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- Pupil absence in schools in England
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- 01 - Absence rates by geographic level
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- 2015/16 to 2020/21
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- Authorised holiday rate
- Authorised other rate
- Excluded rate
- Illness rate
- Late rate
- School type
- Total
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Academic year 2022/23WarningSome rows and columns are not shown in this table as the data does not exist in the underlying file.'01 - Absence rates by geographic level' in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 Illness rate 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 2.5% 2.1% Medical appointments rate 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% Religious observance rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Study leave rate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Traveller rate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Authorised holiday rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Excluded rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Authorised other rate 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.9% Unauthorised holiday rate 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% Late rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Unauthorised other rate 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% No reason yet rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 21.3% 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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