Best and worst Shropshire schools for unauthorised absence rates revealed - see where your school ranks
The data reveals the Shropshire figures with the best and worst absence rates.
Fresh government figures have shown attendance rates at secondary schools across the county.
The data, for 2024/25, has been released by the government and shows absences in English schools have dropped from the year before.
Across 2024/25, the overall absence rate was 6.78 per cent, a reduction from 7.15 per cent in 2023/24 - but higher than pre-pandemic rates of 4.73 per cent in 2018/19.
The overall absence rate increased throughout the year, from 6.38 per cent in autumn term, to 6.92 per cent in spring and to 7.15 per cent in summer.
The majority of absence was due to illness, accounting for 3.22 per cent of possible sessions in 2024/25.
The figures include schools in the Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin area - detailing those with the best rates for absences, and the worst.
Schools in the Shropshire Council area
St Martins - 3.98 per cent
Shrewsbury Academy - 3.78 per cent
The Grove School - 3.51 per cent
The Marches School - 2.82 per cent
Belvidere School - 2.71 per cent
Mary Webb School and Science College - 2.29 per cent
Sir John Talbot’s School - 2.27 per cent
Ludlow Church of England School - 2.10 per cent
William Brookes School - 2.10 per cent
The Thomas Adams School - 2.00 per cent
Idsall School - 1.99 per cent
Meole Brace School - 1.91 per cent
The Priory School - 1.83 per cent
Lakelands Academy - 1.81 per cent
Oldbury Wells School - 1.79 per cent
The Corbet School - 1.60 per cent
Church Stretton School - 1.57 per cent
The Community College Bishop’s Castle - 1.44 per cent
The Lacon Childe School - 1.43 per cent
Bridgnorth Endowed - 1.04 per cent
Schools in the Telford & Wrekin Council area
New Road Academy - 7.30 per cent
The Telford Park School - 5.06 per cent
Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby - 4.26 per cent
The Burton Borough School - 3.84 per cent
Charlton School - 2.87 per cent
Hadley Learning Community - 2.76 per cent
The Telford Langley School - 2.62 per cent
Ercall Wood Academy - 2.58 per cent
Madeley Academy - 2.23 per cent
Holy Trinity Academy - 1.74 per cent
Thomas Telford School - 0.47 per cent
Haberdashers’ Adams - 0.22 per cent
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