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Key Attendance Metrics
Arrows show year-on-year trend · Card colour reflects position vs national
Nat: 92.6%
79.6% +4.8pp
Overall Attendance
Nat: 17.4%
Persistent Absence
Nat: 2.1%
3.7% -2.9pp
Unauthorised Absence
Nat: 7.4%
20.4% -4.8pp
Overall Absence Rate
Nat: 5.3%
16.7%
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%30.6%27.6%28.2%25.2%20.4%Nat. Unauth 2.1%1.1%2.7%7.8%6.5%3.7%Overall AbsenceUnauthorisedNat. Avg
Absence Breakdown
Authorised vs unauthorised
Absence TypeRate
Authorised Absence16.7%
Unauthorised Absence3.7%
Total Overall Absence20.4%
Rates calculated as percentage of possible sessions missed. National overall absence: 7.4%
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