Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

Absence in Pupil Referral Units

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Published 28 May 2020

Last updated 28 May 2020

Absence information for pupil referral units (including alternative provision academies and free schools).

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Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
Release: Autumn term 2019/20
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of authorised holiday sessions
Time period: 2013/14 Autumn term to 2019/20 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
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_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
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Pupil referral unit	344	28440	2895087	996027	550669	445358	34.404	19.0208	15.3832	20817	73.1962	142169	21860	92	1227	52	2683	.	42582	319789	530454	8332	20093	398309	7282	434016	964470
2019	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Pupil referral unit	18	1824	190595	67165	37662	29503	35.2396	19.7602	15.4794	1409	77.24781	9524	1765	1	2	1	126	.	3437	13607	28463	867	910	22468	461	24706	53169
2019	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Pupil referral unit	51	5035	537271	204966	107485	97481	38.1495	20.0057	18.1437	4014	79.72195	27252	4545	28	2	3	488	.	9106	60074	101498	1384	4538	84260	2230	92412	193910
2019	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Pupil referral unit	38	3122	340122	102595	43078	59517	30.1642	12.6655	17.4987	2109	67.55285	14376	2094	2	3	0	355	.	3268	22568	42666	1206	1228	56523	530	59487	102153
2019	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Pupil referral unit	22	1861	167358	47807	29191	18616	28.5657	17.4423	11.1235	1236	66.41591	6084	1075	2	972	0	150	.	1278	16176	25737	403	518	17653	33	18607	44344

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 27 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
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions

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