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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WarningThis publication has been superseded by Pupil absence in schools in EnglandStep 2 Select a data set or featured table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
- NC Year 1 and below
- NC Year 10
- NC Year 11
- NC Year 12 and above
- NC Year 2
- 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 NC Year 1 and below, NC Year 10, NC Year 11, NC Year 12 and above, NC Year 2 and 8 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 NC Year 1 and below 4.8% 3.7% 13.4% 9.8% z 5.5% NC Year 2 4.2% 3.5% 11.0% 9.0% z 5.5% NC Year 3 4.1% 3.5% 10.4% 8.9% z 5.4% NC Year 4 4.1% 3.7% 10.6% 9.5% z 5.5% NC Year 5 4.2% 3.9% 10.7% 10.2% z 5.6% NC Year 6 4.3% 4.1% 11.1% 11.0% z 5.8% NC Year 7 4.3% 4.1% 10.7% 11.0% z 6.7% NC Year 8 5.5% 5.6% 14.8% 15.9% z 8.6% NC Year 9 6.0% 6.2% 16.3% 17.7% z 9.2% NC Year 10 6.5% 6.6% 17.7% 18.9% z 10.0% NC Year 11 6.5% 6.9% 17.1% 19.3% z 9.9% NC Year 12 and above 6.9% 5.5% 20.3% 14.2% z 13.3% NC Year Not followed or missing 22.2% 28.4% 46.3% 53.8% z 7.6% Save table
Related information
- Release type:
- Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term, Autumn term 2021/22
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