Will the Welsh Government set out the number of pupils regularly absent from school in each local authority area?
The common definition of regular absence from school is known as ‘persistent absence’ and is defined as being absent for more than 10% of half day school sessions over an entire academic year. The latest available information for 2024/25 is in table 1 below:
Table 1: Persistent absence from maintained primary, middle and secondary schools, by local authority, 2024/25
|
LA code |
Name |
Number of pupils persistently absent |
Total number of pupils |
% of pupils persistently absent |
|
660 |
Isle of Anglesey |
2,141 |
7,813 |
27.4 |
|
661 |
Gwynedd |
3,706 |
13,759 |
26.9 |
|
662 |
Conwy |
3,415 |
12,336 |
27.7 |
|
663 |
Denbighshire |
3,807 |
13,191 |
28.9 |
|
664 |
Flintshire |
4,400 |
18,464 |
23.8 |
|
665 |
Wrexham |
3,796 |
15,859 |
23.9 |
|
666 |
Powys |
3,218 |
14,226 |
22.6 |
|
667 |
Ceredigion |
1,901 |
7,568 |
25.1 |
|
668 |
Pembrokeshire |
3,807 |
14,139 |
26.9 |
|
669 |
Carmarthenshire |
7,049 |
22,263 |
31.7 |
|
670 |
Swansea |
8,345 |
29,913 |
27.9 |
|
671 |
Neath Port Talbot |
5,433 |
17,013 |
31.9 |
|
672 |
Bridgend |
4,650 |
17,870 |
26.0 |
|
673 |
Vale of Glamorgan |
4,469 |
18,569 |
24.1 |
|
674 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff |
9,494 |
30,531 |
31.1 |
|
675 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
2,332 |
7,480 |
31.2 |
|
676 |
Caerphilly |
6,261 |
22,309 |
28.1 |
|
677 |
Blaenau Gwent |
2,389 |
7,797 |
30.6 |
|
678 |
Torfaen |
3,245 |
12,186 |
26.6 |
|
679 |
Monmouthshire |
2,009 |
9,616 |
20.9 |
|
680 |
Newport |
6,025 |
22,683 |
26.6 |
|
681 |
Cardiff |
11,476 |
45,807 |
25.1 |
|
999 |
Wales |
102,387 |
379,389 |
27.0 |
Source: Pupil Attendance Record, Welsh Government