Type: other
Abstract: Once pupil and school background characteristics for young people in Year 9 and Year 10 were taken into account:Higher than average levels of authorised absence were seen amongst girls; young people with special educational needs; those in receipt of free school meals; and those in comprehensive schools (for 11-16 year olds).Higher than average levels of unauthorised absence were seen amongst young people with special educational needs; those in receipt of free school meals; girls in girls' schools in Year 9; Year 10 pupils in BIP schools, low performing schools, or in EiC schools in the southwest.The report as a whole draws on attendance data provided by schools for 77,630 pupils in 2001 and 42,583 pupils in 2002 and includes data on young people in Year 7 through to Year 10.Individual authorised and unauthorised absence data was matched to pupil-level data held on PLASC (the Pupil Level Annual School Census) and the NPD (National Pupil Database) in order to obtain background characteristics of the pupils (including prior attainment) and to the NFER's Register of Schools to obtain school level information
Authors: Morris, Marian, Rutt, Simon
Institution: National Foundation for Educational Research
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7063932140