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TwitterThis publication provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded:
State-funded schools receive funding through their local authority or direct from the government.
It includes daily, weekly and year-to-date information on attendance and absence, in addition to reasons for absence. The release uses regular data automatically submitted to the Department for Education by participating schools.
Explore Education Statistics includes previous pupil attendance releases since September 2022.
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TwitterAbsence statistics relating to the autumn 2024 and spring 2025 terms.
This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:
It includes:
We have presented information separately on absence levels in state-funded alternative provision, including pupil referral units.
The release uses pupil-level absence data that we collect in the school census.
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The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.
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Full 2024/25 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for primary, secondary and special schools broken down by Free School Meals eligibility.
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Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024, 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.
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TwitterThis statistic shows the truancy rate as reported by ** year olds in the United Kingdom and selected OECD countries in 2015. The highest rate was found in Montenegro, at ** percent. The United Kingdom was above the OECD average, whilst Japan had the lowest reported rate. Rather than being collected from schools, the data here represents the percentage of ** year olds who personally said in the PISA that they had skipped classes or days of school. The countries shown here are a selection of those tested and do not represent the full survey.
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Academic year 2023 to 2024 local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 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.
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Analysis of pupil attendance at primary, post-primary and special schools in Northern Ireland, by school and pupil characteristics.
Source agency: Education (Northern Ireland)
Designation: National Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: Attendance at primary and post-primary schools
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Full 2023/24 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.
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Absence from school and employment in the UK because of health reasons and respiratory illness, including breakdowns by age, sex and work sector over time. Self-reported data from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey.
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TwitterA data set which shows the number of sessions attended at primary schools in Leeds by LSOA and overall attendance. A session is half a day. As a result of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no attendance data available for 2019/20.
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TwitterThis release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:
It includes information on:
The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the School Census.
It updates and supplements information published in the October 2019 release - Pupil absence in schools in England, autumn 2018 and spring 2019.
A guide on how we produce pupil absence statistics is also available.
School census statistics team
Email mailto:schools.statistics@education.gov.uk">schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288
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TwitterThe Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.
Although these data come from the reports of the 1851 Census, they result not from the main household enumeration but from a separate survey of school attendance conducted on 31st March 1851. While modern census education statistics, from 1951 onwards, are concerned mainly with educational attainment, measured by either level of qualification achieved or age at termination of education, the 1851 data are concerned mainly with how schools were funded, and in particular the role of different religious denominations, which were very finely categorised. The only data concerning pupils are the numbers of female and male pupils on the attendance register of each category of school, except that for Scotland there are separate counts of the actual numbers of females and males in attendance on the census day.
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TwitterThis dataset contains information released by the Scottish Government relating to recorded attendance within Scottish Primary Schools and accounts for half-day attendance figures.The data shown;Local Authority CodeLocal Authority NameSchool Seed CodeSchool NamePossible AttendanceAttendanceAttendance PercentageAuthorised AbsenceAuthorised Absence PercentageUnauthorised AbsenceUnauthorised Absence PercentageExclusionsExclusions Percentage
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This Statistical First Release reports on absence in primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Source agency: Education Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Pupil Absence in Schools
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TwitterThere were ******* penalty notices issued to parents for unauthorized school absence in England during the 2023/24 academic year, the highest during this time period. The vast majority of these fines were related to unauthorized family holiday absence, with just over ****** for arriving late or other reasons.
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Absence: The tables provide information on pupil residency-based pupil absence broken down by gender. Attainment:The tables provide information on pupil residency-based small area pupil attainment (Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and Key Stages 1, 2, 4 and 5) broken down by gender, free school meal eligibility (Key Stages 2 and 4 only) and ethnicity (Key Stages 2 and 4 only).
Source agency: Education
Designation: National Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: Small Area Pupil Absence and Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England
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TwitterThis dataset contains information released by the Scottish Government relating to recorded attendance within Scottish Secondary Schools and accounts for half-day attendance figures. Information has been filtered to show Stirling Council schools.The data shown;Local Authority CodeLocal Authority NameSchool Seed CodeSchool NamePossible AttendanceAttendanceAttendance PercentageAuthorised AbsenceAuthorised Absence PercentageUnauthorised AbsenceUnauthorised Absence PercentageExclusionsExclusions Percentage
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TwitterAs of 2025, there were approximately 545,640 pupils attending private or independent schools in the United Kingdom, compared with 565,550 in the previous year.
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TwitterSecondary school attendance based on sessions attended for pupils living in the LSOA for the academic year. A session is a half day at school. As a result of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no attendance data available for 2019/20.
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TwitterThis publication provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded:
State-funded schools receive funding through their local authority or direct from the government.
It includes daily, weekly and year-to-date information on attendance and absence, in addition to reasons for absence. The release uses regular data automatically submitted to the Department for Education by participating schools.
Explore Education Statistics includes previous pupil attendance releases since September 2022.