Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates in state-funded alternative provision (including PRUs) - school level - full academic years

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 2024

Absence information for full academic years for all enrolments in state-funded alternative provision (including pupil referral units) with information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15. Includes establishment level data.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2022/23

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	year_breakdown	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	school_name	trust	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	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_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	sess_x_covid_rate
202223	Academic year	Six half terms	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State funded alternative provision	Heath School		2021100	100006			1	66	15651	6762	2139	4623	43.20491	13.66686	29.53805	54	81.81818	26	39.39394	849	78	31	424	0	0	z	173	584	2139	0	258	4365	0	4623	6762	0	96	0
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State funded alternative provision	Heath School		2021100	100006			1	54	13161	4631	1631	3000	35.1873	12.39268	22.79462	42	77.77778	15	27.77778	537	68	33	40	0	0	z	88	865	1631	0	506	2278	216	3000	4631	1984	112	15.07484
202122	Academic year	Six half terms	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State funded alternative provision	Heath School		2021100	100006			1	65	15279	6202	2345	3857	40.59166	15.34786	25.2438	61	93.84615	22	33.84615	1215	91	4	232	0	1	z	158	644	2345	0	328	3192	337	3857	6202	86	2	0.56286
201617	Academic year	Six half terms	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State funded alternative provision	Heath School		2021100	100006			1	47	11144	3810	624	3186	34.1888	5.59943	28.58938	42	89.3617	11	23.40426	515	38	8	0	0	0	z	41	22	624	10	374	2801	1	3186	3810	0	0	0
201718	Academic year	Six half terms	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State funded alternative provision	Heath School		2021100	100006			1	69	15318	4936	1162	3774	32.22353	7.58585	24.63768	61	88.4058	14	20.28986	666	43	5	44	0	0	z	179	225	1162	0	386	3364	24	3774	4936	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 32 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)

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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.

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