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- Publication
- 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WarningThis publication has been superseded by Pupil absence in schools in EnglandStep 2 Select a data set or featured table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
- 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
- Ethnicity Major Any Other Ethnic Group
- Ethnicity Major Asian Total
- Ethnicity Major Black Total
- Ethnicity Major Chinese
- Ethnicity Major Mixed Total
- School type
- Total
Step 6 (current) Explore data
This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Autumn term 2021/22WarningSome 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 Ethnicity Major Any Other Ethnic Group, Ethnicity Major Asian Total, Ethnicity Major Black Total, Ethnicity Major Chinese, Ethnicity Major Mixed Total and 18 other filters in England between 2019/20 Autumn term and 2020/21 Autumn term Overall absence rate Percentage of persistent absentees Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances 2019/20 Autumn term 2020/21 Autumn term 2019/20 Autumn term 2020/21 Autumn term 2019/20 Autumn term 2020/21 Autumn term Major ethnic groups Ethnicity Major Asian Total 4.3% 4.5% 11.0% 12.8% z 9.2% Ethnicity Major Black Total 3.5% 3.7% 8.4% 10.1% z 7.2% Ethnicity Major Chinese 2.1% 2.7% 3.6% 6.7% z 6.1% Ethnicity Major Mixed Total 5.1% 5.1% 14.1% 14.7% z 7.3% Ethnicity Major White Total 5.1% 4.7% 13.8% 13.0% z 6.6% Ethnicity Major Any Other Ethnic Group 4.3% 4.5% 10.7% 12.3% z 7.9% Ethnicity Major Unclassified 5.8% 6.1% 16.7% 17.7% z 7.5% Minor ethnic groups Ethnicity Minor Any other Asian background 3.8% 3.8% 8.9% 10.3% z 7.3% Ethnicity Minor Any other black background 3.8% 4.2% 9.8% 11.7% z 7.2% Ethnicity Minor Any other Mixed background 4.8% 4.8% 13.1% 13.7% z 7.2% Ethnicity Minor Any other white background 4.8% 4.4% 12.8% 12.5% z 6.5% Ethnicity Minor Bangladeshi 4.6% 4.9% 12.0% 14.5% z 9.7% Ethnicity Minor Black African 2.9% 3.1% 6.3% 7.7% z 7.1% Ethnicity Minor Black Caribbean 5.1% 5.8% 14.7% 17.9% z 7.6% Ethnicity Minor Gypsy Roma 13.0% 18.6% 44.1% 52.6% z 10.9% Ethnicity Minor Indian 3.7% 3.6% 8.9% 9.3% z 7.8% Ethnicity Minor Irish 5.8% 5.9% 16.1% 16.3% z 6.8% Ethnicity Minor Pakistani 4.8% 5.3% 12.9% 15.9% z 10.8% Ethnicity Minor Traveller of Irish heritage 17.0% 24.1% 56.0% 56.7% z 9.9% Ethnicity Minor White and Asian 4.5% 4.3% 11.5% 11.8% z 7.0% Ethnicity Minor White and Black African 4.7% 4.6% 12.7% 13.2% z 7.0% Ethnicity Minor White and Black Caribbean 6.3% 6.4% 18.8% 19.9% z 7.8% Ethnicity Minor White British 5.1% 4.6% 13.7% 12.8% z 6.5% Save table
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- Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term, Autumn term 2021/22
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