Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by term

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Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Pupil absence in schools in England
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
Filters
  • School type
  • Term
Time period
2012/13 to 2018/19

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifiertermtime_periodgeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_typesess_possiblesess_overallsess_authorisedsess_unauthorisedsess_overall_percentsess_authorised_percentsess_unauthorised_percentsess_auth_illnesssess_auth_appointmentssess_auth_religioussess_auth_studysess_auth_travellersess_auth_holidaysess_auth_ext_holidaysess_auth_excludedsess_auth_othersess_auth_totalreasonssess_unauth_holidaysess_unauth_latesess_unauth_othersess_unauth_noyetsess_unauth_totalreasonssess_overall_totalreasons
Academic yearTotal201819NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primary14369328665789148341461217164302664.028822.88541.1434331898103317331977073517171933691169235:2971843129669406333317231964111939072489615154821611579756749128
Academic yearTotal201819NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondary10480587795753741639194655183427615.48993.739741.7501728556896344914249459070585563475366820:16947473779537391110622952013647194139029328150751831721457428276
Academic yearTotal201819NationalE92000001EnglandSpecial373085923778390291489286349810.12747.812922.3144715734174014931896355442834137629:5804167895628768778138546242693185298208506323727509
Academic yearAutumn201819NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primary545572496201187481469709454216543.687642.693880.993761153920811739206474948460384395439:10709710950411443632223644534088432367876185504532667619762998
Academic yearAutumn201819NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondary410089136200884521416421259242404.898563.453931.44462107318481289658384583428621689137433:58937412899941413274010765772021424373952260983591365420046394

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 25 variables
Variable nameVariable description
school_typeSchool type - Filter by school type
sess_auth_appointmentsNumber of medical appointments sessions
sess_auth_excludedNumber of excluded sessions
sess_auth_ext_holidayNumber of extended authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_holidayNumber of authorised holiday sessions

Footnotes

  1. Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.
  2. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
  3. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
  4. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.

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