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- Pupil absence in schools in England
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- 01 - Absence rates by geographic level
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- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2020/21
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- 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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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' for Special, State-funded primary and State-funded secondary in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) Total 10.5% 10.8% 11.2% 10.9% 12.1% State-funded primary 8.2% 8.3% 8.7% 8.2% 8.8% State-funded secondary 13.1% 13.5% 13.9% 13.7% 14.8% Special 26.9% 28.5% 29.6% 28.8% 48.9% Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) Total 707,390 744,276 783,424 771,863 872,438 State-funded primary 314,626 325,229 344,023 328,745 347,489 State-funded secondary 370,139 392,199 409,888 412,485 466,903 Special 22,625 26,848 29,513 30,633 58,046 Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed) Total 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% State-funded primary 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.7% State-funded secondary 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% Special 3.2% 4.0% 4.4% 4.6% 5.6% Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed) Total 40,585 48,460 53,699 60,247 81,652 State-funded primary 11,716 13,662 14,702 15,565 28,314 State-funded secondary 26,159 31,001 34,614 39,823 46,717 Special 2,710 3,797 4,383 4,859 6,621 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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