Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school level - autumn and spring terms combined

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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.

Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Pupil absence in schools in England
Release type
Geographic levels
School
Indicators
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
Filters
  • School type
Time period
2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2023/24 Autumn and spring term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameeducation_phaseschool_nameestabschool_laestabschool_urnacademy_typeacademy_open_dateall_throughnum_schoolsenrolmentssess_possiblesess_overallsess_authorisedsess_unauthorisedsess_overall_percentsess_authorised_percentsess_unauthorised_percentenrolments_pa_10_exactenrolments_pa_10_exact_percentenrolments_pa_50_exactenrolments_pa_50_exact_percentsess_auth_illnesssess_auth_appointmentssess_auth_religioussess_auth_studysess_auth_travellersess_auth_holidaysess_auth_ext_holidaysess_auth_excludedsess_auth_othersess_auth_totalreasonssess_unauth_holidaysess_unauth_latesess_unauth_othersess_unauth_noyetsess_unauth_totalreasonssess_overall_totalreasonssess_x_covidsess_y_exceptionalsess_auth_illness_ratesess_auth_appointments_ratesess_auth_religious_ratesess_auth_study_ratesess_auth_traveller_ratesess_auth_holiday_ratesess_auth_ext_holiday_ratesess_auth_excluded_ratesess_auth_other_ratesess_auth_totalreasons_ratesess_unauth_holiday_ratesess_unauth_late_ratesess_unauth_other_ratesess_unauth_noyet_ratesess_unauth_totalreasons_ratesess_overall_totalreasons_ratesess_x_covid_rate
202324Autumn and spring termSchoolE92000001EnglandE12000007London201E09000001City of LondonState-funded primaryThe Aldgate School36142013614100000117842596197516203554.636593.803170.833412212.359550013769100084z2671620236011813551975z03.2303502680.2136350830000.197201615z0.0046952770.1572917643.8031740070.55404263300.2770213170.0023476380.8334115884.6365855950
202324Autumn and spring termSchoolE92000001EnglandE12000007London202E09000007CamdenState-funded primarySt Luke's Church of England School20002022000136807Primary free school12/09/20111912089610507073435.024893.383421.641461213.1868144.3956630530004z02070772111115453431050z13.0149310870.253637060000.01914242z00.0957120983.3834226650.3445635530.5312021440.5503445640.2153522211.6414624815.0248851450
202324Autumn and spring termSchoolE92000001EnglandE12000007London202E09000007CamdenState-funded primaryAbacus Belsize Primary School20012022001139837Primary free school01/09/201311272992712509732774.176833.251240.92559107.87402008216522001z064973184296402771250z02.7433421330.2171951750.073512213000.003341464z00.2138537113.2512446950.6148294180.0969024630.21385371100.9255855924.1768302870
202324Autumn and spring termSchoolE92000001EnglandE12000007London202E09000007CamdenState-funded primaryKings Cross Academy20022022002140686Primary sponsor led academy01/09/20151314737965220336018607.073554.553092.520467824.8407651.5923628892104009z1123733603979713204618605220z03.9148463330.2845682690.005420348000.012195783z0.0149059570.3211556184.5530923090.5379695380.1314434391.7887148350.0623340022.5204618147.0735541220
202324Autumn and spring termSchoolE92000001EnglandE12000007London202E09000007CamdenState-funded primaryArgyle Primary School20192022019100008124458223304423646805.228174.060251.167923715.1639320.8196721401230000z0101236426467337126803044z803.6755234190.211256720000z00.1734709654.0602511040.4534290570.1150747990.5788090620.0206104121.1679233295.2281744330

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 variables
Variable nameVariable description
education_phaseSchool type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
enrolmentsNumber of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exactNumber of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percentPercentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exactNumber of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)

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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