The latest data from the Department for Education reveals the overall absence rate for primary, secondary and special schools dropped from 4.4 per cent in the autumn term 2017 to 4.3 per cent for the same period last year.
The report says the decrease happened across all school types and continues a general downward trend identified since 2008.
Figures for authorised absence also dropped from 3.3 per cent to 3.1 per cent while the unauthorised absence rate remained stable (1.2 per cent).
The report says the overall absence rate for four-year-olds - who were not of compulsory school age - had also dropped from 5.1 per cent in the autumn term of 2017 to 4.7 per cent in the autumn term of 2018.
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