Accredited official statistics

Attendance at grant-aided primary, post-primary and special schools: 2015 to 2016 - summary statistics

The purpose of this statistical first release is to present basic attendance figures for schools for the 2015/16 academic year.

• From: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Published: 26 January 2017

Documents

Attendance at grant-aided primary, post-primary and special schools: 2015 to 2016 - summary statistics

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/pupil-attendance

Details

Attendance data for the 2015/16 academic year was collected from all grant-aided primary, post-primary and special schools via the school census in October 2016. It includes information on the levels of absence, type of absence and reason for absence. A further release containing a more detailed set of tables, including absence by pupil characteristics, will be published by the end of February 2017.

Published 26 January 2017