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Pupil Absence Spring Term 2011

www.education.gov.uk

26 August 2011

The latest national statistics on Pupil Absence Spring Term 2011 produced by the Department for Education were released on 24 August 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

This release reports absence during the spring term 2011 in maintained primary schools, secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies in England. It is based on pupil level absence data collected via the summer 2011 School Census. This release provides local level information on the rates of absence (authorised, unauthorised and overall) by type of school and the proportion of absence by reason.

The key points from the latest release are:

The overall absence rate has decreased, going from 5.92% to 5.42%
The authorised absence rate has decreased, going from 4.81% to 4.41%
The unauthorised absence rate has decreased, going from 1.12% to 1.01%