Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016

This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2015 to 2016 academic year.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 23 March 2017
• Last updated: 19 April 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Main text: SFR14/2017

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Main tables: SFR14/2017

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Main tables: SFR14/2017

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Underlying data: SFR14/2017

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Pre-release access list: SFR14/2017

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Details

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

• state-funded primary schools
• state-funded secondary schools
• special schools

It includes information on:

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

The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.

It updates and supplements information published in the October 2016 release ‘Pupil absence in schools in England, autumn 2015 and spring 2016’.

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

School census statistics team

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 23 March 2017
Last updated 19 April 2017 + show all updates

1. 19 April 2017

   Underlying data file updated to include absence data by pupil residency and school location, and updated metadata document.

2. 23 March 2017

   First published.