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Key Attendance Metrics
Arrows show year-on-year trend · Card colour reflects position vs national
Nat: 92.6%
94.1% +1.9pp
Overall Attendance
Nat: 17.4%
Persistent Absence
Nat: 2.1%
1.8% -0.1pp
Unauthorised Absence
Nat: 7.4%
5.9% -1.9pp
Overall Absence Rate
Nat: 5.3%
4.0%
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.20/2121/2222/2323/2424/25COVIDNat. Overall 7.4%5.6%7.6%8.2%7.7%5.9%Nat. Unauth 2.1%2.4%1.3%2.0%2.0%1.8%Overall AbsenceUnauthorisedNat. Avg
Absence Breakdown
Authorised vs unauthorised
Absence TypeRate
Authorised Absence4.0%
Unauthorised Absence1.8%
Total Overall Absence5.9%
Rates calculated as percentage of possible sessions missed. National overall absence: 7.4%
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West St Leonards Primary Academy Attendance & Absence Data | What School