Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates in state funded alternative provision (including PRUs) - school level - autumn term

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 2024

Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded alternative provision (including pupil referral units) with information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15. Includes establishment level data.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Autumn term 2023/24
Release type
Geographic levels: School
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of authorised holiday sessions
Time period: 2013/14 Autumn term to 2023/24 Autumn term

Data set preview

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	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	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	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_study	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
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	2021100	100006	Heath School	1	54	5354	1627	494	1133	30.3885	9.22675	21.1618	38	70.37037	11	20.37037	245	56	20	10	31	132	494	16	167	944	6	1133	1627	z	2
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	2021101	100007	Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit	1	20	2538	291	251	40	11.4657	9.88968	1.57604	10	50	1	5	155	22	0	6	0	68	251	12	10	18	0	40	291	z	128
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	2024001	141164	The ArtsXchange	1	24	2990	1057	750	307	35.3512	25.0836	10.2676	19	79.16667	7	29.16667	77	21	0	2	84	566	750	0	93	195	19	307	1057	z	42
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	203	E09000011	Greenwich	State-funded alternative provision	2031101	100103	Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit	1	165	19722	7275	4706	2569	36.8877	23.8617	13.0261	128	77.57576	63	38.18182	1968	103	0	68	25	2542	4706	56	0	2510	3	2569	7275	z	0
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	204	E09000012	Hackney	State-funded alternative provision	2041103	134635	New Regent's College	1	126	12762	4302	1728	2574	33.7094	13.5402	20.1693	89	70.63492	33	26.19048	800	74	3	0	121	730	1728	50	0	2524	0	2574	4302	z	280

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 30 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
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)

Footnotes

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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