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Overall absence rate for pupils with a SEN statement or EHC plan (4722) Metric type
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- The overall absence rate for pupils with a Special Educational Needs (SEN) statement or Education, Health and Care plan (EHC) in state-funded schools is the total number of overall absence sessions as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions available to that enrolment, where overall absence is the sum of authorised and unauthorised absence. One session is equal to half a day. A pupil has a statement of SEN or an EHC plan when a local authority issues one following a formal assessment. This document sets out the child's needs and the extra help they should receive.
Parents of children of compulsory school age (aged 5 to 15 at the start of the school year) are required to ensure that they receive a suitable education by regular attendance at school or otherwise.
Data are based on state-funded primary and secondary (including maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges, and academies) and special schools. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils. Data are based on the geographical location of the school. Information relating to pupil absence counts the number of enrolments rather than the number of pupils.
Authorised absence is absence with permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes instances of absences for which a satisfactory explanation has been provided (for example, illness). Unauthorised absence is absence without permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences. Arriving late for school, after the register has closed, is recorded as unauthorised absence.
No data was published for 2019/20 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the 2020/21 academic year, the total sessions possible is the sum of possible sessions as recorded on the school census and sessions recorded as not attending in circumstances related to coronavirus.Data uploaded from DFE annual release. Other term time releases are available
- Modified
- 27 Feb 2024
- Data last updated
- 20 Mar 2023
- Short label
- Overall absence rate - pupils with a SEN statement or EHCP
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Percentage of sessions missed
- Dataset
- Absence Rates and Pupils Defined as Persistent Absentees by Special Educational Needs
- Collection
- Pupil Absence in Schools in England
- Source
- Department for Education
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