Absenteeism from Secondary Schools, 2010/11

Statistics on Absenteeism from Secondary Schools in Wales, 2010/11 relate to the period September to May for the academic years 2001/02 to 2010/11.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 8 September 2010.

In 2010/11

• 8.6 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through authorised and unauthorised absence, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from 2009/10.
• 1.5 per cent of half-day sessions were missed through unauthorised absence, a small decrease from 2009/10.
• A little over 7,000 pupils (4.1 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.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

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

Next update

September 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)