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- Pupil absence in schools in England
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- Data set
- 04 - Absence rates in pupil referral units (PRUs)
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Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2020/21
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Overall absence rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
- Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
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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.'04 - Absence rates in pupil referral units (PRUs)' in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 Number of pupil enrolments 38,518 40,177 40,012 39,112 30,359 Overall absence rate 32.6% 33.9% 35.3% 35.3% 33.7% Authorised absence rate 18.6% 19.2% 19.7% 19.2% 21.1% Unauthorised absence rate 14.0% 14.8% 15.6% 16.1% 12.6% Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.7% Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) 72.5% 73.9% 76.1% 74.6% 74.5% Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed) 26.9% 29.4% 30.6% 29.9% 27.8% 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.
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- Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England, Academic year 2022/23
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