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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils were persistent absentees in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils were persistent absentees in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2010
For answer on
25 March 2010
Answered on
7 April 2010
Attendance data was collected at individual pupil level for the first time in 2005/06 from secondary schools only. Information on persistent absentees in secondary schools in 2005/06 at local authority level has been placed in the Library.Information on persistent absentees in primary, secondary and special schools is available from 2006/07 onwards. Information at local authority level for 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09, and parliamentary constituency level for 2007/08 and 2008/09 has been placed in the Library. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.
Subjects
Truancy
Date
7 April 2010
Reference
508 c1465W; 324538
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) rate of unauthorised absence and (b) number of day pupils of compulsory age was in each (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) rate of unauthorised absence and (b) number of day pupils of compulsory age was in each (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2010
For answer on
25 March 2010
Answered on
7 April 2010
The available information for the years 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2007/08, and 2008/09 has been placed in the Libraries. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.
Subjects
Truancy
Date
7 April 2010
Reference
508 c1465W; 324539
House
House of Commons
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that Answer. At the same time, I should like her to consider that some 67,000 children miss school every day. Is it not high time that we got bureaucracy off the backs of schools and gave head teachers and teachers full authority locally to tackle truancy, not "unauthorised absence"?
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that Answer. At the same time, I should like her to consider that some 67,000 children miss school every day. Is it not high time that we got bureaucracy off the backs of schools and gave head teachers and teachers full authority locally to tackle truancy, not "unauthorised absence"?
Asked by
Lord Luke
(Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
My Lords, the important thing is to get children and young people attending school. That is why this Government have focused on driving up attendance. That means encouraging parents not to take holidays during term time and making sure that any kind of absence that is not absolutely necessary is not authorised by schools. That is why I am particularly proud that we can say now that attendance at schools is at its highest rate since records began.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the important thing is to get children and young people attending school. That is why this Government have focused on driving up attendance. That means encouraging parents not to take holidays during term time and making sure that any kind of absence that is not absolutely necessary is not authorised by schools. That is why I am particularly proud that we can say now that attendance at schools is at its highest rate since records began.
My Lords, the important thing is to get children and young people attending school. That is why this Government have focused on driving up attendance. That means encouraging parents not to take holidays during term time and making sure that any kind of absence that is not absolutely necessary is not authorised by schools. That is why I am particularly proud that we can say now that attendance at schools is at its highest rate since records began.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Luke
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that Answer. At the same time, I should like her to consider that some 67,000 children miss school every day. Is it not high time that we got bureaucracy off the backs of schools and gave head teachers and teachers full authority locally to tackle truancy, not "unauthorised absence"?
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I agree, and that is why we have focused relentlessly on making sure that parents fulfil their legal obligation to make sure that they get children into school. That is also why we have ensured that there are parenting contracts and processes in place to make sure that where parents do not engage or do not know where their children are, they do their bit, get their kids to school and the system supports them to do that.
I agree, and that is why we have focused relentlessly on making sure that parents fulfil their legal obligation to make sure that they get children into school. That is also why we have ensured that there are parenting contracts and processes in place to make sure that where parents do not engage or do not know where their children are, they do their bit, get their kids to school and the system supports them to do that.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Elton
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Can the Minister point out the necessity, addressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, of disaggregating these figures, so that we know why children are away? Some children need to be addressed themselves and others need to be addressed through their parents. It really is no good getting this the wrong way round.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1360
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, in drawing on my experience of some 20 years as chairman of a juvenile court, does the Minister agree that early truancy is often a sign of other serious child or family behavioural problems? Given that—I refer specifically to truancy—can the Minister give your Lordships the national truancy figures for each of the past five years? If, as I suspect, these are not available, can she please ask that any future Government will make them available so that this House can do its job of scrutiny in keeping government policies and their effectiveness under review?
My Lords, in drawing on my experience of some 20 years as chairman of a juvenile court, does the Minister agree that early truancy is often a sign of other serious child or family behavioural problems? Given that—I refer specifically to truancy—can the Minister give your Lordships the national truancy figures for each of the past five years? If, as I suspect, these are not available, can she please ask that any future Government will make them available so that this House can do its job of scrutiny in keeping government policies and their effectiveness under review?
Asked by
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
I understand the noble Baroness’s frustration in wanting to look specifically at truancy. The issue here is: does it matter whether a parent, who has absolute responsibility for making sure that their child is in school, knows that their child is bunking off? We have to make sure that all unauthorised absence, whether it is in the knowledge of the parent or not, is tackled. We need to make sure that children are in school—that is why we have to focus on getting attendance up—and we need parents to play their role in that. That is why we have worked relentlessly throughout the system to get parents to take their responsibility to get children in school.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend accept that some children are absent from school because of difficulties in the school, such as bullying? Can she say what strategies are in place to combat bullying in both primary and secondary school?
