'Absence by geography' from 'Pupil absence in schools in England'
WarningWARNING - The data used in this table may now be out-of-date as a new release has been published since its creation.
| State-funded primary | State-funded secondary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | |
| Barking and Dagenham | 4.03% | 4.08% | 4.02% | 5.00% | 5.16% | 5.24% |
| Barnet | 3.77% | 3.85% | 3.73% | 4.87% | 4.79% | 4.66% |
| Barnsley | 4.49% | 4.62% | 4.53% | 5.99% | 6.43% | 6.54% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 3.90% | 4.03% | 3.99% | 5.68% | 6.06% | 6.08% |
| Bedford | 4.12% | 4.16% | 3.77% | 5.06% | 5.21% | 5.18% |
| Bexley | 3.93% | 3.96% | 3.96% | 4.62% | 4.95% | 5.01% |
| Birmingham | 4.43% | 4.54% | 4.39% | 5.44% | 5.63% | 5.51% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 4.32% | 4.34% | 4.16% | 5.10% | 5.45% | 5.23% |
| Blackpool | 3.91% | 4.04% | 4.09% | 6.22% | 6.49% | 6.55% |
| Bolton | 4.05% | 4.37% | 3.88% | 5.32% | 5.70% | 5.47% |
| Bracknell Forest | 3.50% | 3.67% | 3.50% | 4.86% | 5.09% | 4.88% |
| Bradford | 4.32% | 4.44% | 4.40% | 5.97% | 6.21% | 6.71% |
| Brent | 3.90% | 4.00% | 3.84% | 4.98% | 5.03% | 4.85% |
| Brighton and Hove | 4.09% | 4.06% | 4.12% | 6.13% | 6.31% | 6.27% |
| Bristol City of | 4.53% | 4.59% | 4.39% | 6.26% | 6.30% | 6.32% |
| Bromley | 3.72% | 3.93% | 3.74% | 4.73% | 4.95% | 5.06% |
| Buckinghamshire | 3.78% | 4.01% | 3.83% | 5.43% | 5.53% | 5.36% |
| Bury | 4.19% | 4.18% | 4.03% | 5.69% | 5.81% | 5.76% |
| Calderdale | 3.73% | 3.93% | 3.71% | 5.01% | 5.01% | 5.44% |
| Cambridgeshire | 3.84% | 3.96% | 3.73% | 5.06% | 5.30% | 5.22% |
| Camden | 4.34% | 4.36% | 4.22% | 5.74% | 5.52% | 5.63% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 4.17% | 4.37% | 4.03% | 4.94% | 5.10% | 4.99% |
| Cheshire East | 3.65% | 3.91% | 3.66% | 5.17% | 5.46% | 5.39% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 3.96% | 4.16% | 3.88% | 5.42% | 5.83% | 5.71% |
| City of London | 2.55% | 3.21% | 2.65% | no data | no data | no data |
| Cornwall | 4.27% | 4.67% | 4.42% | 5.54% | 5.82% | 5.72% |
| Coventry | 3.96% | 4.22% | 4.11% | 5.31% | 5.52% | 5.41% |
| Croydon | 4.01% | 4.11% | 3.95% | 5.23% | 5.35% | 5.28% |
| Cumbria | 3.95% | 4.12% | 3.96% | 5.55% | 5.77% | 5.67% |
| Darlington | 4.32% | 4.47% | 4.17% | 6.20% | 5.80% | 5.33% |
| Derby | 4.40% | 4.40% | 4.18% | 5.64% | 5.79% | 5.43% |
| Derbyshire | 3.90% | 3.92% | 3.84% | 5.25% | 5.52% | 5.50% |
| Devon | 3.81% | 3.98% | 3.89% | 5.55% | 5.87% | 5.92% |
| Doncaster | 4.52% | 4.57% | 4.23% | 7.02% | 6.92% | 6.49% |
| Dudley | 4.26% | 4.45% | 4.32% | 5.50% | 5.65% | 5.79% |
| Durham | 4.21% | 4.30% | 4.15% | 5.27% | 5.51% | 5.52% |
