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| Pupil
Absence in Maintained Primary Schools in England in the 1998/99 School Year |
| |
|
Authorised
Absence |
|
Unauthorised
Absence |
|
| Local
Education Authority |
Number
of day pupils of compulsory school age |
%
of half days missed |
average
number of half days missed per absent pupil |
%
of half days missed |
average
number of half days missed per absent pupil |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Barking and Dagenham |
14,649 |
6.0 |
20 |
1.4 |
13 |
| Barnet |
20,822 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.5 |
11 |
| Barnsley |
17,295 |
6.6 |
21 |
0.8 |
10 |
| Bath and North East Somerset |
11,690 |
4.6 |
16 |
0.3 |
8 |
| Bedfordshire |
20,862 |
4.9 |
16 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Bexley |
18,254 |
5.6 |
19 |
0.3 |
8 |
| Birmingham |
89,182 |
6.6 |
21 |
0.8 |
10 |
| Blackburn with Darwen |
13,432 |
6.0 |
20 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Blackpool |
11,291 |
5.8 |
19 |
0.7 |
12 |
| Bolton |
23,413 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.3 |
10 |
| Bournemouth |
10,017 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.6 |
8 |
| Bracknell Forest |
8,729 |
4.8 |
16 |
0.2 |
6 |
| Bradford |
31,080 |
5.1 |
17 |
1.1 |
10 |
| Brent |
18,240 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Brighton and Hove |
15,182 |
5.5 |
19 |
0.7 |
8 |
| Bristol, City of |
27,703 |
5.9 |
20 |
1.0 |
12 |
| Bromley |
21,916 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Buckinghamshire |
38,004 |
4.8 |
16 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Bury |
15,161 |
5.1 |
18 |
0.4 |
11 |
| Calderdale |
16,662 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Cambridgeshire |
39,746 |
4.8 |
16 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Camden |
9,429 |
6.4 |
22 |
1.3 |
12 |
| Cheshire |
51,981 |
4.5 |
16 |
0.4 |
10 |
| Cornwall |
37,168 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.4 |
8 |
| Coventry |
24,702 |
6.0 |
19 |
0.5 |
10 |
| Croydon |
25,655 |
5.8 |
19 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Cumbria |
35,950 |
5.6 |
19 |
0.1 |
8 |
| Darlington |
8,252 |
6.4 |
21 |
0.2 |
9 |
| Derby City |
18,814 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Derbyshire |
56,931 |
4.9 |
16 |
0.3 |
8 |
| Devon |
51,337 |
5.4 |
17 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Doncaster |
24,889 |
6.2 |
20 |
0.5 |
11 |
| Dorset |
22,637 |
5.0 |
16 |
0.3 |
6 |
| Dudley |
25,292 |
5.9 |
19 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Durham |
38,579 |
6.1 |
20 |
0.1 |
8 |
| Ealing |
21,345 |
6.5 |
20 |
0.5 |
9 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,365 |
4.7 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| East Sussex |
32,304 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.4 |
7 |
| Enfield |
22,257 |
5.3 |
18 |
1.0 |
13 |
| Essex |
98,810 |
5.3 |
17 |
0.4 |
8 |
| Gateshead |
15,069 |
5.7 |
18 |
0.5 |
10 |
| Gloucestershire |
41,987 |
4.7 |
16 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Greenwich |
17,587 |
5.4 |
18 |
1.6 |
13 |
| Hackney |
14,071 |
6.3 |
20 |
1.5 |
13 |
| Halton |
11,065 |
5.2 |
18 |
0.7 |
11 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
8,247 |
5.7 |
22 |
1.4 |
15 |
| Hampshire |
94,365 |
4.6 |
15 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Haringey |
17,045 |
5.4 |
18 |
1.4 |
12 |
| Harrow |
17,217 |
5.8 |
19 |
0.4 |
8 |
| Hartlepool |
8,082 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.7 |
12 |
| Havering |
18,251 |
5.6 |
18 |
0.2 |
7 |
| Herefordshire |
12,380 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Hertfordshire |
78,454 |
4.7 |
16 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Hillingdon |
18,893 |
5.7 |
19 |
1.0 |
11 |
| Hounslow |
15,793 |
6.7 |
21 |
0.8 |
10 |
| Isle of Wight |
6,350 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.2 |
7 |
| Isles of Scilly |
141 |
6.9 |
22 |
0.0 |
4 |
| Islington |
12,747 |
5.8 |
21 |
1.2 |
13 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
5,625 |
6.1 |
20 |
1.3 |
14 |
| Kent |
99,635 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of |
23,209 |
5.6 |
18 |
0.9 |
10 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
9,397 |
5.3 |
17 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Kirklees |
32,007 |
4.8 |
17 |
0.7 |
9 |
| Knowsley |
14,282 |
6.5 |
21 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Lambeth |
16,004 |
5.7 |
19 |
1.2 |
10 |
| Lancashire |
92,533 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.4 |
10 |
| Leeds |
56,720 |
5.6 |
19 |
0.6 |
10 |
| Leicester City |
24,847 |
6.8 |
23 |
0.6 |
10 |
| Leicestershire |
