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Research Summary: Accredited official statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring term 2025/26
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- Original source
- UK Department for Education
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- Research Summary / Knowledge Resource
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- 18 September 2026
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- 1 min
- Publication type
- Knowledge Resource
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The UK Department for Education has released accredited official statistics detailing pupil absence levels in state-funded schools across England for the autumn and spring terms of 2025/26. These statistics encompass overall, authorised, and unauthorised absence rates, providing a quantitative basis for understanding attendance patterns within the educational system.
Why it matters
Understanding pupil absence trends is crucial for assessing educational quality, resource allocation, and social welfare. This data provides a foundational metric for policy development aimed at improving student engagement and academic outcomes, and it can inform strategies to address underlying causes of non-attendance.
Key insights
- Official statistics on pupil absence in state-funded schools in England have been released.
- The data covers the autumn and spring terms of the 2025/26 academic year.
- Absence statistics are disaggregated into overall, authorised, and unauthorised categories.
Source
UK Department for Education — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-autumn-and-spring-term-202526
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- 18 September 2026
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- Accredited official statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring term 2025/26
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- UK Department for Education
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