'Absence rates by geographic level - autumn and spring term combined' from 'Pupil absence in schools in England'
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| 2016/17 Autumn and spring term | 2017/18 Autumn and spring term | 2018/19 Autumn and spring term | 2020/21 Autumn and spring term | 2021/22 Autumn and spring term | 2022/23 Autumn and spring term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | County Durham | 247 | 312 | 369 | 567 | 938 | 1,178 |
| Darlington | 122 | 174 | 159 | 147 | 208 | 238 | |
| Gateshead | 118 | 158 | 324 | 255 | 484 | 537 | |
| Hartlepool | 82 | 146 | 159 | 138 | 205 | 317 | |
| Middlesbrough | 200 | 217 | 293 | 445 | 482 | 691 | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 292 | 418 | 486 | 647 | 881 | 1,116 | |
| North Tyneside | 130 | 151 | 130 | 186 | 278 | 376 | |
| Northumberland | 223 | 267 | 295 | 358 | 563 | 600 | |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 148 | 227 | 286 | 245 | 372 | 413 | |
| South Tyneside | 126 | 116 | 141 | 142 | 247 | 344 | |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 208 | 227 | 269 | 309 | 450 | 628 | |
| Sunderland | 196 | 233 | 334 | 404 | 616 | 759 | |
| North West | Blackburn with Darwen | 176 | 194 | 201 | 319 | 375 | 465 |
| Blackpool | 111 | 132 | 160 | 172 | 246 | 423 | |
| Bolton | 293 | 315 | 375 | 313 | 586 | 703 | |
| Bury | 173 | 165 | 194 | 249 | 373 | 443 | |
| Cheshire East | 259 | 324 | 360 | 429 | 738 | 789 | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 228 | 257 | 373 | 480 | 674 | 806 | |
| Cumbria | 345 | 331 | 392 | 408 | 782 | 992 | |
| Halton | 99 | 114 | 150 | 230 | 260 | 361 | |
| Knowsley | 106 | 177 | 142 | 226 | 318 | 343 | |
| Lancashire | 949 | 1,140 | 1,224 | 1,572 | 2,214 | 2,839 | |
| Liverpool | 499 | 466 | 554 | 743 | 1,353 | 1,548 | |
| Manchester | 609 | 612 | 695 | 1,202 | 1,283 | 1,643 | |
| Oldham | 425 | 393 | 350 | 635 | 660 | 706 | |
| Rochdale | 204 | 214 | 319 | 394 | 631 | 753 | |
| Salford | 272 | 282 | 405 | 627 | 657 | 796 | |
| Sefton | 205 | 244 | 328 | 407 | 596 | 779 | |
| St. Helens | 153 | 189 | 208 | 309 | 502 | 542 | |
| Stockport | 300 | 327 | 322 | 325 | 593 | 690 | |
| Tameside | 216 | 214 | 248 | 306 | 505 | 627 | |
| Trafford | 83 | 112 | 159 | 245 | 323 | 392 | |
| Warrington | 116 | 140 | 154 | 259 | 379 | 414 | |
| Wigan | 213 | 263 | 328 | 464 | 620 | 765 | |
| Wirral | 227 | 218 | 343 | 404 | 714 | 894 | |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | Barnsley | 256 | 247 | 342 | 414 | 541 | 736 |
| Bradford | 713 | 683 | 873 | 1,459 | 2,147 | 2,586 | |
| Calderdale | 131 | 147 | 214 | 289 | 454 | 621 | |
| Doncaster | 567 | 516 | 478 | 697 | 859 | 973 | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 210 | 225 | 258 | 264 | 488 | 568 | |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 202 | 197 | 242 | 376 | 623 | 819 | |
| Kirklees | 415 | 509 | 561 | 663 | 805 | 974 | |
| Leeds | 749 | 835 | 951 | 1,227 | 2,025 | 2,752 | |
| North East Lincolnshire | 148 | 145 | 192 | 286 | 355 | 512 | |
| North Lincolnshire | 123 | 124 | 174 | 243 | 351 | 459 | |
| North Yorkshire | 528 | 521 | 628 | 784 | 1,170 | 1,447 | |
| Rotherham | 400 | 422 | 439 | 489 | 651 | 828 | |
| Sheffield | 754 | 800 | 749 | 1,306 | 1,447 | 2,063 | |
