This is the first of three planned absence publications relating to the 2018 to 2019 academic year, and relates to the autumn term only.

Documents

Main text

PDF, 796KB, 7 pages

National tables

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 120KB

National tables

ODS, 95.4KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Underlying data

ZIP, 25.2MB

Details

This release 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 information on:

  • reasons for absence
  • persistent absence
  • absence information for pupil referral units

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

A guide on how we produce pupil absence statistics is also available.

School absence and exclusions team

Email[email protected]

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0114 274 2585

Published 30 May 2019