Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by school location - IDACI and urban/rurality

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information by the school location including the level of depravation and rurality. Includes where a school location may differ from administrative authority responsible for the school

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of overall absence sessions
Filters: IDACI band of school location
Rurality band of school location
School type
Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	sch_rurality	sch_idaci	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	Local authority	England	E92000001	E12000005	West Midlands			937	E10000031	Warwickshire	State-funded primary	Total	20 - 30 %	2602	899785	36855	4.09598	29393	3.26667	7462	0.82931	288	11.06841
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	Local authority district	England	E92000001	E12000002	North West	E08000012	Liverpool		E08000012	Liverpool	State-funded primary	Total	Total	33838	12190272	494242	4.0544	315564	2.58865	178678	1.46574	3621	10.70099
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000002	Outer London			302	E09000003	Barnet	Special	Total	Total	439	156352	18076	11.56109	14864	9.50675	3212	2.05434	145	33.02961
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	Local authority	England	E92000001	E12000008	South East			852	E06000045	Southampton	Special	Urban - city and town C1 C2	Total	487	173535	16784	9.67182	11783	6.78998	5001	2.88184	132	27.10472
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	Local authority	England	E92000001	E12000009	South West			865	E06000054	Wiltshire	State-funded secondary	Total	60 - 70 %	954	333492	18508	5.54976	14762	4.42649	3746	1.12327	157	16.45702

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 13 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
sch_idaci	IDACI band of school location - Filter by IDACI band of school location
sch_rurality	Rurality band of school location - Filter by rurality band of school location

Footnotes

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

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