| Wakefield | 331 | 405 | 445 | 506 | 761 | 975 | |
| York | 107 | 129 | 170 | 161 | 366 | 486 | |
| East Midlands | Derby | 255 | 299 | 301 | 472 | 565 | 762 |
| Derbyshire | 506 | 604 | 720 | 892 | 1,433 | 1,992 | |
| Leicester | 520 | 461 | 619 | 571 | 852 | 1,052 | |
| Leicestershire | 472 | 527 | 683 | 854 | 1,249 | 1,542 | |
| Lincolnshire | 558 | 739 | 825 | 1,147 | 1,587 | 2,079 | |
| North Northamptonshire | no data | no data | no data | no data | 825 | 988 | |
| Northamptonshire | 747 | 696 | 849 | 1,124 | no data | no data | |
| Nottingham | 239 | 260 | 248 | 548 | 640 | 826 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 537 | 508 | 663 | 935 | 1,541 | 2,043 | |
| Rutland | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 83 | |
| West Northamptonshire | no data | no data | no data | no data | 883 | 1,153 | |
| West Midlands | Birmingham | 1,918 | 1,965 | 1,984 | 2,908 | 3,361 | 3,763 |
| Coventry | 393 | 405 | 417 | 701 | 872 | 1,185 | |
| Dudley | 335 | 373 | 428 | 450 | 598 | 860 | |
| Herefordshire, County of | 85 | 121 | 159 | 175 | 282 | 308 | |
| Sandwell | 352 | 319 | 334 | 486 | 815 | 1,048 | |
| Shropshire | 158 | 236 | 272 | 333 | 551 | 568 | |
| Solihull | 341 | 285 | 279 | 350 | 499 | 662 | |
| Staffordshire | 634 | 688 | 807 | 921 | 1,377 | 1,751 | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 167 | 209 | 285 | 457 | 611 | 816 | |
| Telford and Wrekin | 188 | 196 | 198 | 299 | 426 | 463 | |
| Walsall | 267 | 286 | 358 | 515 | 697 | 856 | |
| Warwickshire | 413 | 542 | 628 | 950 | 1,488 | 1,851 | |
| Wolverhampton | 323 | 347 | 353 | 483 | 540 | 699 | |
| Worcestershire | 372 | 341 | 513 | 762 | 1,145 | 1,351 | |
| East of England | Bedford | 141 | 170 | 164 | 238 | 349 | 418 |
| Cambridgeshire | 497 | 596 | 653 | 991 | 1,321 | 1,677 | |
| Central Bedfordshire | 290 | 322 | 322 | 431 | 593 | 735 | |
| Essex | 1,008 | 1,151 | 1,246 | 1,634 | 2,811 | 3,519 | |
| Hertfordshire | 803 | 905 | 1,103 | 1,342 | 2,022 | 2,679 | |
| Luton | 192 | 206 | 224 | 347 | 481 | 566 | |
| Norfolk | 753 | 808 | 888 | 1,298 | 1,822 | 2,427 | |
| Peterborough | 186 | 216 | 252 | 397 | 524 | 620 | |
| Southend-on-Sea | 131 | 134 | 246 | 293 | 385 | 429 | |
| Suffolk | 570 | 723 | 788 | 1,117 | 1,623 | 1,949 | |
| Thurrock | 122 | 127 | 153 | 278 | 375 | 454 | |
| South East | Bracknell Forest | 83 | 91 | 110 | 110 | 138 | 198 |
| Brighton and Hove | 269 | 231 | 274 | 305 | 521 | 634 | |
| Buckinghamshire | 378 | 411 | 439 | 640 | 925 | 1,275 | |
| East Sussex | 521 | 593 | 642 | 748 | 1,198 | 1,680 | |
| Hampshire | 942 | 1,053 | 1,267 | 1,456 | 2,329 | 3,257 | |
| Isle of Wight | 118 | 145 | 123 | 228 | 285 | 332 | |
| Kent | 1,539 | 1,681 | 1,854 | 2,253 | 3,467 | 4,417 | |
| Medway | 179 | 126 | 149 | 294 | 507 | 683 | |
| Milton Keynes | 211 | 270 | 272 | 437 | 596 | 817 | |
| Oxfordshire | 474 | 666 | 727 | 712 | 1,286 | 1,761 | |
| Portsmouth | 292 | 339 | 379 | 429 | 540 | 708 | |
| Reading | 144 | 141 | 161 | 252 | 279 | 410 | |
| Slough | 65 | 121 | 108 | 302 | 283 | 403 | |
| Southampton | 222 | 255 | 265 | 471 | 629 | 741 | |
| Surrey | 713 | 809 | 960 | 1,181 | 1,687 | 2,323 | |
| West Berkshire | 94 | 82 | 145 | 192 | 304 | 417 | |
| West Sussex | 667 | 766 | 785 | 901 | 1,345 | 1,791 | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 88 | 80 | 87 | 164 | 244 | 300 | |
