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Pupil Absence in Maintained SECONDARY Schools in England in the 1999/2000 School Year
| Local Education Authority |
Number of day
pupils of compulsory
school age |
Authorised absence |
Unauthorised absence |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
% of half days
missed |
average number
of half days missed
per absent pupil |
| Barking and Dagenham | 9,754 | 8.3 | 28.0 | 1.7 | 18.0 |
| Barnet | 17,065 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 1.1 | 22.0 |
| Barnsley | 13,240 | 8.9 | 30.0 | 1.9 | 19.0 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 10,543 | 7.3 | 23.0 | 0.6 | 14.0 |
| Bedfordshire | 33,017 | 6.5 | 21.0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| Bexley | 14,982 | 8.3 | 26.0 | 1.1 | 19.0 |
| Birmingham | 61,896 | 8.1 | 26.0 | 1.6 | 18.0 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 9,495 | 7.9 | 26.0 | 1.4 | 21.0 |
| Blackpool | 7,592 | 9.5 | 30.0 | 1.9 | 21.0 |
| Bolton | 17,693 | 7.4 | 25.0 | 1.2 | 23.0 |
| Bournemouth | 8,718 | 7.3 | 23.0 | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Bracknell Forest | 5,347 | 7.2 | 24.0 | 0.9 | 13.0 |
| Bradford | 36,043 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| Brent | 12,146 | 7.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| Brighton and Hove | 9,629 | 7.3 | 23.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Bristol, City of | 16,856 | 9.7 | 30.0 | 2.2 | 23.0 |
| Bromley | 17,158 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 27,160 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| Bury | 11,814 | 6.9 | 24.0 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| Calderdale | 13,044 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 28,527 | 7.2 | 23.0 | 0.8 | 14.0 |
| Camden | 8,642 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 22.0 |
| Cheshire | 40,573 | 6.5 | 22.0 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| Cornwall | 29,451 | 8.0 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| Coventry | 18,290 | 8.8 | 29.0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| Croydon | 15,823 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Cumbria | 29,937 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Darlington | 5,915 | 7.6 | 26.0 | 1.6 | 33.0 |
| Derby City | 13,681 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| Derbyshire | 42,602 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 17.0 |
| Devon | 35,749 | 7.8 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| Doncaster | 19,132 | 9.0 | 29.0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| Dorset | 25,775 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| Dudley | 19,434 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 0.7 | 17.0 |
| Durham | 29,865 | 8.3 | 27.0 | 1.1 | 20.0 |
| Ealing | 13,355 | 7.8 | 26.0 | 1.2 | 22.0 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 19,891 | 7.2 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 13.0 |
| East Sussex | 25,272 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 1.1 | 17.0 |
| Enfield | 17,508 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| Essex | 77,564 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.9 | 16.0 |
| Gateshead | 10,876 | 8.6 | 28.0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| Gloucestershire | 33,000 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| Greenwich | 12,615 | 8.9 | 29.0 | 1.9 | 25.0 |
| Hackney | 6,908 | 7.8 | 26.0 | 2.2 | 23.0 |
| Halton | 8,358 | 8.2 | 27.0 | 1.6 | 25.0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 5,175 | 7.9 | 27.0 | 2.2 | 27.0 |
| Hampshire | 67,742 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| Haringey | 10,269 | 7.2 | 25.0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| Harrow | 8,844 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 22.0 |
| Hartlepool | 6,448 | 7.2 | 24.0 | 1.6 | 18.0 |
| Havering | 14,706 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| Herefordshire | 9,310 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Hertfordshire | 63,836 | 6.7 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Hillingdon | 13,856 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 17.0 |
| Hounslow | 13,695 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.9 | 20.0 |
| Isle of Wight | 10,840 | 7.8 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| Isles of Scilly | 83 | 5.5 | 17.0 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| Islington | 7,088 | 9.0 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 3,121 | 6.5 | 21.0 | 1.8 | 16.0 |
| Kent | 78,414 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 16,059 | 10.2 | 33.0 | 2.9 | 26.0 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 7,150 | 6.9 | 22.0 | 0.9 | 16.0 |
| Kirklees | 25,189 | 6.7 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 23.0 |
| Knowsley | 9,914 | 9.3 | 30.0 | 3.1 | 33.0 |
| Lambeth | 7,113 | 8.4 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| Lancashire | 71,458 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 20.0 |
| Leeds | 42,181 | 8.1 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| Leicester City | 15,930 | 7.1 | 24.0 | 1.9 | 21.0 |
| Leicestershire | 38,105 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 16.0 |
| Lewisham | 10,880 | 7.7 | 25.0 | 2.9 | 23.0 |
| Lincolnshire | 38,904 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 0.8 | 17.0 |
| Liverpool | 29,658 | 9.8 | 33.0 | 1.6 | 21.0 |
| London, City of | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Luton | 11,822 | 7.4 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 12.0 |
| Manchester | 23,539 | 11.2 | 36.0 | 1.9 | 28.0 |
