Data set from Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

National - Absence (six half terms)

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Full-year absence by type of school and social care group. Data for 2019/20 is not available.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
Filters
  • School type
  • Social care group
Time period
2016/17 to 2022/23

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameyear_breakdownsocial_care_groupschool_typet_pupilst_sess_possiblet_sess_overallpt_overallt_sess_authorisedpt_sess_authorisedt_sess_unauthorisedpt_sess_unauthorisedt_pupils_pa_10_exactpt_pupils_pa_10_exactt_pupils_pa_50_exactpt_pupils_pa_50_exact
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001Englandsix half termsAll pupils comparisonTotal743415025295068801890861407.51265574205625287202.5160100021.51648502.2
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001Englandsix half termsAll pupils comparisonState-funded secondaryxxxxxxxxxxxx
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001Englandsix half termsAll pupils comparisonState-funded primaryxxxxxxxxxxxx
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001Englandsix half termsAll pupils comparisonState-funded AP schoolxxxxxxxxxxxx
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001Englandsix half termsAll pupils comparisonSpecialxxxxxxxxxxxx

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 variables
Variable nameVariable description
pt_overallOverall absence percentage
pt_pupils_pa_10_exactPersistent absentees percentage
pt_pupils_pa_50_exactSevere absentees percentage
pt_sess_authorisedAuthorised absence percentage
pt_sess_unauthorisedUnauthorised absence percentage

Footnotes

  1. The all pupils comparison figures taken from the national publication are produced using a different methodology based on enrolments and the school type is allocated in a different way. As a result of this, the all pupils comparison is not provided by school type as it is not appropriate to compare. More detailed information on the absence data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
  2. With increased demand for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department for Education changed its data gathering and release practices, focussing efforts on priority analysis and statistics.  Therefore, no absence data relating to the full 2019/20 academic year is available.

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