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   • Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

2. Step 2

   • Data set: 01 - Absence rates by school and geographic level

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2021/22 Autumn term

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number of persistent absentees
     • Number of pupil enrolments
     • Percentage of persistent absentees
     • Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
     • Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
   • School type:
     • Total
     • Special
     • State-funded primary
     • State-funded secondary

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   '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	Number of persistent absentees	780,754	800,059	759,252	922,566	915,877	1,672,179
   	Percentage of persistent absentees	11.6%	11.7%	10.9%	13.1%	13.0%	23.5%
   	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	41,906	46,165	51,277	60,244	93,463	97,994
   	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	1.3%	1.4%
   	Number of pupil enrolments	6,703,327	6,822,735	6,937,255	7,021,552	7,056,748	7,124,905
   State-funded primary	Number of persistent absentees	378,923	389,936	357,742	435,745	380,742	750,194
   	Percentage of persistent absentees	10.0%	10.1%	9.2%	11.2%	9.9%	19.5%
   	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	13,267	14,024	14,911	16,471	34,356	24,176
   	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.9%	0.6%
   	Number of pupil enrolments	3,796,142	3,857,918	3,885,774	3,879,003	3,857,391	3,847,758
   State-funded secondary	Number of persistent absentees	376,887	382,814	373,305	454,167	501,641	874,279
   	Percentage of persistent absentees	13.4%	13.3%	12.7%	15.0%	16.3%	27.7%
   	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	25,303	28,321	32,137	38,953	53,171	67,196
   	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	1.3%	1.7%	2.1%
   	Number of pupil enrolments	2,817,406	2,869,418	2,949,285	3,033,845	3,084,636	3,155,918
   Special	Number of persistent absentees	24,944	27,309	28,205	32,654	33,494	47,706
   	Percentage of persistent absentees	27.8%	28.6%	27.6%	30.0%	29.2%	39.4%
   	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	3,336	3,820	4,229	4,820	5,936	6,622
   	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)	3.7%	4.0%	4.1%	4.4%	5.2%	5.5%
   	Number of pupil enrolments	89,779	95,399	102,196	108,704	114,721	121,229

   Footnotes

   1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.

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   Related information

   • Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term, Autumn term 2021/22