AQW 10076/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 11/11/2020
Answered On Date: 17/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the average absence figures for primary and post-primary schools since school restarted in August; and (ii) the comparable figures for the same time period for each of the past two years.

Answer:

Absence is reported by schools in half day sessions. The average absence figures since schools restarted in August 2020 are 5.2% for primary and 7.7% for post primary schools. For the same period in 2019, the proportion of total possible attendance recorded as absent was 3.6% for primary schools and 5.3% for post primary schools. Data for the same period in 2018 is not available as the equivalent reports were not available then.