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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Get help by contacting us

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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Official statistics in development

These statistics are undergoing a development. They have been developed under the guidance of the Head of Profession for Statistics and published to involve users and stakeholders at an early stage in assessing their suitability and quality.

They have been produced as far as possible in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).

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Pre-release access list

Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State
  • Minister of State (Minister of State for Schools)
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Special Advisor x4
  • Press Officer x3
  • Deputy Director of News and Corporate Communications
  • Director General of Strategy
  • Director General of Families
  • Director of Vulnerable Children, Strategy and Educational Engagement
  • Deputy Director of Attendance
  • Deputy Director of Counter Extremism and Non-school Education
  • Grade 6 Attendance Division
  • Grade 6 Non-school Education, Activities and Integration Unit
  • Grade 6 Attendance Analysis
  • Policy officer x4


     
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