Accredited official statistics
Pupil absence in schools in England: 2020 to 2021
This release reports on pupil absence in primary and secondary schools in the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
Applies to England
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This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:
- state-funded primary schools
- state-funded secondary schools
- state-funded special schools
It includes information on:
- reasons for absence
- persistent absentees
- pupil characteristics
- absence information for pupil referral units
- absence by term
The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.
Updates to this page
Published 24 March 2022