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

01 - Absence rates by geographic level

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Published 27 May 2021

Last updated 27 May 2021

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. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2020/21
• 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

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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	estab	laestab	urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	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	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_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	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_ext_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	sess_x_covid_rate
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total							21167	7056748	955674723	44556759	31306626	13250133	4.66234	3.27587	1.38647	916131	12.98234	23899629	1808484	21846	75384	109650	138579	z	662482	4259500	30975554	1182102	506958	10792371	664406	13145837	44121391	66644507	4426638	2.500812089	0.189236354	0.002285924	0.00788804	0.011473569	0.014500645	z	0.069320867	0.445706044	3.241223531	0.123692923	0.053047129	1.12929334	0.06952219	1.375555582	4.616779113	6.973555478
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded primary and secondary							20123	6942027	940238118	42923078	30033282	12889796	4.56513	3.19422	1.37091	882634	12.71436	23290502	1703110	21554	75205	108395	121509	z	644692	3753106	29718073	1165868	494590	10477121	652158	12789737	42507810	65144740	4242031	2.477085491	0.18113603	0.002292398	0.007998506	0.011528463	0.012923216	z	0.068566886	0.39916548	3.160696469	0.1239971	0.052602632	1.114305068	0.06936094	1.360265741	4.52096221	6.928536373
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary							16744	3857391	527228574	19407998	13911560	5496438	3.68114	2.63862	1.04252	380992	9.87693	10720979	782297	13976	630	90539	98147	z	65152	1852452	13624172	827779	311856	4025657	237787	5403079	19027251	29073402	1621392	2.0334594	0.148379098	0.002650843	0.000119493	0.017172628	0.018615645	z	0.012357449	0.351356526	2.58411108	0.157005716	0.059150057	0.763550611	0.045101311	1.024807696	3.608918776	5.514382838
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary							3379	3084636	413009544	23515080	16121722	7393358	5.69359	3.90347	1.79012	501642	16.2626	12569523	920813	7578	74575	17856	23362	z	579540	1900654	16093901	338089	182734	6451464	414371	7386658	23480559	36071338	2620639	3.043397709	0.222951991	0.001834824	0.018056483	0.004323387	0.005656528	z	0.140321213	0.460196145	3.89673828	0.081859852	0.044244498	1.562061723	0.100329643	1.788495716	5.685233995	8.733778317
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Special							1044	114721	15436605	1633681	1273344	360337	10.5832	8.24886	2.3343	33497	29.19866	609127	105374	292	179	1255	17070	z	17790	506394	1257481	16234	12368	315250	12248	356100	1613581	1499767	184607	3.945990715	0.682624191	0.001891608	0.001159581	0.008130026	0.11058131	z	0.115245548	3.280475208	8.146098187	0.105165611	0.080121244	2.042223663	0.079343871	2.306854389	10.45295258	9.71565315

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 47 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
num_schools	Number of schools
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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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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