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Pupil Absence in Maintained SECONDARY Schools in England in the 2000/2001 School Year
| Local Education Authority |
Number of day
pupils of compulsory
school age |
Authorised absence |
Unauthorised absence |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
| Barking and Dagenham | 10,024 | 8.7 | 30 | 2.0 | 19 |
| Barnet | 17,907 | 7.5 | 24 | 1.3 | 22 |
| Barnsley | 13,167 | 9.5 | 30 | 1.3 | 13 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 10,745 | 7.6 | 24 | 0.6 | 12 |
| Bedfordshire | 33,711 | 7.1 | 23 | 0.4 | 8 |
| Bexley | 15,668 | 8.8 | 27 | 1.1 | 16 |
| Birmingham | 62,593 | 8.2 | 26 | 1.6 | 19 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 9,536 | 8.2 | 26 | 1.2 | 24 |
| Blackpool | 7,931 | 9.8 | 31 | 1.3 | 16 |
| Bolton | 18,006 | 7.6 | 25 | 1.2 | 19 |
| Bournemouth | 8,924 | 8.2 | 26 | 0.7 | 9 |
| Bracknell Forest | 5,365 | 7.9 | 24 | 1.2 | 11 |
| Bradford | 30,605 | 8.2 | 25 | 2.6 | 19 |
| Brent | 12,334 | 6.9 | 25 | 0.9 | 17 |
| Brighton and Hove | 11,385 | 8.3 | 26 | 1.4 | 19 |
| Bristol, City of | 17,210 | 9.7 | 31 | 2.3 | 19 |
| Bromley | 17,721 | 8.0 | 26 | 1.1 | 16 |
| Buckinghamshire | 27,671 | 6.4 | 21 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Bury | 11,960 | 7.4 | 24 | 0.6 | 15 |
| Calderdale | 13,170 | 8.1 | 26 | 0.8 | 14 |
| Cambridgeshire | 29,276 | 7.8 | 25 | 0.8 | 14 |
| Camden | 8,655 | 8.2 | 26 | 1.6 | 20 |
| Cheshire | 41,332 | 7.1 | 23 | 0.9 | 18 |
| Cornwall | 29,960 | 8.9 | 27 | 0.4 | 8 |
| Coventry | 18,659 | 9.0 | 29 | 1.1 | 22 |
| Croydon | 17,192 | 8.9 | 28 | 0.6 | 13 |
| Cumbria FM | 30,012 | 7.8 | 26 | 0.7 | 15 |
| Darlington | 5,958 | 9.0 | 31 | 1.0 | 28 |
| Derby City | 13,485 | 8.2 | 27 | 1.1 | 20 |
| Derbyshire | 43,442 | 7.6 | 24 | 1.0 | 17 |
| Devon FM | 36,838 | 8.3 | 26 | 1.0 | 15 |
| Doncaster | 19,248 | 9.0 | 28 | 1.8 | 18 |
| Dorset | 26,514 | 7.5 | 23 | 0.7 | 13 |
| Dudley | 19,876 | 7.7 | 25 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Durham FM | 29,716 | 8.6 | 28 | 0.8 | 19 |
| Ealing | 13,562 | 8.0 | 25 | 1.0 | 14 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 20,156 | 7.6 | 24 | 0.8 | 16 |
| East Sussex | 26,154 | 8.1 | 25 | 1.2 | 14 |
| Enfield | 17,704 | 7.4 | 24 | 1.8 | 15 |
| Essex | 79,090 | 7.9 | 25 | 0.8 | 16 |
| Gateshead | 10,690 | 8.6 | 28 | 1.3 | 28 |
| Gloucestershire | 33,786 | 7.5 | 24 | 0.5 | 12 |
| Greenwich | 12,862 | 9.6 | 30 | 2.3 | 26 |
| Hackney | 7,748 | 7.8 | 27 | 3.1 | 27 |
| Halton | 8,329 | 9.0 | 29 | 2.0 | 22 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 6,187 | 8.3 | 29 | 2.0 | 29 |
| Hampshire | 70,194 | 7.0 | 23 | 1.0 | 17 |
| Haringey | 9,299 | 8.0 | 28 | 1.9 | 19 |
