Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by geographic level - full academic years

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Published 17 October 2024

Last updated 17 October 2024

Absence information for full academic years for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Autumn and spring term 2023/24
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
Authorised holiday rate
Filters: School type
Time period: 2006/07 to 2022/23

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	sess_possible_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	sess_x_covid_rate
201718	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	State-funded secondary	179	145040	49081998	2897080	1887164	1009916	5.90253	3.84492	2.05761	22380	15.43023	6953299	1441033	758772	682261	20.72445	10.9124	9.81205	1931	1.33136	1384815	137791	6797	4915	2381	29775	z	127457	177365	1871296	201578	12775	741480	52358	1008191	2879487	z	z	2.821431597	0.28073633	0.013848255	0.010013855	0.004851066	0.06066379	z	0.259681768	0.36136467	3.812591329	0.410696402	0.026027873	1.510696447	0.106674549	2.054095271	5.866686601	0
201718	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	State-funded secondary	460	396165	138074674	7718364	5185816	2532548	5.58999	3.75581	1.83419	56856	14.3516	18108103	3674328	1985339	1688989	20.29107	10.96382	9.32726	4843	1.22247	3929174	429450	49788	63323	2584	49861	z	197731	460597	5182508	434950	100131	1873023	122776	2530880	7713388	z	z	2.845687689	0.31102735	0.036058749	0.045861416	0.001871451	0.036111619	z	0.143205842	0.333585434	3.75340955	0.315010702	0.072519454	1.356529004	0.08892	1.83297916	5.58638871	0
201718	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	Special	101	10149	3484102	349625	289938	59687	10.03487	8.32174	1.71312	2928	28.85013	954200	246029	194903	51126	25.7838	20.4258	5.358	418	4.11863	148718	40187	1056	615	1091	14063	z	7345	73032	286107	4681	3376	46738	3360	58155	344262	z	z	4.268474344	1.153439251	0.030309101	0.017651607	0.031313664	0.403633418	z	0.210814724	2.096149883	8.211785992	0.134353127	0.096897278	1.341464745	0.096438049	1.669153199	9.880939192	0
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	Special	181	21493	7585625	993111	797717	195394	13.09201	10.51617	2.57585	8620	40.10608	2971974	765002	587209	177793	25.74053	19.75821	5.98232	1165	5.42037	440884	67599	973	2855	479	24022	z	11256	247975	796043	12672	9906	166323	6168	195069	991112	143836	95238	5.812098542	0.891146082	0.012826893	0.037636978	0.006314575	0.316677927	z	0.148385927	3.269012112	10.49409904	0.167052814	0.130589108	2.192607728	0.081311692	2.571561341	13.06566038	1.896165445
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	Total	3299	1168861	410950689	30927011	23672290	7254721	7.52572	5.76037	1.76535	256791	21.96934	85297330	16742091	11375786	5366305	19.62792	13.33663	6.29129	18434	1.57709	18851626	1189387	75011	339234	44327	218953	z	300993	2446585	23466116	1337723	462128	5111349	276000	7187200	30653316	4569720	2894739	4.587320694	0.289423289	0.018253042	0.08254859	0.010786452	0.053279628	z	0.073243094	0.595347584	5.710202374	0.325519104	0.112453395	1.243786453	0.067161343	1.748920294	7.459122669	1.111987429

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables
Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

Footnotes

Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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