Ron Dearing UTC
University technical college secondary school in Hull (Kingston upon Hull, City of).
Absence, 2024/25
Share of possible sessions missed, 2024/25. Overall absence is the share of possible sessions missed (pupils aged 5 to 15), for the full academic year (autumn, spring and summer terms). DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England 2024/25, published 26 March 2026. England figures are for the same type of school and the same year. Every year in the table and chart below comes from the same full-year series (2016/17 to 2024/25, no 2019/20), so the latest year and the history agree. The 2025/26 autumn and spring figures are a separate in-year release and are not joined to this series.
Over time
iOverall absence, school: DfE Pupil absence in schools in England, full academic year, school level (2024/25 release, published 26 March 2026). England: same release, same type of school. 2019/20 is not published for schools (COVID-19). 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19 absence rules (sessions coded as COVID-19 in both years); compare with care.Scroll sideways for more
| Year | This school | England secondary | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2.9% | 8.4% | -5.6 pts |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 8.9% | -5.0 pts |
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 9.0% | -4.4 pts |
| 2021/22 | 5.5% | 9.0% | -3.5 pts |
| 2020/21 | 1.7% | 5.5% | -3.8 pts |
| 2019/20 | no data | - | - |
| 2018/19 | 3.0% | 5.5% | -2.5 pts |
| 2017/18 | 4.3% | 5.5% | -1.2 pts |
Breakdown
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| Measure | This school | England secondary | England all state-funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2.9% | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| Authorised absence | 2.5% | - | 4.5% |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.4% | - | 2.3% |
| Persistently absent pupils (10% or more missed) | 2.9% | 23.4% | 18.1% |
| Severely absent pupils (50% or more missed) | not in school data | 3.9% | 2.4% |
2024/25. Authorised and unauthorised absence are not split by school type in the DfE tables, so only the all state-funded figure is shown for them. Unauthorised is the sum of the four unauthorised reasons (holiday, late, other, no reason yet); authorised is the overall rate minus that. All state-funded schools, not split by phase.
Suspensions and exclusions, 2024/25
2024/25 academic year. DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England 2024/25, published 9 July 2026. A pupil suspended twice counts once in the first figure and twice in the second. Full record: Behaviour →