My Lords, does my noble friend accept that some children are absent from school because of difficulties in the school, such as bullying? Can she say what strategies are in place to combat bullying in both primary and secondary school?
Asked by
Baroness Massey of Darwen
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
The noble Baroness raises a very important point: if a young person is persistently missing school we have to look at the underlying reasons for that. Sometimes that means that the young person may need additional support. It may mean that they are having difficulty at school and that has to be properly looked into. That is why it is important that in the school system we have a sophisticated approach to understanding attendance and that we look at making sure that schools work together. We need to look at issues such as bullying inside school but also on the way to and from school. Schools really need work together on behaviour.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359-60
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I understand the noble Baroness’s frustration in wanting to look specifically at truancy. The issue here is: does it matter whether a parent, who has absolute responsibility for making sure that their child is in school, knows that their child is bunking off? We have to make sure that all unauthorised absence, whether it is in the knowledge of the parent or not, is tackled. We need to make sure that children are in school—that is why we have to focus on getting attendance up—and we need parents to play their role in that. That is why we have worked relentlessly throughout the system to get parents to take their responsibility to get children in school.
I understand the noble Baroness’s frustration in wanting to look specifically at truancy. The issue here is: does it matter whether a parent, who has absolute responsibility for making sure that their child is in school, knows that their child is bunking off? We have to make sure that all unauthorised absence, whether it is in the knowledge of the parent or not, is tackled. We need to make sure that children are in school—that is why we have to focus on getting attendance up—and we need parents to play their role in that. That is why we have worked relentlessly throughout the system to get parents to take their responsibility to get children in school.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
(Crossbench)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, in drawing on my experience of some 20 years as chairman of a juvenile court, does the Minister agree that early truancy is often a sign of other serious child or family behavioural problems? Given that—I refer specifically to truancy—can the Minister give your Lordships the national truancy figures for each of the past five years? If, as I suspect, these are not available, can she please ask that any future Government will make them available so that this House can do its job of scrutiny in keeping government policies and their effectiveness under review?
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Can the Minister point out the necessity, addressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, of disaggregating these figures, so that we know why children are away? Some children need to be addressed themselves and others need to be addressed through their parents. It really is no good getting this the wrong way round.
Can the Minister point out the necessity, addressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, of disaggregating these figures, so that we know why children are away? Some children need to be addressed themselves and others need to be addressed through their parents. It really is no good getting this the wrong way round.
Asked by
Lord Elton
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
I agree, and that is why we have focused relentlessly on making sure that parents fulfil their legal obligation to make sure that they get children into school. That is also why we have ensured that there are parenting contracts and processes in place to make sure that where parents do not engage or do not know where their children are, they do their bit, get their kids to school and the system supports them to do that.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1360
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of primary school pupils were persistent absentees in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of primary school pupils were persistent absentees in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2010
For answer on
25 March 2010
Answered on
6 April 2010
Information on persistent absentees in primary schools is only available from 2006/07 onwards. Information at local authority level for 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09, and parliamentary constituency level for 2007/08 and 2008/09 has been placed in the Libraries. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.
Subjects
Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
508 c1360W; 324537
House
House of Commons
My Lords, perhaps I may go back to the Question. When the Government came to power, their focus was on education, education, education: yet despite more than £1 billion being spent on anti-truancy measures, the truancy rate has risen to record levels—up to 44 per cent. Will the Minister say exactly what the money has been spent on?
My Lords, perhaps I may go back to the Question. When the Government came to power, their focus was on education, education, education: yet despite more than £1 billion being spent on anti-truancy measures, the truancy rate has risen to record levels—up to 44 per cent. Will the Minister say exactly what the money has been spent on?
Asked by
Baroness Verma
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
My Lords, I must explain to the noble Baroness that what we are looking at here is driving up attendance. That means that we are very concerned to tackle unauthorised and authorised absence. We want to make sure that schools are not allowing parents to take children out of school for holidays and that truancy is tackled in the round. I am particularly pleased that all the investment that we have made in behaviour partnerships and school support staff has resulted in the best ever attendance rates for our young people in this country since records began.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I must explain to the noble Baroness that what we are looking at here is driving up attendance. That means that we are very concerned to tackle unauthorised and authorised absence. We want to make sure that schools are not allowing parents to take children out of school for holidays and that truancy is tackled in the round. I am particularly pleased that all the investment that we have made in behaviour partnerships and school support staff has resulted in the best ever attendance rates for our young people in this country since records began.
