Absenteeism From Secondary Schools, 2009/10

Statistics on Absenteeism from Secondary Schools in Wales, 2009/10 relate to the period September to May for the academic years 2000/01 to 2009/10.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 1 October 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

In 2009/10,

• 8.9 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through authorised and unauthorised absence, a decrease from 9.0 per cent in 2008/09.
• 1.6 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through unauthorised absence, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from 2008/09.
• Girls had a higher rate of overall absenteeism than boys, while the rate of unauthorised absence was the same for both genders.
• A little over 6,500 pupils (3.7 per cent) had no absence from maintained secondary schools.
• Just under one fifth of pupils account for over half the total number of absent sessions.
• A little under 2,000 pupils (1.1 per cent) had more than 50 per cent absence from maintained secondary schools.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3599
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

September 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)