Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - termly

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Published 19 October 2023

Last updated 19 October 2023

Termly 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.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Autumn and spring term 2022/23
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised holiday rate
Authorised other rate
Filters: School type
Time period: 2018/19 Autumn term to 2022/23 Spring term

Data set preview

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	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	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_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_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	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	State-funded primary	1896989	68204	48387	19817	3.59538	2.55073	1.04466	1228	9.39844	43	0.3291	40737	3533	7	2	46	1514	z	207	2341	48387	10186	947	7830	854	19817	68204	2.14746	0.18624	0.00037	0.00011	0.00242	0.07981	0.01091	0.12341	2.55073	0.53696	0.04992	0.41276	0.04502	1.04466	3.59538
201819	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	391	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	Special	102066	13508	8491	5017	13.23457	8.31913	4.91545	247	34.16321	59	8.16044	3904	748	0	0	0	270	z	153	2060	7135	261	103	3932	0	4296	11431	3.82498	0.73286	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.26453	0.14990	2.01830	6.99057	0.25572	0.10092	3.85241	0.00000	4.20904	11.19962
201819	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	392	E08000022	North Tyneside	State-funded primary	1850635	67213	46698	20515	3.63189	2.52335	1.10854	1173	9.21228	14	0.10995	39676	3271	105	9	0	1220	z	113	2304	46698	13243	539	6042	691	20515	67213	2.14391	0.17675	0.00567	0.00049	0.00000	0.06592	0.00611	0.12450	2.52335	0.71559	0.02913	0.32648	0.03734	1.10854	3.63189
201819	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	393	E08000023	South Tyneside	State-funded primary	1474909	60717	49282	11435	4.11666	3.34136	0.7753	1175	11.57293	37	0.36442	40481	2621	10	0	0	3585	z	205	2380	49282	6070	559	4749	57	11435	60717	2.74464	0.17771	0.00068	0.00000	0.00000	0.24307	0.01390	0.16137	3.34136	0.41155	0.03790	0.32199	0.00386	0.77530	4.11666
201819	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	394	E08000024	Sunderland	Total	4894108	248799	164877	83922	5.08364	3.36889	1.71476	4945	14.50572	316	0.92696	130355	11857	36	2	237	3595	z	5168	12217	163467	28724	1922	48489	4115	83250	246717	2.66351	0.24227	0.00074	0.00004	0.00484	0.07346	0.10560	0.24963	3.34008	0.58691	0.03927	0.99076	0.08408	1.70102	5.04110

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 47 variables
Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

Footnotes

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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