Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates in state-funded alternative provision (including PRUs) - 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. 

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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: Local authority, National, Regional
• 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	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
201516	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						State funded alternative provision	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						State funded alternative provision	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				State funded alternative provision	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				State funded alternative provision	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				State funded alternative provision	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

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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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