Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2022 and spring 2023

Absence statistics on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 19 October 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2022 and spring term 2023

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england

Details

Absence statistics relating to the autumn and spring terms.

It provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

• state-funded primary schools
• state-funded secondary schools
• state-funded special schools
• pupil referral units

It includes information on absence rates, persistent absence and pupils not attending in circumstances related to COVID-19. The release uses pupil-level absence data that we collect in the school census.

Published 19 October 2023