Accredited official 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.
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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.
Updates to this page
Published 20 October 2016
