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Pupils: Attendance

Asked by Steve RaceLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 18 June 2026UIN 7274

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the level of pupil attendance at a) primary school level and b) secondary school level for the Whipton South and Heavitree East MSOA.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The department publishes figures from the school census on pupil absence in England on a termly basis. The most recent published data relates to the full 2024/25 academic year, available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england/2024-25.

The published data includes absence rates by local authority and school. School level data includes identifiers that can be used to link the middle layer super output area for the school using the ‘Get Information About Schools’ website: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.

The latest absence release has been available since 26 March 2026.

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