Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2014

Levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence by school type, with indicative statistics on persistent absentees.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 21 May 2015

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR12/2015

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National tables: SFR12/2015

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Local authority tables: SFR12/2015

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Pupil referral unit tables: SFR12/2015

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Additional tables: 10% persistent absence threshold - SFR12/2015

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Additional tables: proposed persistent absentee methodology - SFR12/2015

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Underlying data: SFR12/2015

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Pre-release access list: SFR12/2015

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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

It includes information on:

• reasons for absence
• persistent absence

Absence information for pupil referral units has also been provided. It is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.

Contact details

School census statistics team

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Published 21 May 2015