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- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
WarningThis publication has been superseded by Pupil absence in schools in EnglandStep 2 Select a data set or featured table
- Data set
- 01 - Absence rates by school and geographic level
Step 3 Choose locations
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- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2016/17 Autumn term to 2021/22 Autumn term
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Overall absence rate
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- School type
- Total
- Special
- State-funded primary
- State-funded secondary
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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.'01 - Absence rates by school and geographic level' for Special, State-funded primary and State-funded secondary in England between 2016/17 Autumn term and 2021/22 Autumn term 2016/17 Autumn term 2017/18 Autumn term 2018/19 Autumn term 2019/20 Autumn term 2020/21 Autumn term 2021/22 Autumn term Total Overall absence rate 4.4% 4.4% 4.3% 4.9% 4.7% 6.9% Authorised absence rate 3.4% 3.3% 3.1% 3.6% 3.3% 5.3% Unauthorised absence rate 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.6% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances z z z z 7.0% 1.6% State-funded primary Overall absence rate 3.9% 3.9% 3.7% 4.3% 3.7% 5.7% Authorised absence rate 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 3.2% 2.6% 4.6% Unauthorised absence rate 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances z z z z 5.5% 1.6% State-funded secondary Overall absence rate 5.0% 5.0% 4.9% 5.6% 5.7% 8.2% Authorised absence rate 3.7% 3.6% 3.5% 4.0% 3.9% 6.1% Unauthorised absence rate 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 2.1% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances z z z z 8.7% 1.6% Special Overall absence rate 9.5% 9.8% 9.7% 10.5% 10.6% 12.8% Authorised absence rate 7.6% 7.8% 7.6% 8.2% 8.2% 10.2% Unauthorised absence rate 1.9% 2.0% 2.1% 2.3% 2.3% 2.5% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances z z z z 9.7% 2.7% Footnotes
- 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: autumn term, Autumn term 2021/22
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