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Overall absence for holidays, illness and truancy fell to 5.1%, from 5.8%.
The overall absence rate – both authorised and unauthorised – rose slightly from 5.1%to5.2%2%, according to the figures.
Overall absence rates in English schools have followed a general downward trend since 2006/07 when the overall absence rate was 6.5%; figures released on Thursday show the rate of overall absence in 2015/16 has remained the same as the previous year at 4.6%.
The children's minister, Kevin Brennan, said: "Overall absence is at a record low, having continued its downward trend over the past decade".
The percentage of children classified as "persistent absentees" dropped to 5.2% from 6.1% in the academic year 2010/11 and overall absence rates fell from 5.8%to5.1%1%.
Overall absence rates remain low, although overall absences at state primary and secondary schools increased from 4.1% in autumn 2015 to 4.3% last year.
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