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DCSF: Pupil Absence in Schools in England: Autumn Term 2006 and Spring Term 2007

DescriptionThis is a new Statistical First Release that provides early indications of overall absence and persistent absence levels for primary and secondary schools in England in school year 2006/2007 (based on combined autumn 2006 and spring 2007 School Census data). Last year, absence information based on combined termly data were not released until February so this is an improvement of four months.

Further analysis, also including absence in the first half of summer term, will be published in February 2008 along with more detailed analysis of absence by pupil characteristics.
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Additional informationEXCEL (Additional Local Authority level absence information for maintained primary and secondary schools)
Reference IDSFR36/2007National Statistics
Coverage Country England
Date Released25 October 2007
Main Category Education and Skills
Sub CategorySchools    Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
TypeStatistical First Release
ContactSchools Statistical Team  schools.statistics@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk   
PreRelease AccessClick here
 Publication includes individual Local Authority informationPublication includes individual Local Authority information

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