Absenteeism by pupils of compulsory school age in maintained secondary by local education authority

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Gender

Gender 1

Type

Maintained, special and independent schools.

Year

Area Code

Measure1

Field

LA 1

LA 2

Total half-day school sessions

Authorised absences An authorised absence is where the school has either given approval in advance for the pupil to be absent from school or where an explanation offered afterwards has been accepted by the school as satisfactory justification for absence. This includes illness, family bereavement, religious observance, exclusion and permitted term-time family holidays.

An authorised absence is where the school has either given approval in advance for the pupil to be absent from school or where an explanation offered afterwards has been accepted by the school as satisfactory justification for absence. This includes illness, family bereavement, religious observance, exclusion and permitted term-time family holidays.

Unauthorised absences $An unauthorised absence is an absence without permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes late arrivals after the closure of registration and any absence for which a satisfactory explanation, in the school\'s view, has not been provided.$

All absences $All (or \'overall\') absences comprise those which are authorised and unauthorised$

Percentage of half-day sessions missed due to authorised absences

Percentage of half-day sessions missed due to unauthorised absences

Percentage of half-day sessions missed due to all absences

Wales

51,940,975

4,153,377

2,324,288

6,477,665

8.0

4.5

12.5

Wales

North Wales

11,226,199

949,079

398,055

1,347,134

8.5

3.5

12.0

North Wales

Isle of Anglesey

1,062,593

97,527

50,819

148,346

9.2

4.8

14.0

Gwynedd

2,012,059

183,042

61,145

244,187

9.1

3.0

12.1

Conwy

1,689,222

140,843

74,439

215,282

8.3

4.4

12.7

Denbighshire

1,911,054

164,808

79,575

244,383

8.6

4.2

12.8

Flintshire

2,575,723

203,992

78,448

282,440

7.9

3.0

11.0

Wrexham

1,975,548

158,867

53,629

212,496

8.0

2.7

10.8

South West and Mid Wales

14,541,008

1,162,668

603,808

1,766,476

8.0

4.2

12.1

South West and Mid Wales

Powys

1,948,808

160,046

46,476

206,522

8.2

2.4

10.6

Ceredigion

1,096,754

70,956

50,564

121,520

6.5

4.6

11.1

Pembrokeshire

1,901,688

144,725

72,915

217,640

7.6

3.8

11.4

Carmarthenshire

3,146,306

294,758

133,332

428,090

9.4

4.2

13.6

Swansea

4,008,834

301,489

149,178

450,667

7.5

3.7

11.2

Neath Port Talbot

2,438,618

190,694

151,343

342,037

7.8

6.2

14.0

Central South Wales

16,339,124

1,210,183

870,093

2,080,276

7.4

5.3

12.7

Central South Wales

Bridgend

2,501,183

218,593

91,100

309,693

8.7

3.6

12.4

The Vale of Glamorgan

2,525,967

189,718

123,924

313,642

7.5

4.9

12.4

Rhondda Cynon Taf

4,327,592

323,427

291,248

614,675

7.5

6.7

14.2

Merthyr Tydfil

931,301

73,244

54,447

127,691

7.9

5.8

13.7

Cardiff

6,053,081

405,201

309,374

714,575

6.7

5.1

11.8

South East Wales

9,834,644

831,447

452,332

1,283,779

8.5

4.6

13.1

South East Wales

Caerphilly

3,052,529

241,563

161,942

403,505

7.9

5.3

13.2

Blaenau Gwent

922,277

88,699

44,624

133,323

9.6

4.8

14.5

Torfaen

1,685,551

178,426

51,696

230,122

10.6

3.1

13.7

Monmouthshire No Monmouthshire schools responded to the primary attendance survey for 2002/03.

1,240,274

118,945

28,861

147,806

9.6

2.3

11.9

Newport

2,934,013

203,814

165,209

369,023

6.9

5.6

12.6

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General description

Source: Pupils's Attendance Record, Welsh Government

Contact: school.stats@gov.wales

Primary:

The primary absenteeism information in this table relates largely to pupils of compulsory school age (ages 5 to 10 at the beginning of the academic year) at schools that responded to the survey. However, absenteeism information for a small number of schools may include all pupils regardless of age (e.g. including reception classes).

Primary absenteeism data for special and independent schools have not been included in the LEA figures, but have been included, where provided, in the Wales figures.

Secondary:

The secondary absenteeism information in this table relates to secondary school pupils of compulsory school age (11 to 15) registered at mainstream, special and independent schools.

Secondary absenteeism data for independent schools have not been included in the LEA figures, but have been included, where provided, in the Wales figures.

Data collection and calculation

Please see the Notes section in the statistical first release, linked to in Weblinks.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are available from the 2002/03 to the 2022/23 academic year.

Users, uses and context

Please see the Notes section in the statistical first release, linked to in Weblinks.

Title

Absenteeism from Schools

Last update

Primary absenteeism: December 2019
Secondary absenteeism: November 2023

Next update

Primary absenteeism: 2024
Secondary absenteeism: 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupils' Attendance Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Please see the Notes section in the statistical first release, linked to in Weblinks.

Weblinks

Primary schools: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/absenteeism-primary-schools/

Secondary Schools: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/absenteeism-secondary-schools/

Keywords

Absenteeism; Attendance

Name

SCHS0143