Absence rates by pupil characteristic - autumn and spring term combined
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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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release type
- 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 2022/23 Autumn and spring term
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| 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 |
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| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | Year 6 | 3252 | 832709 | 32611 | 26613 | 5998 | 3.91625 | 3.19595 | 0.7203 | 252 | 7.74908 | 61842 | 9934 | 7342 | 2592 | 16.06352 | 11.87219 | 4.19133 | 21867 | 1954 | 123 | 1 | 142 | 485 | z | 235 | 1806 | 26613 | 3010 | 168 | 2572 | 248 | 5998 | 32611 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Major - Unclassified | 1111 | 211598 | 16580 | 10678 | 5902 | 7.83561 | 5.04636 | 2.78925 | 249 | 22.41224 | 43424 | 10934 | 6083 | 4851 | 25.17962 | 14.00838 | 11.17124 | 6510 | 762 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 92 | z | 1957 | 1138 | 10494 | 517 | 59 | 5006 | 295 | 5877 | 16371 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Minor - Any other Asian background | 1059 | 245971 | 8460 | 5931 | 2529 | 3.43943 | 2.41126 | 1.02817 | 75 | 7.08215 | 16411 | 2755 | 1501 | 1254 | 16.78752 | 9.1463 | 7.64122 | 4302 | 487 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 255 | z | 200 | 593 | 5879 | 1160 | 15 | 1204 | 148 | 2527 | 8406 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Minor - Any other ethnic group | 1115 | 258115 | 10664 | 6664 | 4000 | 4.13149 | 2.58179 | 1.5497 | 111 | 9.95516 | 22643 | 4255 | 2035 | 2220 | 18.79168 | 8.98733 | 9.80435 | 4974 | 538 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 153 | z | 340 | 589 | 6640 | 1211 | 41 | 2515 | 231 | 3998 | 10638 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Minor - Any other Mixed background | 1075 | 251150 | 12190 | 8551 | 3639 | 4.85367 | 3.40474 | 1.44893 | 136 | 12.65116 | 29418 | 5307 | 3046 | 2261 | 18.03998 | 10.3542 | 7.68577 | 6531 | 652 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 177 | z | 551 | 577 | 8499 | 1098 | 67 | 2255 | 217 | 3637 | 12136 | 0 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic - Filter by characteristic |
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special |
Footnotes
- 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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