Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by pupil characteristic - termly

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information at national level for the full academic year, by each term, by pupil characteristics including SEN, FSM, language, year group, gender and ethnicity for England.

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
Authorised absence rate exact
Number of authorised absence sessions
Filters: Characteristic
School type
Time period: 2018/19 Autumn term to 2021/22 Summer term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	characteristic	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_possible_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact	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
201819	Spring term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded secondary	NC Year 8	587999	69926127	3648810	2647547	1001263	5.21809	3.78621	1.43189	84873	14.08561	9794094	1960135	1213845	746290	20.013438711125296	12.3936425360018	7.619796175123499	2064852	211484	2368	77	3679	16732	119486	224553	2643231	124683	27820	806314	41587	1000404	3643635	2.9529048562921267	0.3024391727000696	0.003386430940183488	1.101162087813043e-4	0.005261266650732708	0.023928109160114074	0.17087461457718087	0.32112889649958737	3.780033463028776	0.17830674362960214	0.03978484322462189	1.1530940359388129	0.05947276330633899	1.430658386099375	5.210691849128152
201819	Spring term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	NC Year Not followed or missing	2985	114330	14482	7324	7158	12.66684	6.40602	6.26082	1126	3.37409	41703	12662	5959	6703	30.362324053425414	14.289139870033333	16.07318418339208	4643	342	6	0	168	31	200	1784	7174	342	306	5859	573	7080	14254	4.061051342604741	0.29913408554185256	0.005247966413014957	0	0.14694305956441878	0.027114493133910608	0.17493221376716522	1.5603953468031138	6.274818507828216	0.29913408554185256	0.2676462870637628	5.124639202309106	0.5011807924429283	6.192600367357648	12.467418875185865
201819	Spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	First language Known or believed to be English	5555613	663598787	32799488	24596306	8203182	4.94267	3.7065	1.23617	759050	13.30816	88260722	17290433	11285743	6004690	19.590178516781226	12.786823792354657	6.803354724426569	19271100	1931182	12189	19766	57276	239394	638703	2122531	24292141	1204079	534694	6071673	318806	8129252	32421393	2.9040288164360373	0.29101650542950736	0.0018368026341796192	0.0029786070118298755	0.008631118851035513	0.03607511114995453	0.09624836761493356	0.31985154909573393	3.660666878223211	0.18144683558621394	0.08057489110509782	0.9149614373843031	0.04804198052278839	1.225025144598403	4.885692022821614
201819	Spring term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	First language Unclassified	5048	590952	25653	18693	6960	4.34096	3.1632	1.17776	614	11.28262	67403	12394	7757	4637	18.38790558283756	11.508389834280374	6.879515748557186	12737	1115	30	0	48	267	64	1547	15808	1745	360	3867	164	6136	21944	2.155335797154422	0.18867860672271183	0.005076554440969825	0	0.00812248710555172	0.04518133452463144	0.010829982807402293	0.2617809906726773	2.675005753428366	0.2952862499830782	0.0609186532916379	0.6543678674410104	0.027751830943968377	1.038324601659694	3.713330355088061
201819	Spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	SEN provision No identified SEN	5827318	696027216	30676614	23003605	7673009	4.40739	3.30499	1.1024	694385	11.66218	80916573	14625623	9367060	5258563	18.074941211363463	11.576194656686708	6.498746554676753	18707505	1673212	23173	19923	44305	266472	433772	1558410	22726772	1639356	437163	5217268	310522	7604309	30331081	2.687754813311783	0.24039462272981005	0.0033293238349461326	0.0028623880707561297	0.006365412009980943	0.03828470983238104	0.062321126247454096	0.22390072746810522	3.265213123505216	0.23553044511983565	0.0628083198401828	0.7495781601735527	0.04461348534394092	1.092530410477512	4.357743533982728

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 53 variables
Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
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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