| Ealing | 3.85% | 3.91% | 3.90% | 4.92% | 4.97% | 5.08% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 3.79% | 3.91% | 3.85% | 5.39% | 5.43% | 5.36% |
| East Sussex | 4.54% | 4.56% | 4.34% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 6.01% |
| Enfield | 4.26% | 4.38% | 4.29% | 5.37% | 5.44% | 5.62% |
| Essex | 3.96% | 4.12% | 4.12% | 5.11% | 5.31% | 5.42% |
| Gateshead | 3.77% | 3.88% | 3.84% | 5.35% | 5.41% | 5.70% |
| Gloucestershire | 4.01% | 4.13% | 3.90% | 5.54% | 5.52% | 5.24% |
| Greenwich | 3.76% | 4.00% | 3.88% | 5.09% | 5.15% | 4.84% |
| Hackney | 3.80% | 3.88% | 3.72% | 4.55% | 4.82% | 4.72% |
| Halton | 4.33% | 4.53% | 4.43% | 5.63% | 6.12% | 5.71% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 4.07% | 4.21% | 4.16% | 5.11% | 5.60% | 5.60% |
| Hampshire | 3.59% | 3.74% | 3.67% | 5.18% | 5.45% | 5.43% |
| Haringey | 3.98% | 4.14% | 4.07% | 5.28% | 5.19% | 5.13% |
| Harrow | 3.82% | 3.83% | 3.83% | 4.65% | 4.70% | 4.81% |
| Hartlepool | 4.35% | 4.45% | 4.14% | 6.15% | 7.52% | 7.28% |
| Havering | 4.22% | 4.19% | 4.00% | 5.53% | 5.47% | 5.27% |
| Herefordshire | 3.85% | 4.09% | 3.94% | 5.25% | 5.79% | 5.63% |
| Hertfordshire | 3.92% | 4.15% | 3.98% | 5.04% | 5.23% | 5.12% |
| Hillingdon | 4.06% | 4.16% | 4.16% | 5.51% | 5.54% | 5.44% |
| Hounslow | 4.03% | 4.27% | 4.11% | 4.73% | 4.60% | 4.56% |
| Isle of Wight | 3.96% | 4.01% | 3.98% | 6.10% | 6.25% | 6.11% |
| Isles Of Scilly | no data | no data | no data | 4.70% | 4.57% | 4.42% |
| Islington | 4.19% | 4.51% | 4.33% | 5.76% | 5.55% | 5.61% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4.17% | 4.37% | 4.32% | 5.30% | 5.42% | 5.29% |
| Kent | 4.08% | 4.21% | 4.17% | 5.61% | 5.75% | 5.86% |
| Kingston upon Hull City of | 4.45% | 4.50% | 4.37% | 6.03% | 5.56% | 5.58% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 3.69% | 3.72% | 3.54% | 4.48% | 4.82% | 4.71% |
| Kirklees | 4.02% | 4.15% | 4.06% | 5.12% | 5.41% | 5.45% |
| Knowsley | 4.82% | 4.83% | 4.55% | 7.22% | 7.25% | 7.04% |
| Lambeth | 3.94% | 4.13% | 4.01% | 4.99% | 5.19% | 5.10% |
| Lancashire | 3.71% | 3.90% | 3.69% | 5.03% | 5.25% | 5.19% |
| Leeds | 3.98% | 4.11% | 4.05% | 5.70% | 5.76% | 5.81% |
| Leicester | 4.38% | 4.53% | 4.35% | 5.43% | 5.63% | 5.53% |
| Leicestershire | 3.62% | 3.84% | 3.57% | 5.34% | 5.66% | 5.59% |
| Lewisham | 3.89% | 3.93% | 3.82% | 5.20% | 4.85% | 4.95% |
| Lincolnshire | 4.09% | 4.15% | 4.04% | 5.32% | 5.46% | 5.36% |
| Liverpool | 4.57% | 4.62% | 4.41% | 6.11% | 6.18% | 6.06% |
| Luton | 4.36% | 4.46% | 4.20% | 5.96% | 5.99% | 5.47% |
| Manchester | 4.09% | 4.14% | 3.93% | 5.07% | 5.21% | 5.29% |
| Medway | 4.24% | 4.30% | 4.33% | 5.28% | 5.14% | 5.18% |
