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Table 1.1: Percentage attendance and absence by reason (1)

Primary

Secondary (2)

Special

Total (2)

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

Attendance

In school

94.4

94.4

94.5

87.4

87.6

87.5

90.2

89.8

90.5

91.4

91.4

91.4

Late

0.6

0.6

0.7

2.3

2.4

2.6

0.3

0.4

0.3

1.3

1.4

1.6

Work experience

-

-

-

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.2

Sickness with education provision

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.2

0.1

0.1

-

-

-

Authorised absence

Sickness without education provision

2.1

2.3

2.3

3.8

4.3

4.2

2.4

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.2

3.1

Very late

-

-

-

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Authorised holidays

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

Exceptional domestic circumstances

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Other authorised (3)

1.7

1.5

1.3

3.6

2.9

2.6

3.8

3.5

2.9

2.5

2.1

1.9

Unauthorised absence

Unauthorised holidays

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

Truancy, including unexplained absence

0.4

0.3

0.3

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.8

0.8

0.7

0.8

Exceptional domestic circumstances (unauthorised)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other unauthorised

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Temporary exclusion

-

-

-

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

(1) This information will be affected by differing reporting practices across local authorities and over time
(2) Including S6
(3) See background note 9

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