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

06 - Absence rates by pupil characteristic

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Published 26 May 2022

Last updated 26 May 2022

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
• 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

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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	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

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 40 variables

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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