Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates for pupils identified as young carers

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils declared as young carers

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Filters:
  • School type
  • Young Carer
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	YoungCarer	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_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	sess_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	sess_x_covid_rate	sess_y_exceptional_rate
Academic year	Six half terms	202223	National	E92000001	England	Special	Not declared	132304	45369167	5903089	4474908	1428181	13.01124	9.86332	3.14791	50677	38.30345	2510984	433788	39470	7957	2961	157814	69003	1216968	4438945	153939	80235	1140116	40973	1415263	5854208	6	943853	5.534560508902444693331	0.956129522942310137631	0.086997409496189339336	0.017538342725137536688	0.006526458817284434602	0.347844164738576751916	0.152092278881822979028	2.682367961483621685185	9.784056647987387557721	0.339303121875700296635	0.176849180413649648890	2.512975387006774887447	0.090310232056938581217	3.119437921353063414190	12.903494569340450971912	0.000013224840561	2.080384239807620
Academic year	Six half terms	202223	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Not declared	3942229	1379601850	81196133	58495432	22700701	5.88548	4.24002	1.64545	637267	16.16514	46370683	3140591	1521546	2410	201631	920618	304562	4616661	57078702	8686954	1799560	11185805	550922	22223241	79301943	549	19629020	3.361164164863942448323	0.227644736776773675680	0.110288776432127863557	0.000174688081202558549	0.014615158714088416161	0.066730702050015372188	0.022076079413781592131	0.334637199855885957241	4.137331506187817883833	0.629671089524850956092	0.130440532534803428974	0.810799507118666157196	0.039933405424180896829	1.610844534602501439092	5.748176040790319322926	0.000039794089867	1.422803252982010
Academic year	Six half terms	202223	National	E92000001	England	State-funded secondary	Not declared	3283912	1084187976	97270814	60936749	36334065	8.97177	5.6205	3.35127	866711	26.39264	44391648	3783905	1101589	1182957	53905	313922	2930989	6997629	60756544	3983566	2022440	29204352	1087031	36297389	97053933	154	35882099	4.094460460978216936063	0.349008205566006018867	0.101604982197293802122	0.109109953825940604233	0.004971923798571992279	0.028954573095173304154	0.270339559641085707816	0.645425807599991313683	5.603875466702279679220	0.367423923542941044385	0.186539607961857713869	2.693661306570328538673	0.100262226114191843795	3.347887064189319140724	8.951762530891598819944	0.000014204178925	3.309582820903743
Academic year	Six half terms	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	Not declared	7358445	2509158993	184370036	123907089	60462947	7.34788	4.93819	2.40969	1554655	21.12749	93273315	7358284	2662605	1193324	258497	1392354	3304554	12831258	122274191	12824459	3902235	41530273	1678926	59935893	182210084	709	56454972	3.717313859353351866292	0.293256984532585974714	0.106115435786575522119	0.047558723991947528213	0.010302137119295732089	0.055490863826659070543	0.131699665474327317766	0.511376841236301840040	4.873114511321044851779	0.511105873951288506491	0.155519638687160706360	1.655147127617671854722	0.066911901744123553831	2.388684542000244621405	7.261799053321289473185	0.000028256479640	2.249955947689919
Academic year	Six half terms	202223	National	E92000001	England	Special	Young Carer	230	77598	14840	10213	4627	19.1242	13.16142	5.96278	127	55.21739	5059	733	17	48	2	337	336	3420	9952	140	228	4025	66	4459	14411	0	1163	6.519497925204257841696	0.944611974535426170777	0.021907781128379597412	0.061857264362483569164	0.002577386015103482048	0.434289543544936725173	0.433000850537384984149	4.407330085826954302945	12.825072811154926673367	0.180417021057243743395	0.293822005721796953529	5.186989355395757622619	0.085053738498414907600	5.746282120673213227145	18.571354931828139900512	0.000000000000000	1.498749967782674

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 46 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
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.
2. Data on absence rates for young carers is available for the first time from 2022/23.As this is a new data collection, we expect the quality of the data returns to improve over time as the collection becomes established. All schools (except nursery) must send this information as part of the Spring school census but the recording and handling of the information is at the school’s discretion. 79% of schools recorded no young carers in 2023.
3. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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