Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Enrolments with one or more sessions of absence - school level

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 20 March 2025

The number of enrolments with one or more session of absence, including by reason for absence, at school level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number enrolments with 1+ absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
  • Number enrolments with 1+ absence session due to medical or dental appointments
  • Number enrolments with 1+ absence session due to other authorised circumstances
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	education_phase	school_name	trust	num_schools	enrolments	enrol_overall	enrol_authorised	enrol_unauthorised	enrol_auth_illness	enrol_auth_appointments	enrol_auth_religious	enrol_auth_study	enrol_auth_traveller	enrol_auth_holiday	enrol_auth_ext_holiday	enrol_auth_excluded	enrol_auth_other	enrol_unauth_holiday	enrol_unauth_late	enrol_unauth_other	enrol_unauth_noyet	enrol_x_covid	enrol_y_exceptional
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	3614	2013614	100000				State-funded primary	The Aldgate School		1	178	168	163	90	152	58	2	0	0	17	z	1	26	45	0	58	7	0	0
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	2000	2022000	136807	Primary free school	12/09/2011		State-funded primary	St Luke's Church of England School	ST LUKE'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL	1	93	91	86	67	85	45	1	0	0	2	z	0	11	18	47	16	15	0	1
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	2001	2022001	139837	Primary free school	01/09/2013		State-funded primary	Abacus Belsize Primary School	ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST	1	127	120	113	85	102	42	17	0	0	1	z	0	30	39	27	43	19	0	2
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	2002	2022002	140686	Primary sponsor led academy	01/09/2015		State-funded primary	Kings Cross Academy	KING'S CROSS ACADEMY TRUST	1	322	318	308	210	292	135	21	0	0	2	z	3	91	64	55	170	23	0	3
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	2019	2022019	100008				State-funded primary	Argyle Primary School		1	245	221	218	113	209	93	0	0	0	4	z	0	51	31	49	79	10	0	8

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 21 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrol_auth_appointments	Number enrolments with 1+ absence session due to medical or dental appointments
enrol_auth_excluded	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to exclusion
enrol_auth_ext_holiday	Number enrolments with 1+ absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
enrol_auth_holiday	Number of enrolments with1+ absence session due to agreed family holiday

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Footnotes

1. 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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