National statistics announcement

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2019 and spring term 2020

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

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.