Accredited official statistics

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2017 and spring 2018

The release reports on pupil absence in primary, secondary and special schools in autumn and spring terms of the 2017 to 2018 academic year.

Applies to England

Documents

Main text

National tables

Underlying data

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
  • pupil referral units

It includes information on:

  • reasons for absence
  • persistent absentees
  • pupil characteristics

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

It updates and supplements information published in the May 2018 release - ‘Pupil absence in schools in England, autumn term 2017’.

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

Updates to this page

Published 18 October 2018

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