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Statistics: pupil absence

Statistics on overall authorised and unauthorised pupil absences by school type, including persistent absentees and pupil characteristics.

Published 15 October 2013
Last updated 18 October 2018 — see all updates

• From: Department for Education

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The ‘Pupil absence in England: spring term’ statistical first release, previously published in August, has been discontinued. User feedback identified this as the least useful of the 4 pupil absence releases each year: it is followed in October by a far more comprehensive release of combined autumn/spring absence data. The 3 remaining releases are unaffected - specifically, the autumn term release, the combined autumn/spring term release and the full year release.

Statistics guidance

1. Pupil absence statistics: guide
   • 22 March 2018
   • Guidance

Autumn-term release

1. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2017
   • 17 May 2018
   • National Statistics
2. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2016
   • 18 May 2017
   • National Statistics
3. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2015
   • 19 May 2016
   • National Statistics
4. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2014
   • 21 May 2015
   • National Statistics
5. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2013
   • 30 May 2014
   • National Statistics
6. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2012
   • 23 May 2013
   • National Statistics
7. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2011
   • 14 June 2012
   • National Statistics
8. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2010
   • 25 May 2011
   • National Statistics
9. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2009
   • 26 May 2010
   • National Statistics

Combined autumn- and spring-term release

1. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2017 and spring 2018
   • 18 October 2018
   • National Statistics
2. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2016 and spring 2017
   • 19 October 2017
   • National Statistics
3. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2015 and spring 2016
   • 20 October 2016
   • National Statistics
4. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2014 and spring 2015
   • 20 October 2015
   • National Statistics
5. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2013 and spring 2014
   • 20 October 2015
   • National Statistics
6. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2012 and spring 2013
   • 15 October 2013
   • National Statistics
7. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2011 and spring 2012
   • 17 October 2012
   • National Statistics
8. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2010 and spring 2011
   • 19 October 2011
   • National Statistics
9. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2009 and spring 2010
   • 19 October 2010
   • National Statistics

Full-year release

1. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017
   • 20 June 2018
   • National Statistics
2. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016
   • 19 April 2017
   • National Statistics
3. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2014 to 2015
   • 24 March 2016
   • National Statistics
4. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2013 to 2014
   • 19 May 2015
   • National Statistics
5. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2012 to 2013
   • 25 March 2014
   • National Statistics
6. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2011 to 2012
   • 23 May 2013
   • National Statistics
7. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2010 to 2011
   • 28 March 2012
   • National Statistics
8. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2009 to 2010
   • 29 March 2011
   • National Statistics

Spring-term release

This release has been discontinued following user feedback.

1. Pupil absence in schools in England: spring term 2012
   • 30 August 2012
   • National Statistics
2. Pupil absence in schools in England: spring term 2011
   • 24 August 2011
   • National Statistics
3. Pupil absence in schools in England: spring term 2010
   • 25 August 2010
   • National Statistics

Published 15 October 2013
Last updated 18 October 2018 + show all updates

1. 18 October 2018 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2017 and spring term 2018'
2. 17 May 2018 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2017'.
3. 22 March 2018 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: 2016 to 2017' statistical release.
4. 19 October 2017 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2016 and spring 2017'.
5. 18 May 2017 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2016'.
6. 23 March 2017 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016'.
7. 20 October 2016 Added: 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2015 and spring 2016'.
8. 19 May 2016 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2015'.
9. 23 March 2016 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: 2014 to 2015' to 'Full-year release' section.
10. 20 October 2015 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2014 and spring 2015'.
11. 21 May 2015 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2014'.
12. 19 May 2015 Added 'Absence statistics guide'.
13. 26 March 2015 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: 2013 to 2014' to the collection.
14. 15 October 2014 Added 'Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2013 and spring 2014' to the collection.
15. 25 March 2014 Added statistics for 'Pupil absence in schools in England: 2012 to 2013'.
16. 15 October 2013 First published.