| Wokingham | 108 | 116 | 146 | 154 | 249 | 324 | |
| South West | Bath and North East Somerset | 165 | 209 | 311 | 262 | 432 | 411 |
| Bournemouth | 189 | 190 | 191 | no data | no data | no data | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | no data | no data | no data | 459 | 737 | 872 | |
| Bristol, City of | 554 | 542 | 631 | 928 | 1,195 | 1,548 | |
| Cornwall | 280 | 399 | 501 | 678 | 1,095 | 1,388 | |
| Devon | 424 | 620 | 695 | 1,124 | 1,685 | 2,279 | |
| Dorset (E10000009) | 340 | 413 | 423 | no data | no data | no data | |
| Dorset (E06000059) | no data | no data | no data | 431 | 774 | 937 | |
| Gloucestershire | 444 | 474 | 557 | 676 | 1,187 | 1,451 | |
| Isles of Scilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| North Somerset | 136 | 149 | 260 | 288 | 467 | 550 | |
| Plymouth | 117 | 177 | 197 | 326 | 631 | 785 | |
| Poole | 84 | 101 | 120 | no data | no data | no data | |
| Somerset | 426 | 474 | 614 | 795 | 1,271 | 1,681 | |
| South Gloucestershire | 294 | 343 | 346 | 370 | 574 | 715 | |
| Swindon | 245 | 231 | 311 | 405 | 593 | 659 | |
| Torbay | 100 | 102 | 127 | 230 | 392 | 485 | |
| Wiltshire | 438 | 434 | 490 | 498 | 872 | 1,098 | |
| Inner London | Camden | 90 | 109 | 82 | 167 | 261 | 303 |
| City of London | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hackney | 103 | 210 | 160 | 241 | 309 | 360 | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 72 | 125 | 152 | 129 | 187 | 206 | |
| Haringey | 206 | 210 | 181 | 392 | 420 | 429 | |
| Islington | 133 | 113 | 132 | 188 | 250 | 332 | |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 74 | 67 | 76 | 93 | 127 | 179 | |
| Lambeth | 180 | 203 | 238 | 300 | 428 | 472 | |
| Lewisham | 347 | 191 | 186 | 327 | 316 | 427 | |
| Newham | 499 | 426 | 597 | 998 | 952 | 1,106 | |
| Southwark | 163 | 174 | 212 | 406 | 468 | 505 | |
| Tower Hamlets | 91 | 103 | 130 | 179 | 265 | 284 | |
| Wandsworth | 166 | 147 | 129 | 230 | 325 | 371 | |
| Westminster | 85 | 85 | 109 | 220 | 256 | 281 | |
| Outer London | Barking and Dagenham | 169 | 191 | 226 | 494 | 471 | 473 |
| Barnet | 196 | 214 | 223 | 340 | 429 | 526 | |
| Bexley | 165 | 185 | 200 | 287 | 476 | 595 | |
| Brent | 230 | 233 | 276 | 428 | 393 | 412 | |
| Bromley | 169 | 202 | 206 | 294 | 494 | 626 | |
| Croydon | 371 | 398 | 393 | 550 | 634 | 861 | |
| Ealing | 145 | 181 | 168 | 471 | 449 | 586 | |
| Enfield | 342 | 377 | 391 | 804 | 623 | 641 | |
| Greenwich | 189 | 198 | 190 | 241 | 395 | 511 | |
| Harrow | 143 | 158 | 155 | 316 | 328 | 456 | |
| Havering | 186 | 183 | 225 | 268 | 362 | 430 | |
| Hillingdon | 295 | 287 | 312 | 453 | 522 | 681 | |
| Hounslow | 205 | 156 | 154 | 240 | 384 | 440 | |
| Kingston upon Thames | 58 | 72 | 101 | 244 | 223 | 268 | |
| Merton | 82 | 67 | 88 | 195 | 227 | 271 | |
| Redbridge | 303 | 306 | 294 | 490 | 474 | 508 | |
| Richmond upon Thames | 100 | 111 | 128 | 191 | 222 | 303 | |
| Sutton | 128 | 123 | 137 | 214 | 318 | 382 | |
| Waltham Forest | 444 | 393 | 334 | 469 | 419 | 464 | |
| England | 45,940 | 50,178 | 57,167 | 78,004 | 110,470 | 138,905 | |
Source: Pupil absence in schools in England, Absence rates by geographic level - autumn and spring term combined
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