| Harrow | 9,094 | 7.8 | 25 | 0.6 | 16 |
| Hartlepool | 6,539 | 7.7 | 25 | 1.9 | 23 |
| Havering | 15,114 | 8.1 | 25 | 0.7 | 14 |
| Herefordshire | 9,622 | 7.7 | 24 | 0.6 | 19 |
| Hertfordshire | 65,227 | 7.3 | 23 | 0.7 | 16 |
| Hillingdon | 14,142 | 8.3 | 27 | 1.1 | 15 |
| Hounslow | 13,864 | 7.5 | 24 | 1.0 | 25 |
| Isle of Wight | 11,003 | 8.0 | 25 | 0.7 | 18 |
| Isles of Scilly | 124 | 7.9 | 24 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Islington | 7,594 | 9.0 | 29 | 2.0 | 16 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 3,131 | 6.4 | 20 | 2.4 | 20 |
| Kent | 78,966 | 7.9 | 25 | 0.6 | 17 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 16,163 | 9.9 | 32 | 2.5 | 27 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 7,305 | 7.5 | 23 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Kirklees | 25,282 | 7.0 | 22 | 1.2 | 19 |
| Knowsley | 10,007 | 9.7 | 32 | 3.1 | 30 |
| Lambeth | 7,159 | 8.7 | 27 | 1.2 | 14 |
| Lancashire | 71,483 | 7.9 | 26 | 0.8 | 21 |
| Leeds | 42,514 | 8.3 | 26 | 1.8 | 20 |
| Leicester City | 16,823 | 7.7 | 25 | 2.2 | 23 |
| Leicestershire | 36,903 | 7.2 | 23 | 1.3 | 16 |
| Lewisham | 11,271 | 8.0 | 26 | 3.5 | 25 |
| Lincolnshire | 39,625 | 7.5 | 24 | 0.7 | 14 |
| Liverpool | 29,821 | 9.7 | 32 | 1.9 | 22 |
| London, City of | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Luton | 12,157 | 8.2 | 26 | 0.7 | 12 |
| Manchester | 23,673 | 11.7 | 37 | 1.7 | 29 |
| Medway | 17,595 | 7.9 | 25 | 0.7 | 14 |
| Merton | 7,463 | 9.2 | 29 | 1.5 | 15 |
| Middlesbrough | 8,808 | 10.4 | 33 | 1.0 | 15 |
| Milton Keynes | 10,372 | 9.6 | 31 | 0.5 | 11 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 16,361 | 9.5 | 31 | 1.2 | 24 |
| Newham | 17,586 | 6.2 | 21 | 2.3 | 15 |
| Norfolk | 40,295 | 8.4 | 27 | 1.0 | 16 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 11,663 | 8.8 | 29 | 1.5 | 15 |
| North Lincolnshire | 10,582 | 7.6 | 25 | 0.9 | 12 |
| North Somerset | 11,013 | 7.8 | 25 | 0.8 | 19 |
| North Tyneside | 13,068 | 7.4 | 25 | 0.6 | 26 |
| North Yorkshire FM | 35,781 | 7.3 | 24 | 0.5 | 16 |
| Northamptonshire | 44,368 | 8.3 | 26 | 0.9 | 14 |
| Northumberland | 26,750 | 7.6 | 24 | 0.6 | 19 |
| Nottingham City | 13,880 | 10.2 | 34 | 3.1 | 30 |
| Nottinghamshire | 47,500 | 7.5 | 24 | 1.2 | 19 |
| Oldham | 15,433 | 8.3 | 27 | 1.1 | 17 |
| Oxfordshire | 33,351 | 7.0 | 22 | 1.4 | 15 |
| Peterborough City | 11,288 | 8.5 | 27 | 1.2 | 17 |
| Plymouth | 16,210 | 8.3 | 26 | 0.5 | 14 |
| Poole | 6,956 | 7.6 | 24 | 0.7 | 13 |
| Portsmouth | 10,327 | 9.2 | 29 | 1.8 | 22 |
| Reading | 5,440 | 8.2 | 26 | 1.1 | 24 |
