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Pupils: Absenteeism

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

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Michael Gove

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children in each decile of area deprivation by (a) pupil residence and (b) school location were classified as persistent absentees in each of the last three years. (260542)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry

The information requested is shown in the following table for 2006/07 only. Information for previous years is not available.

Number and percentage1 of persistent absentees in schools2,3 by IDACI decile4 of pupil residence5 and school location, 2006/07

By pupil residence

By school location

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

0-10% most deprived areas

60,249

7.4

33,296

5.4

10-20%

46,781

6.4

32,133

5.1

20-30%

37,625

5.6

31,268

4.8

30-40%

30,003

4.7

30,644

4.5

40-50%

23,332

3.9

29,592

4.3

50-60%

19,121

3.2

28,498

4.0

60-70%

15,845

2.7

23,105

3.6

70-80%

13,321

2.3

21,544

3.4

80-90%

10,653

1.8

22,011

3.3

90-100% least deprived areas

8,510

1.5

20,863

3.2

Total

265,440

4.1

272,954

4.1

1 Number of Persistent Absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.

2 Includes middle schools as deemed.

3 School coverage is maintained primary and secondary schools, maintained and non-maintained special schools, city technology colleges and academies. Excludes general hospital schools.

4 2004 Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index at Super Output Area level.

5 Pupil residency figures include only those pupils with a valid postcode.