Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
Pupil absence, including overall, authorised and unauthorised absence and persistent absence by reason and pupil characteristics for the autumn and spring terms
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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.
- Minister of State for School Standards
- Special Advisers x2
- Secretary of State for Education
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
- Permanent Secretary
- Deputy Permanent Secretary
- Director, Strategy, Social Mobility & Disadvantage Group
- Deputy Director, Behaviour, Attendance, Exclusion and Alternative Provision Division
- Grade 7, Behaviour and Attendance Unit
- Policy advisor Behaviour and Attendance Unit
- Director General, COVID Response
- Grade 6, Schools COVID Response x2
- Director, COVID Response
- Deputy Director, Early Years, Schools and SEND Analysis and Research division
- Grade 6, Early Years, Schools and SEND Analysis and Research division
- Grade 7, Early Years, Schools and SEND Analysis and Research division
- Grade 6, COVID attendance in educational settings
- Media Officer, Press Office x 2
- Analyst, Data and insight, Ofsted