Plymouth schools - key facts and figures

Plymouth Local Authority has 105 maintained educational establishments which can be divided into the following main types of school:

Type of school	Number of schools	Number on roll (January 2008)
Nursery schools	2	142
Primary phase schools	75	18,697
Secondary schools	17	18,317
Special schools	8	584
Pupil referral units	3	142

Please note the number of primary schools includes six infant and six junior schools.

Annual school absence

Plymouth school absence is recorded as either authorised or unauthorised absence. These figures are taken from the Annual Absence Survey which is collected by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Please note that a school day is split into two sessions (morning and afternoon).

Primary school absence (percentage of sessions missed)

Year	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence
2006/2007	5.1%	0.3%
2005/2006	5.7%	0.3%
2004/2005	5.3%	0.3%

Secondary school absence (percentage of sessions missed)

Year	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence
2006/2007	6.9%	1.1%
2005/2006	7.1%	0.9%
2004/2005	7.1%	0.9%

Special school absence (percentage of sessions missed)

Year	Authorised absence	Unauthorised absence
2006/2007	7.4%	2%
2005/2006	8.2%	1.8%
2004/2005	7.5%	1.7%