| Medway | 17,078 | 7.7 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| Merton | 7,614 | 8.6 | 27.0 | 1.7 | 18.0 |
| Middlesbrough | 8,977 | 9.7 | 32.0 | 1.6 | 17.0 |
| Milton Keynes | 9,975 | 9.1 | 30.0 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 16,487 | 9.4 | 31.0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| Newham | 17,458 | 6.2 | 21.0 | 2.7 | 18.0 |
| Norfolk | 39,087 | 7.7 | 25.0 | 0.9 | 16.0 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 11,429 | 8.1 | 27.0 | 1.8 | 21.0 |
| North Lincolnshire | 10,627 | 7.9 | 26.0 | 1.1 | 14.0 |
| North Somerset | 10,852 | 7.3 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| North Tyneside | 13,345 | 6.8 | 23.0 | 0.6 | 20.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 34,888 | 6.5 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 42,629 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| Northumberland | 26,410 | 6.9 | 23.0 | 0.4 | 17.0 |
| Nottingham City | 13,819 | 9.3 | 30.0 | 2.9 | 26.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 48,997 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 1.3 | 20.0 |
| Oldham | 16,261 | 7.8 | 26.0 | 1.4 | 20.0 |
| Oxfordshire | 33,881 | 6.6 | 21.0 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| Peterborough City | 11,201 | 8.3 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 17.0 |
| Plymouth | 16,029 | 7.8 | 25.0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| Poole | 6,817 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 13.0 |
| Portsmouth | 10,171 | 8.4 | 26.0 | 1.8 | 22.0 |
| Reading | 5,438 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 0.8 | 14.0 |
| Redbridge | 15,355 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 0.6 | 17.0 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 10,522 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 7,701 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| Rochdale | 13,289 | 8.1 | 26.0 | 1.4 | 19.0 |
| Rotherham | 18,057 | 7.9 | 27.0 | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| Rutland | 2,246 | 5.8 | 19.0 | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Salford | 12,815 | 9.4 | 31.0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| Sandwell | 18,956 | 9.5 | 31.0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| Sefton | 18,486 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| Sheffield | 28,161 | 9.1 | 29.0 | 1.8 | 23.0 |
| Shropshire | 16,380 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 11.0 |
| Slough | 6,694 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 1.1 | 20.0 |
| Solihull | 14,773 | 6.7 | 23.0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| Somerset | 29,050 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| South Gloucestershire | 14,163 | 6.7 | 22.0 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
| South Tyneside | 10,299 | 8.9 | 29.0 | 0.4 | 16.0 |
| Southampton | 12,112 | 8.5 | 27.0 | 1.1 | 19.0 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 9,887 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 1.4 | 21.0 |
| Southwark | 10,138 | 8.1 | 28.0 | 1.9 | 21.0 |
| St Helens | 11,093 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| Staffordshire | 54,363 | 7.2 | 24.0 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| Stockport | 16,648 | 7.1 | 23.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Stockton on Tees | 12,501 | 7.3 | 24.0 | 0.6 | 19.0 |
| Stoke on Trent | 14,507 | 8.5 | 27.0 | 1.2 | 21.0 |
| Suffolk | 47,180 | 6.7 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 18.0 |
| Sunderland | 19,018 | 8.3 | 28.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| Surrey | 49,971 | 7.1 | 22.0 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| Sutton | 11,658 | 6.4 | 22.0 | 0.4 | 14.0 |
| Swindon | 11,275 | 8.3 | 27.0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| Tameside | 15,157 | 7.7 | 25.0 | 1.1 | 16.0 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 9,820 | 7.9 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| Thurrock | 8,121 | 8.3 | 27.0 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| Torbay | 7,515 | 7.9 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 13,183 | 6.6 | 21.0 | 2.5 | 18.0 |
| Trafford | 14,226 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 0.7 | 18.0 |
| Wakefield | 19,939 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| Walsall | 18,817 | 8.7 | 28.0 | 0.8 | 14.0 |
| Waltham Forest | 12,638 | 7.9 | 26.0 | 1.4 | 15.0 |
| Wandsworth | 8,966 | 8.5 | 28.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Warrington | 12,524 | 7.5 | 24.0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| Warwickshire | 29,241 | 7.1 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 17.0 |
| West Berkshire | 9,666 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 0.4 | 21.0 |
| West Sussex | 38,142 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| Westminster, City of | 7,045 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 3.1 | 21.0 |
| Wigan | 20,385 | 7.7 | 26.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| Wiltshire | 24,879 | 7.0 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 8,873 | 6.9 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Wirral | 20,851 | 8.5 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 30.0 |
| Wokingham | 9,121 | 6.4 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Wolverhampton | 14,697 | 8.8 | 30.0 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| Worcestershire | 36,474 | 7.2 | 24.0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| York, City of | 7,327 | 7.2 | 23.0 | 1.1 | 18.0 |
| ENGLAND | 2,917,639 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
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