| Redbridge | 15,106 | 6.7 | 22 | 0.5 | 11 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 10,588 | 8.5 | 29 | 1.4 | 19 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 7,741 | 8.4 | 26 | 2.5 | 25 |
| Rochdale | 13,527 | 9.2 | 31 | 1.2 | 19 |
| Rotherham | 18,311 | 8.2 | 26 | 1.1 | 18 |
| Rutland | 2,301 | 6.5 | 21 | 0.6 | 18 |
| Salford | 12,926 | 10.4 | 33 | 1.4 | 20 |
| Sandwell | 19,213 | 10.2 | 33 | 1.1 | 18 |
| Sefton | 18,809 | 7.8 | 25 | 0.7 | 18 |
| Sheffield | 28,544 | 8.8 | 28 | 2.1 | 25 |
| Shropshire | 16,731 | 7.5 | 23 | 0.6 | 11 |
| Slough | 6,890 | 6.8 | 22 | 1.3 | 22 |
| Solihull | 15,036 | 7.0 | 23 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Somerset | 29,902 | 7.8 | 24 | 0.5 | 14 |
| South Gloucestershire | 14,481 | 7.1 | 22 | 1.2 | 12 |
| South Tyneside | 10,368 | 9.6 | 31 | 0.4 | 15 |
| Southampton | 12,419 | 8.6 | 28 | 1.1 | 23 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 10,173 | 7.4 | 24 | 1.9 | 23 |
| Southwark | 10,507 | 7.8 | 28 | 1.8 | 22 |
| St Helens | 11,267 | 8.5 | 27 | 0.9 | 16 |
| Staffordshire | 54,838 | 7.3 | 24 | 0.6 | 15 |
| Stockport | 16,780 | 7.4 | 24 | 0.9 | 19 |
| Stockton on Tees | 12,461 | 8.0 | 26 | 0.4 | 17 |
| Stoke on Trent | 14,795 | 7.8 | 26 | 1.6 | 19 |
| Suffolk | 47,925 | 7.4 | 24 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Sunderland | 19,153 | 8.6 | 28 | 0.9 | 20 |
| Surrey | 49,763 | 7.2 | 23 | 1.0 | 17 |
| Sutton | 12,147 | 7.0 | 24 | 0.4 | 10 |
| Swindon | 11,361 | 9.2 | 28 | 0.7 | 9 |
| Tameside | 15,328 | 7.9 | 26 | 1.2 | 18 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 10,098 | 8.4 | 27 | 0.9 | 21 |
| Thurrock | 8,289 | 8.4 | 27 | 1.1 | 12 |
| Torbay | 7,633 | 8.0 | 25 | 1.2 | 11 |
| Tower Hamlets | 13,464 | 6.9 | 23 | 2.6 | 18 |
| Trafford | 13,311 | 6.6 | 21 | 0.8 | 18 |
| Wakefield | 20,376 | 8.3 | 27 | 0.9 | 15 |
| Walsall | 19,022 | 9.0 | 29 | 0.7 | 14 |
| Waltham Forest | 12,841 | 7.0 | 24 | 2.0 | 21 |
| Wandsworth | 8,925 | 8.5 | 28 | 0.7 | 8 |
| Warrington | 12,692 | 8.0 | 26 | 0.6 | 21 |
| Warwickshire | 29,833 | 7.5 | 24 | 0.7 | 16 |
| West Berkshire | 9,820 | 7.3 | 23 | 0.6 | 14 |
| West Sussex | 39,270 | 8.2 | 25 | 0.8 | 14 |
| Westminster, City of | 7,125 | 8.3 | 25 | 2.4 | 28 |
| Wigan | 20,652 | 7.9 | 27 | 0.8 | 20 |
| Wiltshire | 25,426 | 7.4 | 23 | 0.7 | 11 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 8,905 | 7.3 | 24 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Wirral | 21,237 | 8.3 | 27 | 0.5 | 22 |
| Wokingham | 9,244 | 6.9 | 22 | 0.6 | 13 |
| Wolverhampton | 14,675 | 8.9 | 30 | 1.2 | 18 |
| Worcestershire | 37,148 | 7.7 | 25 | 0.8 | 17 |
| York, City of | 9,285 | 6.8 | 22 | 1.1 | 15 |
| ENGLAND | 2,956,915 | 8.0 | 26 | 1.1 | 17 |
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