Department for Education

Autumn term 2021/22

Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

Pupil absence, including overall, authorised and unauthorised absence and persistent absence by reason and pupil characteristics for the autumn term.

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This publication has been superseded by Pupil absence in schools in England

Next release May 2023

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• Published: 26 May 2022
• Last updated: 7 July 2022

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Methodology

Find out how and why we collect, process and publish these statistics.

• Pupil absence statistics: methodology

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