National statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2015 and spring 2016

This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the autumn and spring terms of the 2015 to 2016 academic year.

From:
Department for Education
Published
20 October 2016

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR51/2016

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National tables: SFR51/2016

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National tables: SFR51/2016

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Underlying data: SFR51/2016

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Pre-release access list: SFR51/2016

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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
  • 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 2015’, which we published in May 2016.

School census statistics team

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 20 October 2016

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