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

Absence by percent bands

Not the latest data

Published 28 May 2020

Last updated 28 May 2020

The number of pupil enrolments by overall, authorised and unauthorised absence percentage point bands. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17.

---

On this page

Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2019/20
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
• Filters:
  • Absence percentage band
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 Autumn term to 2019/20 Autumn term

---

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7021552	100	7021552	100	7021552	100
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0	1708950	24.3386	2095310	29.8411	5320329	75.7714
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0.01 - 0.99	299194	4.26108	326673	4.65243	214517	3.05512
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	1.00 - 1.99	908712	12.9418	1006564	14.3354	481680	6.86002
2019	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	2.00 - 2.99	930130	13.2468	978936	13.9419	268551	3.82467

---

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_overall	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_overall_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_unauthorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence

---

Using this data

• Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

• View or create your own tables

  View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

Download this data using code

Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.

Example code

---