Absence rates in state-funded alternative provision - full academic years
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Absence rates for state-funded alternative provision (includes pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and alternative provision free schools
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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
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised holiday sessions
- Time period
- 2013/14 to 2021/22
Data set preview
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 | 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 |
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201516 | Academic year | Six half terms | National | E92000001 | England | Pupil referral unit | 350 | 38518 | 7533225 | 2453340 | 1397521 | 1055819 | 32.56693 | 18.55143 | 14.0155 | 27912 | 72.46482 | 10364 | 26.9069 | 316380 | 58110 | 2460 | 28648 | 1369 | 6601 | z | 94203 | 866352 | 1374123 | 12033 | 47249 | 958642 | 22129 | 1040053 | 2414176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
202122 | Academic year | Six half terms | National | E92000001 | England | Pupil referral unit | 334 | 35401 | 7091455 | 2752791 | 1552598 | 1200193 | 38.81842 | 21.89393 | 16.9245 | 28654 | 80.94122 | 12202 | 34.46795 | 474751 | 46547 | 1425 | 28565 | 651 | 4799 | z | 93494 | 872330 | 1522562 | 20301 | 51529 | 1071628 | 25115 | 1168573 | 2691135 | 129866 | 104080 | 1.8313 | |||||
201314 | Academic year | Six half terms | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000008 | South East | Pupil referral unit | 59 | 5356 | 954777 | 353967 | 223368 | 130599 | 37.07326 | 23.39478 | 13.67848 | 3871 | 72.27409 | 1530 | 28.56609 | 40452 | 7797 | 46 | 5160 | 567 | 1151 | z | 9815 | 157909 | 222897 | 1026 | 5607 | 123007 | 855 | 130495 | 353392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
201314 | Academic year | Six half terms | Regional | E92000001 | England | E13000001 | Inner London | Pupil referral unit | 25 | 2999 | 524974 | 140429 | 51381 | 89048 | 26.74971 | 9.78734 | 16.96236 | 1873 | 62.45415 | 607 | 20.24008 | 14438 | 2778 | 177 | 1260 | 1 | 278 | z | 5344 | 19354 | 43630 | 615 | 4234 | 80819 | 648 | 86316 | 129946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
201314 | Academic year | Six half terms | Regional | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | Pupil referral unit | 33 | 3376 | 655145 | 194430 | 87636 | 106794 | 29.6774 | 13.37658 | 16.30082 | 2367 | 70.11256 | 796 | 23.5782 | 25162 | 4349 | 240 | 1387 | 190 | 548 | z | 8130 | 45677 | 85683 | 891 | 6541 | 93904 | 3403 | 104739 | 190422 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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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) |
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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