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

01 - Absence rates by geographic level

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Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15. 

National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2006/07. 

School data is included from 2016/17. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17. 


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
Filters
  • School type
Time period
2006/07 Autumn term to 2020/21 Autumn term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_typeestablaestaburnacademy_typeacademy_open_dateall_throughnum_schoolsenrolmentssess_possiblesess_overallsess_authorisedsess_unauthorisedsess_overall_percentsess_authorised_percentsess_unauthorised_percentenrolments_PA_10_exactenrolments_pa_10_exact_percentsess_auth_illnesssess_auth_appointmentssess_auth_religioussess_auth_studysess_auth_travellersess_auth_holidaysess_auth_ext_holidaysess_auth_excludedsess_auth_othersess_auth_totalreasonssess_unauth_holidaysess_unauth_latesess_unauth_othersess_unauth_noyetsess_unauth_totalreasonssess_overall_totalreasonssess_x_covidsess_y_exceptionalsess_auth_illness_ratesess_auth_appointments_ratesess_auth_religious_ratesess_auth_study_ratesess_auth_traveller_ratesess_auth_holiday_ratesess_auth_ext_holiday_ratesess_auth_excluded_ratesess_auth_other_ratesess_auth_totalreasons_ratesess_unauth_holiday_ratesess_unauth_late_ratesess_unauth_other_ratesess_unauth_noyet_ratesess_unauth_totalreasons_ratesess_overall_totalreasons_ratesess_x_covid_rate
202021Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandTotal2116770567489556747234455675931306626132501334.662343.275871.3864791613112.982342389962918084842184675384109650138579z66248242595003097555411821025069581079237166440613145837441213916664450744266382.5008120890.1892363540.0022859240.007888040.0114735690.014500645z0.0693208670.4457060443.2412235310.1236929230.0530471291.129293340.069522191.3755555824.6167791136.973555478
202021Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandTotal state-funded primary and secondary2012369420279402381184292307830033282128897964.565133.194221.3709188263412.714362329050217031102155475205108395121509z64469237531062971807311658684945901047712165215812789737425078106514474042420312.4770854910.181136030.0022923980.0079985060.0115284630.012923216z0.0685668860.399165483.1606964690.12399710.0526026321.1143050680.069360941.3602657414.520962216.928536373
202021Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primary167443857391527228574194079981391156054964383.681142.638621.042523809929.8769310720979782297139766309053998147z6515218524521362417282777931185640256572377875403079190272512907340216213922.03345940.1483790980.0026508430.0001194930.0171726280.018615645z0.0123574490.3513565262.584111080.1570057160.0591500570.7635506110.0451013111.0248076963.6089187765.514382838
202021Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondary33793084636413009544235150801612172273933585.693593.903471.7901250164216.2626125695239208137578745751785623362z57954019006541609390133808918273464514644143717386658234805593607133826206393.0433977090.2229519910.0018348240.0180564830.0043233870.005656528z0.1403212130.4601961453.896738280.0818598520.0442444981.5620617230.1003296431.7884957165.6852339958.733778317
202021Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandSpecial1044114721154366051633681127334436033710.58328.248862.33433349729.19866609127105374292179125517070z177905063941257481162341236831525012248356100161358114997671846073.9459907150.6826241910.0018916080.0011595810.0081300260.11058131z0.1152455483.2804752088.1460981870.1051656110.0801212442.0422236630.0793438712.30685438910.452952589.71565315

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 47 variables
Variable nameVariable description
enrolmentsNumber of pupil enrolments
enrolments_PA_10_exactNumber of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percentPercentage of persistent absentees
num_schoolsNumber of schools
school_typeSchool type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

Footnotes

  1. Total includes state-funded primary and secondary schools. Does not include special schools. Available from 2006/07 to present (data for special schools is available from 2016/17 onwards).
  2. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
  3. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions but not as an absence within absence rates.

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