Accredited official statistics
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term 2018
This is the first of three planned absence publications relating to the 2018 to 2019 academic year, and relates to the autumn term only.
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 absence
- absence information for pupil referral units
The release uses pupil-level absence data that we collect in the school census.
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