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    Pupil absence in schools in England
  2. Step 2 Select a data set or featured table

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    01 - Absence rates by geographic level
  3. Step 3 Choose locations

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    • England
  4. Step 4 Choose time period

    Time period
    2015/16 to 2020/21
  5. Step 5 Choose your filters

    Indicators
    • Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
    • Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
    • 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 geographic level' for Special, State-funded primary and State-funded secondary in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21
    2015/162016/172017/182018/192020/21
    Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)Total10.5%10.8%11.2%10.9%12.1%
    State-funded primary8.2%8.3%8.7%8.2%8.8%
    State-funded secondary13.1%13.5%13.9%13.7%14.8%
    Special26.9%28.5%29.6%28.8%48.9%
    Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)Total707,390744,276783,424771,863872,438
    State-funded primary314,626325,229344,023328,745347,489
    State-funded secondary370,139392,199409,888412,485466,903
    Special22,62526,84829,51330,63358,046
    Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)Total0.6%0.7%0.8%0.8%1.1%
    State-funded primary0.3%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.7%
    State-funded secondary0.9%1.1%1.2%1.3%1.5%
    Special3.2%4.0%4.4%4.6%5.6%
    Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)Total40,58548,46053,69960,24781,652
    State-funded primary11,71613,66214,70215,56528,314
    State-funded secondary26,15931,00134,61439,82346,717
    Special2,7103,7974,3834,8596,621

    Footnotes

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

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