Autumn term 2023/24

Children missing education

This publication provides data reported by local authorities on children missing education (CME) in England.

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  • CME at census date

    Local authority, National, Regional

    The number of children missing education at the census date in each term. Includes Autumn 2022 to Autumn 2023.

    Number of rows
    16,350
    Indicators
    • Number of CME on census date
    • Percentage of CME on census date
    • Rate of CME on census day by population
    Filters
    • CME on census date by characteristics
    Time period
    2022/23 Autumn term to 2023/24 Autumn term
    Data set information page for CME at census date
    Create table using CME at census date

  • CME at any point in the academic year

    Local authority, National, Regional

    The number of children missing education at any point in the academic year. Includes 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.

    Number of rows
    327
    Indicators
    • CME at any time in academic year
    Time period
    2021/22 to 2022/23
    Data set information page for CME at any point in the academic year
    Create table using CME at any point in the academic year
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the data included in the Children missing education ad-hoc statistics release underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in new tab). The methodology document should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

The release provides information on the number of children missing education at census date in each term, plus the number of children missing education at any time in the previous academic year.

File formats and conventions

LA and regional data has been rounded to the nearest 10, national figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 

The following convention is used throughout the underlying data. 

x - unavailable

low - denotes figures based on count that rounds to 0, but is not 0. Figures may not sum to breakdowns due to rounding.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Children missing education statistics and data:

Attendance and exclusions statistics team

Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Pauline Potts

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)

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