Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by pupil characteristic

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information for the full academic year, 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: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised absence rate exact
Number of authorised absence sessions
Filters: Characteristic
School type
Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_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	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_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_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
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	Total	Ethnicity Minor Bangladeshi	7071	2483021	182663	138236	44427	7.35648	5.56725	1.78923	1702	24.07015	61	0.862678546174	575957	95208	65506	29702	16.5304	11.37342	5.15698	109739	6580	2980	1803	5	2873	z	812	11271	136063	13326	2571	25855	1754	43506	179569	23623	20020
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	Total	FSM not eligible in last 6 years	516002	184893360	7671621	6048941	1622680	4.14921	3.27158	0.87763	38708	7.50152	2453	0.475385754318	12599423	2275001	1648899	626102	18.05639	13.0871	4.96929	4602013	516628	24300	62628	20379	171737	z	81016	499523	5978224	743337	88007	714360	55724	1601428	7579652	0	630482
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	State-funded primary	NC Year Not followed or missing	4084	112266	19698	7475	12223	17.54583	6.65829	10.88753	1675	41.01371	869	21.278158667972	40681	18063	6461	11602	44.40156	15.88211	28.51946	3110	255	112	4	54	78	z	269	3593	7475	1167	270	9938	848	12223	19698	0	40
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Regional	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	Total	SEN primary need No specialist assessment	3776	1353310	113707	77465	36242	8.40214	5.72411	2.67803	1049	27.78072	54	1.430084745762	361087	69107	41347	27760	19.1386	11.4507	7.6879	60394	5023	833	647	353	562	z	1913	7574	77299	4615	2272	27393	1923	36203	113502	12841	5291
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Regional	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	State-funded primary	FSM unclassified in last 6 years	7349	831197	90865	51313	39552	10.93182	6.17339	4.75844	2529	34.41285	672	9.144101238263	253134	70445	34916	35529	27.82913	13.79348	14.03565	34472	1790	873	7	100	527	z	232	13128	51129	9748	731	26844	1817	39140	90269	6895	2530

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 39 variables
Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)

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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