National statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017

This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2016 to 2017 academic year.

From:
Department for Education
Published
22 March 2018
Last updated
20 June 2018 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Main text

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National and local authority tables

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Map: Overall absence rates

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Underlying data

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Details

This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

  • state-funded primary schools
  • state-funded secondary schools
  • special schools
  • pupil referral units

It includes information on:

  • reasons for absence
  • persistent absence
  • pupil characteristics

The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.

It updates and supplements information published in the October 2017 release ‘Pupil absence in schools in England, autumn 2016 and spring 2017’.

A guide to how we produce pupil absence statistics is also available.

School census statistics team

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 22 March 2018
Last updated 20 June 2018 + show all updates

  1. Added a local authority district (LAD) characteristics file to underlying data showing absence information broken down by free school meal eligibility.

  2. First published.

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