Accredited official statistics announcement

Pupil absence in schools in England: 2019 to 2020

This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 February 2020
• Last updated: 20 August 2020 — See all updates

• Proposed release: March 2021
• Cancellation date: 20 August 2020 11:30am

Statistics release cancelled

As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department for Education has had to change its data gathering and release practices, focussing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. Our statement of 26 March 2020 explains this further (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#announcements and, in line with guidance from the Office for Statistics Regulation (https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/covid-19-and-the-regulation-of-statistics/), the decision has been made to cancel this publication. We will keep users updated of further changes via the Department for Education Statistics website.