Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2009

Absence during the autumn term in local-authority-maintained primary schools, secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 May 2010

Applies to England

Documents

Main Text: SFR14/2010

Ref: SFR14/2010

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National tables: SFR14/2010

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Local authority tables: SFR14/2010

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Pre-release access list: SFR14/2010

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Details

Reference id: SFR14/2010

Publication type: statistical first release

Local authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release date: 26 May 2010

Coverage status: final

Publication status: published

It is based on pupil level absence data collected via the spring 2010 school census. This release provides local level information on the rates of absence (authorised, unauthorised and overall) by:

• type of school
• number of persistent absentees and the number on track to becoming persistent absentees
• the proportion of absence by reason

Data for autumn term 2008 were published in June 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• the overall absence rate has decreased slightly, going from 6.42% to 6.13%
• the unauthorised absence rate has decreased, going from 0.98% to 0.93%

Andrew Clarke - Schools Statistical Team
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Published 26 May 2010