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

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Gender

Gender 1

Type

Maintained, special and independent schools.

Area Code

Measure1

Field

Year

LA 1

LA 2

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

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2022/23

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2022/23

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2022/23

Wales

6.1

5.1

4.9

4.5

4.6

4.4

8.0

1.3

1.4

1.6

1.7

4.5

7.4

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.9

6.1

6.2

12.5

Wales

North Wales

5.9

5.3

5.1

4.7

4.8

4.9

8.5

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.4

3.5

7.0

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.7

6.0

6.2

12.0

North Wales

Isle of Anglesey

6.0

5.7

5.4

4.6

4.4

4.9

9.2

0.7

0.9

1.1

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

4.8

6.8

6.6

6.5

5.6

5.4

5.6

6.1

14.0

Gwynedd

5.9

5.2

4.9

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.6

9.1

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.8

3.0

6.6

5.8

5.4

4.9

4.8

5.2

5.4

12.1

Conwy

5.7

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.5

4.3

8.3

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.7

4.4

7.1

6.1

5.7

5.6

5.9

6.1

12.7

Denbighshire

6.0

5.6

4.8

4.9

4.8

8.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.7

4.2

7.6

7.0

6.2

6.3

6.5

6.4

12.8

Flintshire

6.3

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.4

5.5

7.9

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.7

0.9

1.2

3.0

6.7

6.1

5.8

5.7

6.1

6.3

6.7

11.0

Wrexham

5.5

5.2

5.1

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

8.0

1.8

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.7

2.7

7.2

6.3

6.2

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.5

10.8

South West and Mid Wales

6.7

5.3

5.1

4.8

4.6

4.7

4.5

8.0

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.7

4.2

7.5

6.3

6.0

5.8

6.0

6.2

12.1

South West and Mid Wales

Powys

6.1

4.8

4.6

4.2

4.6

4.8

4.9

8.2

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.8

2.4

6.7

5.6

5.3

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.8

10.6

Ceredigion

5.1

4.3

3.7

4.1

4.0

6.5

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.4

1.7

4.6

6.4

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.5

5.7

11.1

Pembrokeshire

7.2

5.5

5.6

5.5

4.8

4.7

4.3

7.6

0.7

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.6

1.8

3.8

7.8

6.6

6.8

6.7

6.2

6.3

6.2

11.4

Carmarthenshire

7.6

5.6

5.1

4.9

4.8

5.0

9.4

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.9

1.4

1.5

4.2

8.0

6.1

5.8

5.5

5.7

6.2

6.5

13.6

Swansea

6.6

5.4

4.9

4.4

4.6

4.4

7.5

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.6

3.7

7.7

6.7

6.0

5.7

5.8

6.0

11.2

Neath Port Talbot

7.0

5.7

5.5

5.2

4.7

4.8

4.0

7.8

0.4

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.7

2.5

6.2

7.4

6.5

6.3

6.4

6.5

14.0

Central South Wales

5.5

4.7

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.2

7.4

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.9

2.1

5.3

7.3

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.9

6.3

12.7

Central South Wales

Bridgend

6.3

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.7

5.2

4.8

8.7

1.2

1.1

0.9

1.0

3.6

7.5

6.1

5.7

5.5

5.6

6.1

5.9

12.4

The Vale of Glamorgan

5.7

4.8

4.1

3.8

3.9

4.0

3.9

7.5

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.3

1.4

4.9

6.6

5.8

5.3

5.0

4.9

5.4

5.3

12.4

Rhondda Cynon Taf

6.1

5.1

4.6

4.2

4.4

4.7

4.4

7.5

1.9

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.3

2.7

6.7

8.0

6.8

6.3

6.0

6.4

7.0

7.1

14.2

Merthyr Tydfil

5.7

6.0

5.7

5.0

5.1

4.5

4.4

7.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.8

3.0

2.7

5.8

6.7

7.1

6.9

6.6

7.0

7.5

7.2

13.7

Cardiff

4.6

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.8

3.9

6.7

2.5

2.3

2.5

2.0

2.1

2.3

5.1

7.1

6.1

5.5

5.8

6.0

6.1

11.8

South East Wales

6.2

5.3

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.3

8.5

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.7

4.6

7.8

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.0

13.1

South East Wales

Caerphilly

6.3

5.6

4.9

4.6

4.4

4.0

7.9

1.6

1.4

1.7

2.2

2.0

5.3

8.0

7.1

7.3

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.0

13.2

Blaenau Gwent

6.5

5.5

5.3

4.7

5.1

4.7

9.6

2.3

1.5

1.3

1.6

1.7

1.9

4.8

8.8

7.8

6.8

5.9

6.2

6.8

6.6

14.5

Torfaen

6.5

5.6

5.5

5.1

5.2

10.6

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.8

3.1

7.5

6.5

6.3

6.0

6.1

13.7

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

6.1

4.6

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.5

4.3

9.6

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.6

2.3

6.5

5.4

5.2

4.8

5.0

4.9

11.9

Newport

5.8

4.7

4.6

4.3

4.2

3.9

6.9

2.1

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.4

2.2

5.6

7.9

7.1

6.9

6.7

6.4

6.6

6.1

12.6

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Summary information
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Keywords
Weblinks
Statistical quality information
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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

Keywords

Absenteeism; Attendance

Weblinks

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

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

Statistical quality

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

Name

SCHS0143