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'Absence rates by pupil characteristic' from 'Pupil absence in schools in England'

• Created: 6 March 2024

WARNING - The data used in this table may now be out-of-date as a new release has been published since its creation.

Overall absence rate for 'Absence rates by pupil characteristic' for SEN primary need Autistic spectrum disorder, SEN primary need Hearing impairment, SEN primary need Moderate learning difficulty, SEN primary need Multi-sensory impairment, SEN primary need No specialist assessment and 8 other filters in England for 2021/22

	2021/22
SEN primary need Autistic spectrum disorder	10.7%
SEN primary need Hearing impairment	8.5%
SEN primary need Moderate learning difficulty	10.0%
SEN primary need Multi-sensory impairment	10.7%
SEN primary need No specialist assessment	8.9%
SEN primary need Other difficulty/disability	10.9%
SEN primary need Physical disability	12.4%
SEN primary need Profound and multiple learning difficulty	19.1%
SEN primary need Severe learning difficulty	11.0%
SEN primary need Social emotional and mental health	13.9%
SEN primary need Specific learning difficulty	9.4%
SEN primary need Speech language and communications needs	8.2%
SEN primary need Visual impairment	9.5%

Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

Source: Pupil absence in schools in England, Absence rates by pupil characteristic

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