Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by term

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• 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

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	term	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_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
Academic year	Total	201819	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	1436932866	57891483	41461217	16430266	4.02882	2.8854	1.14343	31898103	3173319	770735	1717	193369	1169235	:	297184	3129669	40633331	7231964	1119390	7248961	515482	16115797	56749128
Academic year	Total	201819	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	1048058779	57537416	39194655	18342761	5.4899	3.73974	1.75017	28556896	3449142	494590	705855	63475	366820	:	1694747	3779537	39111062	2952013	647194	13902932	815075	18317214	57428276
Academic year	Total	201819	National	E92000001	England						Special	37308592	3778390	2914892	863498	10.1274	7.81292	2.31447	1573417	401493	18963	5544	2834	137629	:	58041	678956	2876877	81385	46242	693185	29820	850632	3727509
Academic year	Autumn	201819	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	545572496	20118748	14697094	5421654	3.68764	2.69388	0.99376	11539208	1173920	64749	484	60384	395439	:	107097	1095041	14436322	2364453	408843	2367876	185504	5326676	19762998
Academic year	Autumn	201819	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	410089136	20088452	14164212	5924240	4.89856	3.45393	1.44462	10731848	1289658	38458	34286	21689	137433	:	589374	1289994	14132740	1076577	202142	4373952	260983	5913654	20046394

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 25 variables

Variable name	Variable description
school_type	School type - Filter by school type
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions
sess_auth_excluded	Number of excluded sessions
sess_auth_ext_holiday	Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_holiday	Number of authorised holiday sessions

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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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