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Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.
Analysis responding to public interest in long-term sickness absence.
This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
Tri-service regulations for leave and other types of absences.
Employers guide to assessing fitness to work, including asking for medical evidence, fit notes, and dealing with long term or frequent absences.
This is advice for UK sponsors of workers and temporary workers affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state funded schools.
Attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 2 and key stage 4, for the academic year 2018 to 2019, by levels of absence.
Indicative figures on overall, authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence by school type.
This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the autumn and spring terms of the 2010 to 2011 academic year.
Every state school in England will now share their daily attendance registers across the education sector.
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