How much in-person teaching have Year 11 missed?
With the first external exams since 2019 due to take place this year, we summarise the scale and variation of disruption experienced by Year 11s since the start of the pandemic
Measures of persistent absence for the COVID age
We try to calculate some new measures of persistent absence that try to account for the effects of COVID on school attendance data
How school absence varies from day to day
Absence tends to be lowest on Wednesday mornings and (perhaps unsurprisingly) highest on Friday afternoons.
Increasing rates of sickness absence in primary schools
Absence overall has decreased this term, but sickness absence is as high as it's been during the pandemic
Exploring persistent absence
Some thoughts about how persistent absence could be defined in a world affected by Covid
How many pupils from mainstream schools are educated off site each week?
We look at how many pupils were educated off-site, dual-registered and absent due to exclusion in the week ending 8th October 2021
How many secondary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year?
An overview of persistent absence in secondary schools so far this year compared to 2019/20 and 2020/21
Absence in primary schools so far this year
Absence in primary schools in the first half-term of this year was better than last year, but is still worse than pre-pandemic. A reduction in COVID infections is needed to avoid disruption this half-term.
How many asymptomatic pupils with COVID-19 are attending schools?
The latest ONS infection survey suggests not all children with COVID are missing school