| Merton | 3.87% | 3.98% | 3.82% | 4.61% | 4.59% | 4.64% |
| Middlesbrough | 4.74% | 4.75% | 4.58% | 6.78% | 6.97% | 7.22% |
| Milton Keynes | 3.84% | 4.02% | 3.91% | 5.25% | 5.70% | 5.51% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 4.33% | 4.40% | 4.12% | 5.55% | 6.05% | 6.48% |
| Newham | 4.10% | 4.10% | 4.19% | 4.61% | 4.79% | 4.85% |
| Norfolk | 4.17% | 4.34% | 4.33% | 5.81% | 6.02% | 6.03% |
| Northamptonshire | 3.96% | 4.12% | 3.92% | 5.38% | 5.50% | 5.26% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 4.17% | 4.42% | 4.15% | 5.42% | 5.62% | 5.77% |
| North Lincolnshire | 3.82% | 4.04% | 3.80% | 5.18% | 5.73% | 5.78% |
| North Somerset | 4.20% | 4.25% | 4.15% | 5.38% | 5.47% | 5.72% |
| North Tyneside | 3.95% | 4.17% | 3.83% | 5.28% | 5.23% | 5.11% |
| Northumberland | 3.94% | 4.10% | 4.09% | 5.17% | 5.44% | 5.38% |
| North Yorkshire | 3.90% | 4.09% | 3.89% | 5.50% | 5.74% | 5.59% |
| Nottingham | 4.37% | 4.40% | 4.30% | 5.78% | 5.42% | 5.39% |
| Nottinghamshire | 3.94% | 3.98% | 3.86% | 5.05% | 5.08% | 5.07% |
| Oldham | 4.50% | 4.59% | 4.22% | 5.79% | 5.37% | 5.64% |
| Oxfordshire | 3.86% | 3.98% | 3.84% | 5.59% | 5.95% | 6.03% |
| Peterborough | 4.03% | 4.16% | 4.18% | 5.50% | 5.55% | 5.37% |
| Plymouth | 4.25% | 4.45% | 4.35% | 5.65% | 5.87% | 6.00% |
| Portsmouth | 4.01% | 4.22% | 4.06% | 6.24% | 6.61% | 6.67% |
| Pre-LGR 2019 Bournemouth | 4.01% | 4.27% | 4.13% | 5.56% | 5.71% | 5.51% |
| Pre-LGR 2019 Dorset | 4.02% | 4.07% | 3.99% | 5.73% | 5.92% | 5.69% |
| Pre-LGR 2019 Poole | 3.96% | 4.03% | 3.89% | 4.85% | 5.30% | 5.41% |
| Reading | 4.17% | 4.36% | 4.05% | 5.49% | 5.88% | 5.31% |
| Redbridge | 4.21% | 4.24% | 4.12% | 4.86% | 4.87% | 4.87% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 4.03% | 4.29% | 3.90% | 6.15% | 7.10% | 6.69% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 3.40% | 3.55% | 3.38% | 4.78% | 4.91% | 4.78% |
| Rochdale | 4.11% | 4.38% | 4.22% | 5.37% | 5.73% | 5.92% |
| Rotherham | 4.51% | 4.53% | 4.53% | 6.00% | 5.67% | 5.79% |
| Rutland | 2.76% | 3.10% | 2.96% | 3.54% | 3.92% | 3.86% |
| Salford | 4.36% | 4.42% | 4.22% | 5.70% | 5.98% | 6.76% |
| Sandwell | 4.06% | 4.31% | 4.11% | 5.25% | 5.27% | 4.66% |
| Sefton | 4.28% | 4.42% | 4.30% | 5.56% | 5.42% | 5.69% |
| Sheffield | 4.33% | 4.38% | 4.41% | 6.06% | 6.15% | 5.90% |
| Shropshire | 3.80% | 4.08% | 3.86% | 5.23% | 5.66% | 5.51% |
| Slough | 4.20% | 4.44% | 4.28% | 4.41% | 4.60% | 4.59% |
| Solihull | 3.89% | 4.09% | 3.93% | 5.68% | 5.68% | 5.49% |
| Somerset | 4.18% | 4.31% | 4.28% | 5.74% | 6.04% | 6.02% |
| Southampton | 4.10% | 4.40% | 4.48% | 5.56% | 5.76% | 6.05% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 3.86% | 4.12% | 4.19% | 4.68% | 4.66% | 4.55% |
