06 - Absence rates by pupil characteristic
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Absence information by characteristics 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.
Characteristics included are gender, year group, Free School Meal eligibility, SEN provision, SEN type of need, ethnicity and language.
National, Regional and Local Authority data from Autumn 2019 to autumn 2021
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
- Release
- Autumn term 2021/22
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate exact
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Filters
- Characteristic
- School type
- Time period
- 2019/20 Autumn term to 2021/22 Autumn term
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | characteristic_group | characteristic | 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 | enrolments_pa_50_exact | enrolments_pa_50_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 | sess_authorised_illness | sess_authorised_appointments | sess_authorised_religious | sess_authorised_study | sess_authorised_traveller | sess_authorised_holiday | sess_authorised_ext_holiday | sess_authorised_excluded | sess_authorised_other | sess_authorised_totalreasons | sess_unauthorised_holiday | sess_unauthorised_late | sess_unauthorised_other | sess_unauthorised_noyet | sess_unauthorised_totalreasons | sess_overall_totalreasons | sess_x_covid | sess_y_exceptional | sess_x_covid_rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | 7124905 | 961005533 | 66299965 | 50978820 | 15321145 | 6.89902 | 5.30474 | 1.59428 | 1672178 | 23.46948 | 97993 | 1.37536 | 220808537 | 42514563 | 30505813 | 12008750 | 2912.0519 | 2061.53165 | 850.52025 | 42031357 | 2477158 | 87713 | 77771 | 74702 | 356656 | 0 | 780771 | 4392322 | 50278450 | 2413454 | 852499 | 11278743 | 625241 | 15169937 | 65448387 | 15570635 | 5561383 | 1.620244053 | |||||
| 202122 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Gender | Gender Male | 3645166 | 491821183 | 33824340 | 26094857 | 7729483 | 6.87737 | 5.30576 | 1.5716 | 851885 | 23.37027 | 49305 | 1.35261 | 112613177 | 21654301 | 15604569 | 6049732 | 2909.83503 | 2074.65598 | 835.17906 | 21255110 | 1246384 | 44332 | 37549 | 39056 | 184822 | 0 | 536700 | 2384897 | 25728850 | 1216763 | 433326 | 5684581 | 314536 | 7649206 | 33378056 | 8093731 | 2858969 | 1.645665392 | |||||
| 202122 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Gender | Gender Female | 3479734 | 469183699 | 32475582 | 24883930 | 7591652 | 6.92172 | 5.30366 | 1.61806 | 820291 | 23.57338 | 48688 | 1.39919 | 108195092 | 20860228 | 14901220 | 5959008 | 2912.92283 | 2045.97987 | 866.94296 | 20776214 | 1230774 | 43381 | 40222 | 35646 | 171834 | 0 | 244071 | 2007425 | 24549567 | 1196689 | 419173 | 5594154 | 310705 | 7520721 | 32070288 | 7476883 | 2702402 | 1.593593941 | |||||
| 202122 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Gender | Gender unclassified | 5 | 651 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 6.60522 | 5.06912 | 1.5361 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 25.37313 | 17.91045 | 7.46269 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 3.225806452 | |||||
| 202122 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Major ethnic groups | Ethnicity Major White Total | 5128839 | 695344163 | 50600062 | 39357651 | 11242411 | 7.27698 | 5.66017 | 1.61681 | 1289682 | 25.14569 | 74797 | 1.45836 | 171479503 | 33133325 | 24156374 | 8976951 | 2936.11256 | 2087.64474 | 848.46782 | 32555661 | 1854646 | 20139 | 49792 | 72550 | 259551 | 0 | 598906 | 3342891 | 38754136 | 1529261 | 612069 | 8545047 | 432131 | 11118508 | 49872644 | 12082247 | 3951869 | 1.737592353 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic - Filter by pupil characteristic |
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees (10% missed) |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees (10% missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact | Number of persistent absentees (50% missed) |
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