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- Pupil absence in schools in England
Step 2 Select a data set or featured table
- Data set
- 01 - Absence rates by geographic level
Step 3 Choose locations
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- East Midlands
- East of England
- Inner London
- North East
- North West
- National
- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2020/21
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Overall absence rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
- Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- School type
- Total
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Academic year 2022/23'01 - Absence rates by geographic level' in East Midlands, East of England, England, Inner London, North East and 6 other locations for 2020/21 Overall absence rate Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) England 4.6% 21.3% 12.1% North East 4.8% 22.1% 13.0% North West 4.7% 22.6% 12.6% Yorkshire and The Humber 5.0% 21.8% 13.6% East Midlands 4.4% 20.8% 11.2% West Midlands 4.9% 22.4% 13.2% East of England 4.4% 20.0% 11.2% Inner London 4.7% 21.9% 12.3% Outer London 4.4% 22.1% 11.2% South East 4.4% 20.6% 11.4% South West 4.6% 19.3% 11.8% Footnotes
- Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
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- Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England, Academic year 2022/23
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