| South Gloucestershire | 3.83% | 3.96% | 3.79% | 5.83% | 5.97% | 5.65% |
| South Tyneside | 4.25% | 4.25% | 4.32% | 5.75% | 5.56% | 5.78% |
| Southwark | 3.73% | 3.96% | 3.90% | 4.36% | 4.55% | 4.59% |
| Staffordshire | 3.81% | 4.04% | 3.78% | 5.23% | 5.49% | 5.40% |
| St. Helens | 4.13% | 4.32% | 4.15% | 5.41% | 5.49% | 5.48% |
| Stockport | 4.01% | 4.13% | 3.81% | 5.83% | 6.16% | 5.46% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 4.09% | 4.24% | 3.83% | 5.90% | 6.18% | 6.01% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 4.26% | 4.64% | 4.21% | 5.68% | 5.78% | 5.78% |
| Suffolk | 4.05% | 4.25% | 4.25% | 5.23% | 5.53% | 5.66% |
| Sunderland | 4.34% | 4.39% | 4.48% | 5.66% | 6.17% | 6.51% |
| Surrey | 3.74% | 3.90% | 3.76% | 5.08% | 5.23% | 5.17% |
| Sutton | 4.04% | 4.11% | 3.89% | 4.53% | 4.67% | 4.54% |
| Swindon | 3.93% | 4.03% | 3.74% | 5.42% | 5.77% | 5.57% |
| Tameside | 4.02% | 4.11% | 3.82% | 5.29% | 5.55% | 5.32% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 3.68% | 3.99% | 3.78% | 5.52% | 5.86% | 5.43% |
| Thurrock | 4.17% | 4.33% | 4.33% | 4.59% | 4.79% | 5.11% |
| Torbay | 4.20% | 4.11% | 4.21% | 5.91% | 5.95% | 5.92% |
| Tower Hamlets | 4.08% | 4.22% | 4.15% | 4.35% | 4.53% | 4.57% |
| Trafford | 3.54% | 3.66% | 3.23% | 4.23% | 4.63% | 4.63% |
| Wakefield | 4.67% | 4.83% | 4.48% | 5.76% | 6.29% | 6.16% |
| Walsall | 4.15% | 4.33% | 4.10% | 5.56% | 5.73% | 5.76% |
| Waltham Forest | 4.20% | 4.29% | 3.98% | 5.64% | 5.73% | 5.28% |
| Wandsworth | 3.98% | 4.08% | 4.02% | 4.90% | 4.82% | 4.67% |
| Warrington | 3.76% | 4.03% | 3.73% | 4.94% | 5.31% | 5.16% |
| Warwickshire | 3.80% | 4.06% | 3.92% | 4.95% | 5.47% | 5.48% |
| West Berkshire | 3.57% | 3.78% | 3.67% | 4.84% | 4.90% | 4.92% |
| Westminster | 4.14% | 4.37% | 4.39% | 5.01% | 4.99% | 4.92% |
| West Sussex | 3.99% | 4.17% | 4.01% | 5.30% | 5.49% | 5.44% |
| Wigan | 4.00% | 4.20% | 4.04% | 5.22% | 5.57% | 5.57% |
| Wiltshire | 3.95% | 4.13% | 3.91% | 5.58% | 5.72% | 5.73% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 3.64% | 3.77% | 3.78% | 4.70% | 4.99% | 4.96% |
| Wirral | 4.53% | 4.70% | 4.47% | 5.64% | 5.65% | 5.71% |
| Wokingham | 3.36% | 3.57% | 3.47% | 4.97% | 5.01% | 4.93% |
| Wolverhampton | 4.22% | 4.19% | 3.96% | 4.95% | 5.02% | 4.89% |
| Worcestershire | 3.98% | 4.22% | 4.05% | 4.89% | 5.29% | 5.30% |
| York | 3.95% | 3.98% | 3.75% | 5.09% | 5.49% | 5.65% |
Footnotes
- Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
- State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
Source: Pupil absence in schools in England, Absence by geography
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