Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

Absence by geographic level

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Published 6 May 2020

Last updated 6 May 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 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
• Time period: 2006/07 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term

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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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	estab	laestab	urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	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_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
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary and secondary							20121	6835059	956850705	40266249	28896524	11369725	4.20821	3.01996	1.18824	731047	10.69555	22297224	2466390	103273	34774	82085	533368	.	698210	2388923	28604247	3446520	613277	6756430	447920	11264147	39868394
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary							16739	3885774	546418050	20159208	14721672	5437536	3.68934	2.69421	0.99512	357742	9.20645	11558248	1175829	64781	484	60396	395846	.	107882	1097401	14460867	2368834	410601	2376288	186821	5342544	19803411
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary							3382	2949285	410432655	20107041	14174852	5932189	4.89899	3.45364	1.44535	373305	12.65747	10738976	1290561	38492	34290	21689	137522	.	590328	1291522	14143380	1077686	202676	4380142	261099	5921603	20064983
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary and secondary							1033	317616	45421902	2098666	1419447	679219	4.62038	3.12503	1.49536	39300	12.37343	1110531	101876	788	33	5296	41515	.	49905	102516	1412460	235637	16453	400524	25008	677622	2090082
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary							858	175079	25155993	981449	695889	285560	3.90145	2.7663	1.13516	18073	10.32277	571230	49584	516	13	4476	30064	.	3312	35284	694479	155835	12024	105968	11061	284888	979367

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 28 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
num_schools	Number of schools
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

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Footnotes

1. Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.
2. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
3. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
4. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
5. The definition of persistent absence changed from the 2015/16 academic year - The information presented for years prior to 2015/16 has been produced using the same methodology in order to allow users to make comparisons on a consistent basis over time.
6. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
7. The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
8. Number of enrolments includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between 5 and 15, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered in more than one school).

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