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Reference id: SFR03/2011

Publication type: statistical first release

Publication data: underlying statistical data

Local authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release date: 29 March 2011

Coverage status: final

Publication status: published

It updates and supplements information published in the October release - 鈥楶upil absence in schools in England, autumn term 2009 and spring term 2010鈥�. It is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.

The release provides information on:

• the levels of absence (authorised, unauthorised and overall) by type of school
• absence rates by pupil characteristics (such as gender, free school meal eligibility, ethnic group and special educational needs)
• the percentage of pupils by number of days absence
• persistent absentees (the percentage of absence these pupils account for; their characteristics; the number of schools where the percentage of persistent absentees falls within certain ranges; and information on the reasons for absence)

The key points from the latest release are:

• the authorised absence rate has decreased, going from 5.21% to 5.00%
• the unauthorised absence rate has decreased, going from 1.05% to 1.04%
• the overall absence rate has decreased, going from 6.27% to 6.04%
• the persistent absence rate has decreased, going from 3.3% to 2.9%

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