The latest statistics — collected via the spring 2011 school census — show the overall absence rate during the 2010 autumn term in schools in England dropped.
The rate of authorised absence was down on the previous year but the unauthorised absence rate increased.
This local level data covers maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies, and is broken down by type of school, number of persistent absentees and number on track to becoming persistent absentees.
The most common reason for absence is illness. Other reasons include medical appointments, religious reasons, and agreed leave for a family holiday.
Neighbourhood-level statistics for 2009/10 published this month provide useful detail with information on pupil absence for small areas based on both the geographical location of schools and where pupils live.
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