Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

08 - Absence rates by pupil residency - IDACI and urban/rurality

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

Absence information by the pupil’s residence including the level of deprivation and rurality.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Number of rows: 42,232
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Percentage of persistent absentees
  • Unauthorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of pupil residence
  • IDACI/Rurality
  • Rurality band of pupil residence
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	measure	school_type	pup_rurality	pup_idaci	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	England	E92000001								Total	Total	Total	Total	7223088	2538994649	117183525	4.61535	85416979	3.3642	31766546	1.25115	872438	12.07846
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	England	E92000001								Total	State-funded primary	Total	Total	3956727	1413396586	51400577	3.63667	38337355	2.71243	13063222	0.92424	347489	8.78223
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	England	E92000001								Total	State-funded secondary	Total	Total	3147760	1084447316	59525923	5.48906	41683871	3.84379	17842052	1.64527	466903	14.83287
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	England	E92000001								Total	Special	Total	Total	118601	41150747	6257025	15.20513	5395753	13.11216	861272	2.09297	58046	48.94225
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	England	E92000001								IDACI	Total	Total	0 - 10 % most deprived	951688	330794751	20738990	6.26944	13077337	3.95331	7661653	2.31613	176252	18.51994

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 14 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
measure	IDACI/Rurality
pup_idaci	IDACI band of pupil residence - Filter by IDACI band of pupil residence
pup_rurality	Rurality band of pupil residence - Filter by rurality band of pupil residence
school_type	School type - Filter by school type
sess_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
sess_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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