Guidance

Pupil absence statistics: guide

How we produce statistics on pupil absence in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 May 2015
• Last updated: 12 January 2023
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  1. 12 January 2023

     Updated guide to how we produce pupil absence statistics.

  2. 21 March 2019

     Updated 'A guide to absence statistics'.

  3. 22 March 2018

     Updated the absence statistics guide.

  4. 19 October 2017

     Updated document to account for special school absence now being collected each term.

  5. 6 September 2017

     Updated document to include a section on the uses and users of absence statistics.

  6. 24 March 2017

     Updated guide with 2015 to 2016 full-year absence data, information on consistency checks, and an annex on historical absence.

  7. 19 May 2016

     Document updated to reflect a persistent absence measure that applies from September 2015.

  8. 24 March 2016

     Updated document to include information on a new pupil absence measure.

  9. 20 October 2015

     Updated document to reflect changes set out in autumn term 2014 and spring term 2015 figures.

  10. 19 May 2015

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Pupil absence statistics guide

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england

Details

The pupil absence statistics guide sets out:

• when we publish pupil absence statistics
• how we calculate findings
• how we collect and process data

Read the latest pupil absence statistics.