National statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2016 and spring 2017

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

From:
Department for Education
Published
19 October 2017

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR55/2017

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National tables: SFR55/2017

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Underlying data: SFR55/2017

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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 (these provide education for children who can’t go to a mainstream school)

It includes information on:

  • reasons for absence
  • persistent absence
  • pupil characteristics

The release uses pupil-level absence data that we collect in the school census.

It updates and supplements information in ‘Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2016’, which we published in May 2017.

School census statistics team

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 19 October 2017

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