Children missing education
This publication provides data reported by local authorities on children missing education (CME) in England.
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- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
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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.ukContact name: Pauline Potts
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Telephone: 020 7783 8300
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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).
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 for Education
- Minister for Early Education
- Minister for Skills
- Special Advisor x4
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General of Strategy
- Director General of Families
- Director General of Schools Group
- Director, Vulnerable Children, Strategy and Educational Engagement
- Director, Pupil Well-being and Safety
- Deputy Director, Attendance
- Deputy Director, Counter Extremism and Non-school Education
- G6, Vulnerable Children’s Attendance
- G6, Non-school Education, Activities and Integration Unit
- G7, Elective Home Education x2
- G7, Children Social Care
- G7, Vulnerable Children Attendance
- Policy officer x2
- G6, Attendance Analysis
- Media Officer x7
- Deputy Director, Media and Social Media