In March 2017 we reported on new government figures showing that term-time holidays accounted for a quarter of unauthorised absences from schools in England.
- Department for Education: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016 - Underlying data (zip)
- Subset and analysis: 2015-16 figures by local authority for all schools / average rates by region / regions with rates and local authorities
- Subset: 2015-16 absence figures by local authority for all schools (CSV) (raw)
- Subse: 2013-16 absence figures by local authority for all schools (CSV)
- Bar chart: Areas with biggest percentage rise in term-time holidays
- Infographic: Unauthorised absences
- Bar chart: Areas with holidays as the highest share of absence
- Interactive map: Unauthorised holiday sessions per pupil rates by region
- Unpublished: Carto version of map: Unauthorised holiday sessions per pupil rates by region
- Unpublished: Fusion Tables version of map: Unauthorised holiday sessions per pupil rates by region
- Unpublished: Interactive map: Unauthorised holiday sessions per pupil rates by local authority
- The Department for Education
- Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT
- Paul Kelly, chief executive of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions