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Period and measure
Absence figures shown: 2024/25 academic year, full year (autumn, spring and summer terms).
Overall, authorised and unauthorised absence are percentages of possible sessions. Persistent absence is the percentage of pupils missing 10% or more of possible sessions.
Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 release (published 26 March 2026).
Key Attendance Metrics
Arrows show year-on-year trend · Card colour reflects position vs national
Nat: 94.8%
92.5%↓ -0.3pp
Overall Attendance
Nat: 17.4%
17.6%↓ -0.4pp
Persistent Absence
Nat: 2.1%
4.0%↓ -0.5pp
Unauthorised Absence
Nat: 5.2%
7.5%↑ +0.3pp
Overall Absence Rate
Nat: 3.1%
3.5%
Authorised Absence
5-Year Attendance Trends
Overall attendance — school vs national average
Each point is a full academic year (autumn, spring and summer terms). There is no 2019/20 point because DfE did not publish school-level absence for that year. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, so read changes to or from those years with care.
Attendance — School vs National
10%7.5%5%2.5%0%Overall4%3%2%1%0%Unauth.20/2121/2222/2323/2424/25COVIDNat. Overall 5.2%3.8%7.4%6.4%7.2%7.5%Nat. Unauth 2.1%2.4%3.3%4.2%4.5%4.0%Overall AbsenceUnauthorisedNat. Avg
Absence Breakdown
Authorised vs unauthorised
Absence TypeRate
Authorised Absence3.5%
Unauthorised Absence4.0%
Total Overall Absence7.5%
Rates calculated as percentage of possible sessions missed. National overall absence: 7.4%
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