45,189 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.1 |
7 |
| Lewisham |
17,041 |
5.2 |
17 |
1.3 |
12 |
| Lincolnshire |
48,897 |
4.9 |
16 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Liverpool |
37,286 |
6.3 |
21 |
0.8 |
13 |
| London, City of |
173 |
4.9 |
22 |
1.6 |
15 |
| Luton |
16,430 |
5.8 |
19 |
0.6 |
8 |
| Manchester |
36,302 |
7.4 |
24 |
1.0 |
12 |
| Medway |
22,574 |
5.5 |
18 |
0.4 |
7 |
| Merton |
12,550 |
6.3 |
21 |
0.8 |
9 |
| Middlesbrough |
12,794 |
6.4 |
21 |
0.5 |
10 |
| Milton Keynes |
20,022 |
5.7 |
18 |
0.4 |
10 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
16,895 |
5.7 |
20 |
0.5 |
11 |
| Newham |
24,589 |
5.3 |
17 |
1.7 |
10 |
| Norfolk |
58,188 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.4 |
10 |
| North East Lincolnshire |
13,677 |
5.6 |
18 |
0.3 |
10 |
| North Lincolnshire |
12,506 |
5.3 |
18 |
0.2 |
6 |
| North Somerset |
13,034 |
4.9 |
16 |
0.3 |
10 |
| North Tyneside |
12,902 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.1 |
7 |
| North Yorkshire |
40,931 |
4.4 |
15 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Northamptonshire |
44,891 |
4.8 |
16 |
0.5 |
9 |
| Northumberland |
15,254 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.1 |
9 |
| Nottingham City |
23,508 |
5.9 |
20 |
1.1 |
12 |
| Nottinghamshire |
57,647 |
5.0 |
16 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Oldham |
18,520 |
6.4 |
24 |
0.7 |
11 |
| Oxfordshire |
40,861 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Peterborough City |
14,397 |
5.6 |
19 |
0.5 |
8 |
| Plymouth |
19,391 |
5.5 |
18 |
0.4 |
7 |
| Poole |
10,367 |
5.3 |
17 |
0.6 |
7 |
| Portsmouth |
14,482 |
5.7 |
18 |
0.8 |
9 |
| Reading |
9,958 |
5.4 |
18 |
1.0 |
11 |
| Redbridge |
18,991 |
5.6 |
19 |
0.8 |
9 |
| Redcar and Cleveland |
12,727 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.2 |
9 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
10,426 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Rochdale |
18,512 |
5.9 |
21 |
0.4 |
10 |
| Rotherham |
22,087 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.7 |
11 |
| Rutland |
2,083 |
4.3 |
15 |
0.0 |
5 |
| Salford |
18,326 |
6.1 |
23 |
0.8 |
12 |
| Sandwell |
25,292 |
6.9 |
22 |
0.5 |
10 |
| Sefton |
22,822 |
5.7 |
19 |
0.2 |
9 |
| Sheffield |
37,717 |
5.6 |
18 |
1.0 |
11 |
| Shropshire |
20,052 |
5.0 |
16 |
0.2 |
6 |
| Slough |
9,595 |
6.0 |
20 |
0.8 |
10 |
| Solihull |
17,551 |
6.0 |
20 |
0.2 |
7 |
| Somerset |
33,824 |
5.2 |
17 |
0.2 |
7 |
| South Gloucestershire |
20,397 |
5.0 |
16 |
0.3 |
8 |
| South Tyneside |
12,331 |
5.5 |
18 |
0.1 |
10 |
| Southampton |
16,577 |
6.0 |
19 |
1.0 |
10 |
| Southend-on-Sea |
12,337 |
5.5 |
19 |
0.5 |
8 |
| Southwark |
18,009 |
5.0 |
18 |
1.6 |
15 |
| St Helens |
14,855 |
6.2 |
21 |
0.2 |
10 |
| Staffordshire |
60,852 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Stockport |
23,038 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Stockton on Tees |
16,339 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.2 |
9 |
| Stoke on Trent |
19,879 |
6.0 |
19 |
0.6 |
10 |
| Suffolk |
39,058 |
4.6 |
15 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Sunderland |
24,394 |
5.8 |
19 |
0.2 |
10 |
| Surrey |
68,168 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Sutton |
12,503 |
5.3 |
17 |
0.4 |
9 |
| Swindon |
15,785 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.4 |
8 |
| Tameside |
18,997 |
6.0 |
20 |
0.3 |
8 |
| Telford and Wrekin |
13,102 |
5.5 |
18 |
0.5 |
8 |
| Thurrock |
11,935 |
5.9 |
20 |
0.8 |
12 |
| Torbay |
9,193 |
5.6 |
18 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Tower Hamlets |
14,534 |
6.1 |
21 |
1.4 |
10 |
| Trafford |
16,612 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.2 |
10 |
| Wakefield |
26,618 |
5.2 |
17 |
0.7 |
10 |
| Walsall |
20,971 |
6.4 |
21 |
0.6 |
9 |
| Waltham Forest |
18,742 |
6.0 |
19 |
0.7 |
9 |
| Wandsworth |
14,218 |
5.9 |
21 |
0.6 |
10 |
| Warrington |
16,504 |
4.7 |
17 |
0.3 |
9 |
| Warwickshire |
37,538 |
5.1 |
17 |
0.2 |
8 |
| West Berkshire |
11,201 |
4.4 |
15 |
0.2 |
7 |
| West Sussex |
54,259 |
5.3 |
17 |
0.2 |
7 |
| Westminster, City of |
8,204 |
6.3 |
21 |
1.4 |
12 |
| Wigan |
25,901 |
5.5 |
19 |
0.4 |
13 |
| Wiltshire |
31,789 |
4.7 |
16 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead |
7,366 |
4.9 |
17 |
0.3 |
7 |
| Wirral |
26,503 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.5 |
13 |
| Wokingham |
11,908 |
4.2 |
14 |
0.2 |
8 |
| Wolverhampton |
20,467 |
6.5 |
22 |
0.8 |
14 |
| Worcestershire |
34,680 |
5.0 |
17 |
0.3 |
9 |
| York, City of |
12,713 |
4.5 |
15 |
0.4 |
10 |
| ENGLAND |
3,734,768 |
5.4 |
18 |
0.5 |
10 |
Last Updated on 04/01/00
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