My Lords, I must explain to the noble Baroness that what we are looking at here is driving up attendance. That means that we are very concerned to tackle unauthorised and authorised absence. We want to make sure that schools are not allowing parents to take children out of school for holidays and that truancy is tackled in the round. I am particularly pleased that all the investment that we have made in behaviour partnerships and school support staff has resulted in the best ever attendance rates for our young people in this country since records began.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Verma
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, perhaps I may go back to the Question. When the Government came to power, their focus was on education, education, education: yet despite more than £1 billion being spent on anti-truancy measures, the truancy rate has risen to record levels—up to 44 per cent. Will the Minister say exactly what the money has been spent on?
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Baroness is right to point to the importance of the role of school support staff in tackling problems of attendance. We are particularly concerned that schools work together to share expertise and advice in promoting high and improving attendance; so it is particularly worrying that the choice in this general election is between the Government and an opposition party that would reduce the numbers of support staff below the increase of 200,000 that we have achieved, which would undermine the achievement of this Government in driving up attendance.
My Lords, the noble Baroness is right to point to the importance of the role of school support staff in tackling problems of attendance. We are particularly concerned that schools work together to share expertise and advice in promoting high and improving attendance; so it is particularly worrying that the choice in this general election is between the Government and an opposition party that would reduce the numbers of support staff below the increase of 200,000 that we have achieved, which would undermine the achievement of this Government in driving up attendance.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is there any correlation between truancy figures and those schools that have home-school outreach workers? What will the Government do to ensure that every school can afford at least one of these officers, who can work not just with the school and parents, but also with other agencies such as the Youth Justice Board?
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
The noble Baroness raises a very important point: if a young person is persistently missing school we have to look at the underlying reasons for that. Sometimes that means that the young person may need additional support. It may mean that they are having difficulty at school and that has to be properly looked into. That is why it is important that in the school system we have a sophisticated approach to understanding attendance and that we look at making sure that schools work together. We need to look at issues such as bullying inside school but also on the way to and from school. Schools really need work together on behaviour.
The noble Baroness raises a very important point: if a young person is persistently missing school we have to look at the underlying reasons for that. Sometimes that means that the young person may need additional support. It may mean that they are having difficulty at school and that has to be properly looked into. That is why it is important that in the school system we have a sophisticated approach to understanding attendance and that we look at making sure that schools work together. We need to look at issues such as bullying inside school but also on the way to and from school. Schools really need work together on behaviour.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Massey of Darwen
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does my noble friend accept that some children are absent from school because of difficulties in the school, such as bullying? Can she say what strategies are in place to combat bullying in both primary and secondary school?
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1359-60
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Is there any correlation between truancy figures and those schools that have home-school outreach workers? What will the Government do to ensure that every school can afford at least one of these officers, who can work not just with the school and parents, but also with other agencies such as the Youth Justice Board?
Is there any correlation between truancy figures and those schools that have home-school outreach workers? What will the Government do to ensure that every school can afford at least one of these officers, who can work not just with the school and parents, but also with other agencies such as the Youth Justice Board?
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
6 April 2010
My Lords, the noble Baroness is right to point to the importance of the role of school support staff in tackling problems of attendance. We are particularly concerned that schools work together to share expertise and advice in promoting high and improving attendance; so it is particularly worrying that the choice in this general election is between the Government and an opposition party that would reduce the numbers of support staff below the increase of 200,000 that we have achieved, which would undermine the achievement of this Government in driving up attendance.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, attendance rates are the highest ever recorded, with more than 70,000 more pupils in school every day than in 1996-97. Information is collected on authorised and unauthorised absence. Unauthorised absence includes unexplained or unjustified absence such as lateness, unauthorised holidays during term time and truancy. In 2008-09, the percentage of half-days missed through unauthorised absence in England in maintained primary schools was 0.64 per cent. In state-funded secondary schools it was 1.49 per cent and in specialist schools it was 2.14 per cent.
My Lords, attendance rates are the highest ever recorded, with more than 70,000 more pupils in school every day than in 1996-97. Information is collected on authorised and unauthorised absence. Unauthorised absence includes unexplained or unjustified absence such as lateness, unauthorised holidays during term time and truancy. In 2008-09, the percentage of half-days missed through unauthorised absence in England in maintained primary schools was 0.64 per cent. In state-funded secondary schools it was 1.49 per cent and in specialist schools it was 2.14 per cent.
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Luke
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest truancy rate for schools in England and Wales.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest truancy rate for schools in England and Wales.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest truancy rate for schools in England and Wales.
