Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates for pupils with post looked after arrangements (PLAA)

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils with post looked after arrangements

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of authorised holiday sessions
Filters: Post looked after arrangement
School type
Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	plaa	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_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_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Special	Adopted children	1258	445647	34031	29573	4458	7.63631	6.63597	1.00034	228	18.12401	14213	4779	27	52	0	2110	711	7378	29270	969	189	3180	97	4435	33705	3.189295563528981458418	1.072373425603672862153	0.006058606924314535944	0.011668428150531698855	0.000000000000000000000	0.473468911492728549726	0.159543315673616113201	1.655570440281209118427	6.567978691655054336728	0.217436670728177234447	0.042410248470201751610	0.713569259974823122336	0.021766106357722592096	0.995182285530924700491	7.563160977185979037220
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Adopted children	19056	6942400	219003	180032	38971	3.15457	2.59322	0.56135	889	4.6652	108350	26065	584	4	5	9786	3672	27436	175902	24975	2842	9426	979	38222	214124	1.560699469923945609587	0.375446531458861488822	0.008412076515326112007	0.000057616962433740493	0.000072021203042175616	0.140959898594146116616	0.052892371514173772758	0.395194745333026042867	2.533734731504955058769	0.359745909195667204424	0.040936851809172620419	0.135774371975109472228	0.014101751555657985710	0.550558884535607282784	3.084293616040562341553
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	State-funded secondary	Adopted children	8126	2836363	154112	118794	35318	5.43344	4.18825	1.24519	1055	12.98302	70379	14577	268	2371	6	1616	9001	20361	118579	4507	1531	27700	1563	35301	153880	2.481311454140390352010	0.513932807613129913202	0.009448720068623092319	0.083592967472781163765	0.000211538508999024454	0.056974371757070586522	0.317343019916703186439	0.717855930288189487734	4.180670809765886806448	0.158900676676433869712	0.053977576212917740077	0.976602783212162900164	0.055105781594245870503	1.244586817695760380459	5.425257627461647186908
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total	Adopted children	28440	10224410	407146	328399	78747	3.9821	3.21191	0.77019	2172	7.63713	192942	45421	879	2427	11	13512	13384	55175	323751	30451	4562	40306	2639	77958	401709	1.887072212479742107368	0.444240792378239918000	0.008597073082945617399	0.023737311003764520397	0.000107585669979979284	0.132154324797225463376	0.130902418819276613516	0.539639940104123367509	3.166451658335297586853	0.297826476050940836683	0.044618711495333227051	0.394213455837549550536	0.025810780279742302978	0.762469423663565917250	3.928921081998863504104
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Special	Child arrangements order	162	55638	4355	3399	956	7.82738	6.10913	1.71825	33	20.37037	1499	593	6	31	0	242	135	880	3386	34	90	822	10	956	4342	2.694201804522089219598	1.065818325604802473129	0.010783996549121104281	0.055717315503792372119	0.000000000000000000000	0.434954527481217872676	0.242639922355224846328	1.581652827204428627916	6.085768719220676516050	0.061109313778352924260	0.161759948236816564218	1.477407527229591286530	0.017973327581868507135	1.718250116826629282145	7.804018836047305798195

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 46 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
plaa	Post looked after arrangement - Filter by characteristic
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

Footnotes

Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
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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