Levels of overall, authorised and
unauthorised absence by school type, with indicative statistics on persistent absentees.
Not exact matches
Statistics released
by the Department for Education also show that the rate of
unauthorised holiday
absences is also increasing.
The number of fines issued to parents for
unauthorised pupil
absence has fallen
by 5.4 per cent.
«It essentially reflects an increased level of enforcement activity being requested
by schools in response to parents removing their children from school in term time for an
unauthorised leave of
absence,» he said.
Indicative figures on overall, authorised,
unauthorised and persistent
absence by school type.