the big difference.
Covid itself had a direct impact on absences this year, with 69.1% of pupils missing at least half a day's schooling because of it.Covid-related absences peaked in January, when infections were highest among school-age children.Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "It is essential that children are in the classroom, learning from their teachers in a face-to-face environment.
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