Asked by
Lord Luke
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
6 April 2010
Answered on
6 April 2010
My Lords, attendance rates are the highest ever recorded, with more than 70,000 more pupils in school every day than in 1996-97. Information is collected on authorised and unauthorised absence. Unauthorised absence includes unexplained or unjustified absence such as lateness, unauthorised holidays during term time and truancy. In 2008-09, the percentage of half-days missed through unauthorised absence in England in maintained primary schools was 0.64 per cent. In state-funded secondary schools it was 1.49 per cent and in specialist schools it was 2.14 per cent.
Subjects
Pupils; Schools; Truancy
Date
6 April 2010
Reference
718 c1358
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 1301-2W, on truancy, what the figures for (a) prosecutions and (b) average fines are for each (i) constituency and (ii) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 1301-2W, on truancy, what the figures for (a) prosecutions and (b) average fines are for each (i) constituency and (ii) local...
Asked by
Grant Shapps
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2010
For answer on
25 March 2010
Answered on
30 March 2010
Figures for (a) prosecutions and (b) average fines, relating to parents not ensuring their child attended school, are not available by either (i) constituency or (ii) local authority area.
Subjects
Prosecutions; Truancy
Date
30 March 2010
Reference
508 c992-3W; 324760
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils classified as persistent truants gained five GCSEs at A*-C including English and mathematics in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils classified as persistent truants gained five GCSEs at A*-C including English and mathematics in the latest year for which figures are available.
Asked by
Lord Gove
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 February 2010
For answer on
3 February 2010
Answered on
25 March 2010
Latest data which matches absence with attainment data is available for 2008 and relates to persistent absentees rather than 'truants'.In 2008, 7.2 per cent. of persistent absentees in state funded secondary schools attained five or more GCSEs at grade A*-C or the equivalent, including GCSEs in English and mathematics. In 2007 this figure was lower with 6.4 per cent. of persistent absentees attaining five or more GCSEs at grade A*-C or the equivalent, including GCSEs in English and mathematics in state funded secondary schools.The available information relates to persistent absentees, who are defined as pupils missing approximately 20 per cent. of possible sessions for the relevant statistical reporting period. On an annual basis this threshold is 64 or more sessions of absence, (authorised or unauthorised) during the year. (On a two term, autumn and spring basis, the threshold is typically 52 sessions). Unauthorised absence is defined as 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.
Subjects
Truancy; GCSE
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c569W; 315520
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils had an attendance record of less than 90 per cent. at schools in England in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils had an attendance record of less than 90 per cent. at schools in England in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Lembit Opik
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 March 2010
For answer on
11 March 2010
Answered on
25 March 2010
In 2005/06, the School Census started to collect attendance data at individual pupil level from secondary schools only. This was extended to primary and special schools in 2006/07. The school level information collected before 2005/06 cannot be used to answer this question.The available information on the absence rates of pupils in primary, secondary and special schools in 2006/07 and 2007/08 is published as follows:2006/07—Table 3.2."http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000775/index.shtml"2007/08—Table 3.2."http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000832/index.shtml"For these tables, less than 90 per cent. attendance will equate to more than 10 per cent. absence.Information for secondary schools only in 2005/06 is shown in the following table:
Overall absence in 2007/08 stood at 6.29 per cent. the lowest on record, having fallen for eight of the last 10 years. On average 70,000 more pupils were in school each day in 2007/08 than would be the case if absence rates were still at the level of 1996/97.Persistent absence in secondary schools accounts for 27.6 per cent. of all overall absence. Schools and local authorities now have to target 'persistent absentees'. During 2008/09 the Department targeted, through National Strategies, 360 secondary schools, with high levels of persistent absence located within 42 local authorities. Collectively, these 360 schools reduced in 2008/09 their persistently absent pupils by 18 per cent. from the end of spring term 2008 to the end of spring term 2009. This shows our policies are working well and recognises the hard work taking place in schools and local authorities.
| State-funded secondary schools¹,²,³: percentage of enrolments by their overall absence rates—2005/06 England | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary schools¹,² | |||
| Pupil enrolments in schools during 2005/06³ | |||
| Overall absence rate: | Number | Percentage | Percentage of overall absence4 |
| More than 10% | 803,990 | 26.3 | 62.6 |
| Total | 3,056,330 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| ¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. | |||
| ² Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). | |||
| ³ Number of pupil enrolments in schools from start of the school year up until 27 May 2006. Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between five and 15, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the school year or are registered in more than one school). | |||
| 4 The number of sessions missed due to overall absence by pupils with more than 10 per cent. absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of sessions missed due to overall absence. | |||
| Note: | |||
| Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. |
Subjects
Truancy
Date
25 March 2010
Reference
508 c597-8W; 322013
House
House of Commons