Week 16 2023

Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance and absence data including termly national statistics and fortnightly statistics in development derived from DfE’s regular attendance data

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• Published: 4 May 2023

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• Pupil attendance and absence rates by school type - week commencing 17 April 2023

  Includes attendance rate, overall absence rate, authorised and unauthorised absence rates for the week commencing 17 April 2023.

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• Pupil attendance and absence rates by school type and local authority - week commencing 17 April 2023

  Includes attendance rate, overall absence rate, authorised and unauthorised absence rates by local authority in the week commencing 17 April 2023.

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• Pupil attendance and absence rates by school type and region - week commencing 17 April 2023

  Includes attendance rate, overall absence rate, authorised and unauthorised absence rates by region in the week commencing 17 April 2023.

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• Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 12 September 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  • Number of rows: 60,888
  • Indicators:
    • Afternoon sessions
    • Attendance rate
    • Authorised absence rate
  • Filters:
    • Attendance Date
    • School Type
  • Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 9

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• Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 12 September 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  • Number of rows: 12,773
  • Indicators:
    • Afternoon sessions
    • Attendance rate
    • Authorised absence rate
  • Filters:
    • School Type
  • Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 9

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• Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Year-to-date local authority, regional and national attendance since 12 September 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  • Number of rows: 490
  • Indicators:
    • Afternoon sessions
    • Attendance rate
    • Authorised absence rate
  • Filters:
    • School Type
  • Time period: 2022/23

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• Pupil attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023 - Spring term

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  • Number of rows: 490
  • Indicators:
    • Afternoon sessions
    • Attendance rate
    • Authorised absence rate
  • Filters:
    • School Type
  • Time period: 2022/23 Spring term

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• Pupil attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022 - Autumn term

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 12 September and 16 December  2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  • Number of rows: 490
  • Indicators:
    • Afternoon sessions
    • Attendance rate
    • Authorised absence rate
  • Filters:
    • School Type
  • Time period: 2022/23 Autumn term

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• Persistent absence since Autumn 2016

  National

  National persistent absence figures in Autumn terms from 2016/17 to 2022/23. Figures for 2016/17 to 2021/22 are from school census and 2022/23 are from daily attendance data.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Additional as a result of Code X
    • Including Code X
    • Persistent absence rate
  • Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2022/23 Autumn term

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Access the Pupil attendance and absence in schools in England: data dashboard (opens in new tab) here

The pupil attendance dashboard (opens in new tab) is updated fortnightly. The latest data relates to the week commencing 17 April 2023. The dashboard displays attendance and absence headline figures, and reasons for absence at national, regional and local authority geographic levels. Data is available across state-funded primary, secondary and special schools and can be broken down by individual school type.

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Rounding

In recognition of the uncertainty around inset days, reporting lag and reduced response rate, rates for week commencing 5 September 2022 have been rounded to 0 decimal places. 

All other figures are unrounded.

Data suppression

Where there is only 1 school in a local authority at daily, weekly, termly or year to date level, the attendance figures are suppressed.

All other figures are unsuppressed.

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