Pupil Absence in Schools in England: Autumn Term 2009 and Spring Term 2010

This release reports on pupil absence in maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies across autumn term 2009 and spring term 2010. It is based on pupil level absence data collected via the School Census for the two terms combined. The release provides information on the levels of absence (authorised, unauthorised and overall) by type of school, absence by reason and summary statistics on persistent absentees. Some absence by pupil characteristics tables have been included for the first time in the combined Autumn and Spring term SFR.