Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms

06 - Absence rates by pupil characteristic - Autumn and Spring combined

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Published 21 October 2021

Last updated 21 October 2021

Absence information for Autumn and Spring term combined by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity for England. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2020/21
• 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: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2020/21 Autumn and spring 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	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_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_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	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional
201617	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Special	Ethnicity_Major_Any_Other_Ethnic_Group	51	12220	1376	1189	187	11.26023	9.72995	1.53028	20	39.21569	4492	1040	899	141	23.15227	20.01336	3.13891	761	220	24	0	0	24	:	9	151	1189	20	4	157	6	187	1376	:	:
201617	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Special	Ethnicity_Major_Asian_Total	454	112035	11231	10440	791	10.02455	9.31852	0.70603	166	36.56388	39984	8296	7681	615	20.7483	19.21018	1.53812	6397	1417	420	4	0	821	:	45	1336	10440	286	78	396	31	791	11231	:	:
201617	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Special	Ethnicity_Major_Black_Total	220	54831	4225	3530	695	7.7055	6.43796	1.26753	45	20.45455	11111	2847	2283	564	25.62326	20.54721	5.07605	2101	467	88	1	0	116	:	72	685	3530	76	38	307	274	695	4225	:	:
201617	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Special	Ethnicity_Major_Chinese	14	3112	130	122	8	4.17738	3.92031	0.25707	2	14.28571	308	47	40	7	15.25974	12.98701	2.27273	70	40	0	0	0	0	:	0	12	122	0	5	2	1	8	130	:	:
201617	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Special	Ethnicity_Major_Mixed_Total	368	88811	8509	6344	2165	9.58102	7.14326	2.43776	102	27.71739	23371	6163	4340	1823	26.37029	18.57002	7.80027	3673	806	34	13	0	305	:	312	1201	6344	83	84	1894	104	2165	8509	:	:

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Table showing first 5 of 37 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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