Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2016

Indicative figures on overall, authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence by school type.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 May 2017

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR20/2017

PDF, 738 KB, 9 pages

National tables: SFR20/2017

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 132 KB

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Underlying data: SFR20/2017

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Pre-release access list: SFR20/2017

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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

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

School census statistics team

Email [email protected]

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 18 May 2017