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- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
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- Subject
- 06 - Absence by pupil characteristics - national
Step 3 Choose Countries
- National
- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2019/20 Autumn Term to 2020/21 Autumn Term
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Overall absence rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees
- Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Characteristic
- FSM Not eligible
- FSM eligible
- FSM eligible in last 6 years
- FSM not eligible in last 6 years
- Total
- School type
- Total
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This is the latest dataWarningSome rows and columns are not shown in this table as the data does not exist in the underlying file.'06 - Absence by pupil characteristics - national' for FSM Not eligible, FSM eligible, FSM eligible in last 6 years and FSM not eligible in last 6 years in England between 2019/20 Autumn Term and 2020/21 Autumn Term FSM FSM ever 6 Total FSM eligible FSM Not eligible FSM eligible in last 6 years FSM not eligible in last 6 years 2019/20 Autumn Term 2020/21 Autumn Term 2019/20 Autumn Term 2020/21 Autumn Term 2019/20 Autumn Term 2020/21 Autumn Term 2019/20 Autumn Term 2020/21 Autumn Term 2019/20 Autumn Term 2020/21 Autumn Term Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances z 8.5% z 6.6% z 8.4% z 6.4% z 7.0% Overall absence rate 7.6% 7.8% 4.3% 3.8% 7.2% 7.4% 4.1% 3.6% 4.9% 4.7% Percentage of persistent absentees 23.8% 24.1% 10.5% 9.6% 22.2% 23.1% 9.8% 8.9% 13.1% 13.0% Save table
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