Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by school location - IDACI and urban/rurality - school level

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

Absence information by the school location including the level of depravation and rurality. Includes where a school location may differ from administrative authority responsible for the school. Includes school level data

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of school location
  • Local authority responsible for school
  • Rurality band of school location
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	sch_rurality	sch_idaci	sch_admin_la	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	School	England	E92000001	E13000002	Outer London	E09000021	Kingston upon Thames		E09000021	Kingston upon Thames	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	90 - 100 % least deprived	314	3142014	138689	Latchmere School	762	285662	8790	3.07706	7293	2.55302	1497	0.52405	34	4.46194
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	School	England	E92000001	E13000002	Outer London	E09000002	Barking and Dagenham		E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	10 - 20 %	301	3012071	130340	Monteagle Primary School	657	224296	8993	4.00943	3907	1.74189	5086	2.26754	61	9.28463
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	School	England	E92000001	E12000006	East of England	E07000143	Breckland		E10000020	Norfolk	State-funded primary	Rural - Village E1 E2	80 - 90 %	926	9262189	145304	Kenninghall Primary School	78	26966	935	3.46733	710	2.63295	225	0.83438	4	5.12821
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	School	England	E92000001	E12000006	East of England	E07000200	Babergh		E10000029	Suffolk	State-funded primary	Rural - Village E1 E2	70 - 80 %	935	9353006	124691	Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	162	59460	2600	4.37269	2067	3.47629	533	0.8964	6	3.7037
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	School	England	E92000001	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool		E06000001	Hartlepool	State-funded primary	Urban - city and town C1 C2	0 - 10 % most deprived	805	8052002	139584	Eskdale Academy	178	63501	4030	6.34636	3216	5.06449	814	1.28187	41	23.03371

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 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
sch_admin_la	Local authority responsible for school
sch_idaci	IDACI band of school location - Filter by IDACI band of school location

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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 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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