Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school level

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 20 March 2025

School level absence information 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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
  • Authorised holiday rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2023/24

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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	education_phase	school_name	trust	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	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	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	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_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_ext_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
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	The Aldgate School		3614	2013614	100000				1	178	65360	2811	2194	617	4.3008	3.35679	0.944	15	8.42697	5556	653	486	167	11.75306	8.7473	3.00576	0	0	1861	130	3	0	0	110	z	2	88	2194	405	0	203	9	617	2811	z	0	2.847307222	0.198898409	0.004589963	0	0	0.168298654	z	0.003059976	0.134638923	3.356793146	0.619645043	0	0.310587515	0.01376989	0.944002448	4.300795594	z
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	St Luke's Church of England School	ST LUKE'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL	2000	2022000	136807	Primary free school	12/09/2011		1	93	31827	1687	1192	495	5.30053	3.74525	1.55528	14	15.05376	3036	489	263	226	16.10672	8.66271	7.44401	4	4.30108	1066	87	2	0	0	10	z	0	27	1192	124	145	139	87	495	1687	z	1	3.349357464	0.273352814	0.006283973	0	0	0.031419864	z	0	0.084833632	3.745247746	0.389606309	0.455588023	0.436736105	0.273352814	1.55528325	5.300530996	z
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Abacus Belsize Primary School	ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST	2001	2022001	139837	Primary free school	01/09/2013		1	127	44628	1836	1311	525	4.11401	2.93762	1.17639	8	6.29921	2372	385	270	115	16.23103	11.3828	4.84823	0	0	1082	105	40	0	0	1	z	0	83	1311	252	56	185	32	525	1836	z	14	2.424486869	0.235278301	0.089629829	0	0	0.002240746	z	0	0.185981895	2.937617639	0.564667921	0.12548176	0.414537958	0.071703863	1.176391503	4.114009142	z
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Kings Cross Academy	KING'S CROSS ACADEMY TRUST	2002	2022002	140686	Primary sponsor led academy	01/09/2015		1	322	112449	7928	5215	2713	7.05031	4.63766	2.41265	80	24.84472	25188	4456	2504	1952	17.69096	9.94124	7.74972	4	1.24224	4451	330	42	0	0	9	z	13	370	5215	609	142	1916	46	2713	7928	z	9	3.958238846	0.293466371	0.037350265	0	0	0.008003628	z	0.011560796	0.329038053	4.63765796	0.541578849	0.126279469	1.703883538	0.040907434	2.41264929	7.05030725	z
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Argyle Primary School		2019	2022019	100008				1	245	86999	4611	3499	1112	5.30006	4.02189	1.27818	33	13.46939	11654	1770	1145	625	15.18792	9.82495	5.36297	2	0.81633	3050	208	0	0	0	30	z	0	211	3499	380	166	554	12	1112	4611	z	154	3.505787423	0.239083208	0	0	0	0.034483155	z	0	0.242531523	4.021885309	0.43678663	0.190806791	0.636788929	0.013793262	1.278175611	5.30006092	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
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)

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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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