Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 41768

Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Harpreet Uppal

LabourHuddersfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who are persistently absent from school have been identified as having special educational needs and disabilities.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department publishes figures from the school census on pupil absence in state-funded schools. The latest data, including breakdowns by characteristic, covers the 2023/24 academic year and is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service...

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