Absenteeism from Primary Schools, 2009/10

Statistics on Absenteeism from Primary Schools in Wales, 2009/10 include data for Wales for the whole academic year 2009/10 and for England for the period up to the end of the spring term 2010.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 21 January 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• 6.9 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through authorised and unauthorised absence, an increase from 6.8 per cent in 2008/09.
• 1.0 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through unauthorised absence, no change from 2008/09.
• The percentage of half-day sessions missed due to both overall absence and unauthorised absence is higher in Wales compared with England, however the gap between unauthorised absences continues to narrow.
• Girls had a higher rate of both overall and unauthorised absence than boys.
• A little over 4,500 pupils (2.4 per cent) had no absence from school.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

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

Next update

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