Absence rates by geographic level - full academic years
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Absence information for full academic years 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
- Autumn term 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
- Authorised holiday rate
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2006/07 to 2022/23
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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 | 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 |
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| 201718 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded secondary | 179 | 145040 | 49081998 | 2897080 | 1887164 | 1009916 | 5.90253 | 3.84492 | 2.05761 | 22380 | 15.43023 | 6953299 | 1441033 | 758772 | 682261 | 20.72445 | 10.9124 | 9.81205 | 1931 | 1.33136 | 1384815 | 137791 | 6797 | 4915 | 2381 | 29775 | z | 127457 | 177365 | 1871296 | 201578 | 12775 | 741480 | 52358 | 1008191 | 2879487 | z | z | 2.821431597 | 0.28073633 | 0.013848255 | 0.010013855 | 0.004851066 | 0.06066379 | z | 0.259681768 | 0.36136467 | 3.812591329 | 0.410696402 | 0.026027873 | 1.510696447 | 0.106674549 | 2.054095271 | 5.866686601 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | State-funded secondary | 460 | 396165 | 138074674 | 7718364 | 5185816 | 2532548 | 5.58999 | 3.75581 | 1.83419 | 56856 | 14.3516 | 18108103 | 3674328 | 1985339 | 1688989 | 20.29107 | 10.96382 | 9.32726 | 4843 | 1.22247 | 3929174 | 429450 | 49788 | 63323 | 2584 | 49861 | z | 197731 | 460597 | 5182508 | 434950 | 100131 | 1873023 | 122776 | 2530880 | 7713388 | z | z | 2.845687689 | 0.31102735 | 0.036058749 | 0.045861416 | 0.001871451 | 0.036111619 | z | 0.143205842 | 0.333585434 | 3.75340955 | 0.315010702 | 0.072519454 | 1.356529004 | 0.08892 | 1.83297916 | 5.58638871 | 0 | |||
| 201718 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000006 | East of England | Special | 101 | 10149 | 3484102 | 349625 | 289938 | 59687 | 10.03487 | 8.32174 | 1.71312 | 2928 | 28.85013 | 954200 | 246029 | 194903 | 51126 | 25.7838 | 20.4258 | 5.358 | 418 | 4.11863 | 148718 | 40187 | 1056 | 615 | 1091 | 14063 | z | 7345 | 73032 | 286107 | 4681 | 3376 | 46738 | 3360 | 58155 | 344262 | z | z | 4.268474344 | 1.153439251 | 0.030309101 | 0.017651607 | 0.031313664 | 0.403633418 | z | 0.210814724 | 2.096149883 | 8.211785992 | 0.134353127 | 0.096897278 | 1.341464745 | 0.096438049 | 1.669153199 | 9.880939192 | 0 | |||
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000008 | South East | Special | 181 | 21493 | 7585625 | 993111 | 797717 | 195394 | 13.09201 | 10.51617 | 2.57585 | 8620 | 40.10608 | 2971974 | 765002 | 587209 | 177793 | 25.74053 | 19.75821 | 5.98232 | 1165 | 5.42037 | 440884 | 67599 | 973 | 2855 | 479 | 24022 | z | 11256 | 247975 | 796043 | 12672 | 9906 | 166323 | 6168 | 195069 | 991112 | 143836 | 95238 | 5.812098542 | 0.891146082 | 0.012826893 | 0.037636978 | 0.006314575 | 0.316677927 | z | 0.148385927 | 3.269012112 | 10.49409904 | 0.167052814 | 0.130589108 | 2.192607728 | 0.081311692 | 2.571561341 | 13.06566038 | 1.896165445 | |||
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000008 | South East | Total | 3299 | 1168861 | 410950689 | 30927011 | 23672290 | 7254721 | 7.52572 | 5.76037 | 1.76535 | 256791 | 21.96934 | 85297330 | 16742091 | 11375786 | 5366305 | 19.62792 | 13.33663 | 6.29129 | 18434 | 1.57709 | 18851626 | 1189387 | 75011 | 339234 | 44327 | 218953 | z | 300993 | 2446585 | 23466116 | 1337723 | 462128 | 5111349 | 276000 | 7187200 | 30653316 | 4569720 | 2894739 | 4.587320694 | 0.289423289 | 0.018253042 | 0.08254859 | 0.010786452 | 0.053279628 | z | 0.073243094 | 0.595347584 | 5.710202374 | 0.325519104 | 0.112453395 | 1.243786453 | 0.067161343 | 1.748920294 | 7.459122669 | 1.111987429 |
Variables in this data set
| 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 severe absentees (50% or more missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent | Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed) |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- 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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