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Truancy

Answer

[holding answer 10 December 2009]: The available information is shown in the table.To provide further constituency level data and information prior to 2003 would incur disproportionate cost.

Primary, secondary and special schools¹,²,³—percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence 2003/04 to 2007/084,5
Percentage
	Lewes constituency	East Sussex	South East	England
2003/04	n/a	0.95	0.65	0.76
2004/05	n/a	1.04	0.75	0.81
2005/06	n/a	1.09	0.84	0.92
2006/07	n/a	1.12	0.90	1.00
2007/08	1.16	1.17	0.95	1.01
n/a = Not readily available. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies).
³ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.
4 Figures in italics have been sourced from the Absence in Schools Survey. Other figures are derived from the School Census.
5 The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
Source:
Absence in Schools Survey and School Census³

Unauthorised absence is absence without leave from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences, such as lateness, holidays during term time not authorised by the school, absence where reason is not yet established and truancy.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

505 c305W; 305616

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Truancy

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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