The number of pupils absent with the average number of half days missed for each of these pupils due to unauthorised absence in Lancashire local authority is given in the following table.
Primary schools Secondary schools Unauthorised absence Unauthorised absence Local authority Number of day pupils of compulsory school age Number of pupils absent Average number of half days missed Number of day pupils of compulsory school age Number of pupils absent Average number of half days missed 2001/02 86,651 8,872 10 72,747 9,069 20 2002/03 85,922 9,110 9 73,566 10,695 17 2003/04 84,338 9,616 9 73,509 11,923 17 2004/05 82,703 10,696 8 72,891 12,388 17 2005/06 81,437 11,634 8 71,500 13,496 15 1 Includes middle schools as deemed.
Data are not yet available on the number of times any one individual is absent. Pupil level absence data were collected for the first time via the School Census in January and will be published in March 2007.
Unauthorised absence is absence without leave from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences, such as lateness, holidays during term time not authorised by the school, absence where reason is not yet established and truancy.