Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

10 - Absence rates for pupils with post looked after arrangements (PLAA)

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils with post looked after arrangements

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Filters:
  • Post looked after arrangement
  • School type
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	plaa	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_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_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_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	sess_y_exceptional_rate
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Not declared	7171612	2520699537	116149587	84563990	31585597	4.60783	3.35478	1.25305	863687	16.84745	51762304	4589641	2191003	751415	212666	470144	1460687	22154904	83592764	3688639	1438051	24563838	1631540	31322068	114914832	538423033	17744549	2.053489646	0.182078067	0.086920435	0.029809781	0.008436785	0.01865133	0.057947684	0.878918874	3.316252603	0.146333942	0.057049679	0.974484965	0.064725683	1.24259427	4.558846872	21.36006395	0.703953357
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Adopted children	29165	10447367	509038	444697	64341	4.8724	4.25655	0.61586	4089	16.05349	149751	31712	1081	2126	5	3693	9684	240798	438850	8582	3993	47571	3572	63718	502568	1478615	57451	1.433385082	0.303540595	0.010347105	0.020349625	4.78589E-05	0.035348619	0.092693212	2.30486782	4.200579916	0.082145099	0.038220156	0.455339609	0.034190433	0.609895297	4.810475214	14.15299185	0.549908891
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Special guardianship order	17402	6154484	400728	317916	82812	6.51116	5.1656	1.34556	3505	23.95127	119044	14730	984	910	201	2142	9340	164531	311882	7798	4102	65726	3765	81391	393273	975409	38742	1.934264513	0.239337693	0.015988343	0.014785967	0.003265911	0.034803893	0.15175927	2.673351657	5.067557248	0.126704367	0.066650592	1.067936808	0.061174909	1.322466676	6.390023924	15.84875353	0.629492253
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Child arrangements order	4909	1693261	124172	90376	33796	7.33331	5.33739	1.99591	1157	27.48014	34477	4286	566	257	134	407	2405	47019	89551	1896	2243	27565	1463	33167	122718	277327	11369	2.036130284	0.253121049	0.033426625	0.015177814	0.007913724	0.02403646	0.142033626	2.776831215	5.288670796	0.111973287	0.132466288	1.62792387	0.086401329	1.958764774	7.24743557	16.37827836	0.671426319
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7223088	2538994649	117183525	85416979	31766546	4.61535	3.3642	1.25115	872438	16.86859	52065576	4640369	2193634	754708	213006	476386	1482116	22607252	84433047	3706915	1448389	24704700	1640340	31500344	115933391	541154384	17852111	2.050637484	0.182764032	0.08639774	0.029724679	0.008389384	0.018762781	0.058374129	0.890401719	3.325451947	0.145999323	0.057045768	0.973011109	0.064605886	1.240662087	4.566114034	21.31372684	0.703117315

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 46 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
plaa	Post looked after arrangement - Filter by characteristic
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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