Statistics

Absenteeism from primary schools: September 2016 to August 2017

National Statistics

Data on authorised and unauthorised absenteeism by pupils of compulsory school age for September 2016 to August 2017.

Main points

  • In 2016/17, 5.1% of half day sessions were missed due to overall absence and 1.1% of half-day sessions were missed through unauthorised absence.
  • In general, overall absence has been falling since 2006/07. In 2012/13 overall absenteeism rose slightly, but in 2013/14 and 2014/15 it fell again. Overall absence remained the same in 2016/17 as the previous two years.
  • The percentage of persistent absentees in primary schools remained the same in 2016/17.
  • The percentage of pupils with no absence decreased in 2016/17. The percentage of pupils missing more than 20 days also decreased in 2016/17.

Reports

Absenteeism from primary schools, September 2016 to August 2017 , file type: PDF, file size: 1 MB

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Data

Datasets and interactive tools

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Absenteeism from primary schools