Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2024

Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.

Applies to England

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Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2024

Details

This presents absence statistics relating to the 2024 to 2025 autumn term.

It provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

  • state-funded primary schools
  • state-funded secondary schools
  • state-funded special schools

It includes:

  • reasons for absence
  • absence by pupil characteristic
  • rates of persistent and severe absence
  • absence information for state-funded alternative provision (including PRU)

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

Updates to this page

Published 7 August 2025

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