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School types: All • School phases: All • Ref: 7329National data The figures express the amount of missed half-day sessions as a percentage of all possible half-day sessions.
Primary schools 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 all terms 2023/24 autumn 2023/24 spring 2023/24 summer Overall absence 3.6 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.8 Unauthorised absence 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 2.1
Secondary schools 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 all terms 2023/24 autumn 2022/23 spring 2023/24 summer Overall absence 5.5 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.1 8.9 9.7 Unauthorised absence 1.6 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.4 4.1
Special schools 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 all terms 2023/24 autumn 2023/24 spring 2023/24 summer Overall absence 15.2 13.2 13.0 13.0 12.7 13.3 13.1 Unauthorised absence 2.1
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3.3 3.1 3.2 3.7
All schools 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 all terms 2023/24 autumn 2023/24 spring 2023/24 summer Overall absence 4.6 7.6 7.4 7.1 6.7 7.2 7.6 Unauthorised absence 1.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.3 3.0
Some of this data is affected by COVID-19 Some of this data is affected by COVID-19