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Key Attendance Metrics
Arrows show year-on-year trend · Card colour reflects position vs national
Nat: 92.6%
78.9% -0.2pp
Overall Attendance
Nat: 17.4%
Persistent Absence
Nat: 2.1%
4.2% -3.5pp
Unauthorised Absence
Nat: 7.4%
21.1% +0.2pp
Overall Absence Rate
Nat: 5.3%
16.9%
Authorised Absence
5-Year Attendance Trends
Overall attendance — school vs national average
Attendance — School vs National
10%7.5%5%2.5%0%Overall4%3%2%1%0%Unauth.21/2222/2323/2424/25COVIDNat. Overall 7.4%10.6%20.8%20.9%21.1%Nat. Unauth 2.1%3.3%5.5%7.7%4.2%Overall AbsenceUnauthorisedNat. Avg
Absence Breakdown
Authorised vs unauthorised
Absence TypeRate
Authorised Absence16.9%
Unauthorised Absence4.2%
Total Overall Absence21.1%
Rates calculated as percentage of possible sessions missed. National overall absence: 7.4%
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Duke of Lancaster School Attendance & Absence Data | What School