Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - termly

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 Autumn term to 2021/22 Summer term

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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	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	enrolments	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_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_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	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_ext_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	sess_x_covid_rate
201213	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	483887123	22805379	19457023	3348356	456882	13.3175463618405	10970	0.319761959519943	3430677	4.71295	4.02098	0.69197	14729544	1168784	301985	635	77173	2073681	34307	68624	970650	19425383	1041349	284357	1614886	400377	3340969	22766352	0	0	3.04400	0.24154	0.06241	0.00013	0.01595	0.42855	0.00709	0.01418	0.20059	4.01445	0.21520	0.05877	0.33373	0.08274	0.69044	4.70489	0.00000
201213	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	393911877	22477697	17837817	4639880	474166	16.975817928279	21701	0.776926698374794	2793185	5.70628	4.52838	1.1779	13505371	1508555	183349	60285	27362	709774	8707	423043	1332637	17759083	717684	224709	3130059	551491	4623943	22383026	0	0	3.42853	0.38297	0.04655	0.01530	0.00695	0.18019	0.00221	0.10740	0.33831	4.50839	0.18219	0.05705	0.79461	0.14000	1.17385	5.68224	0.00000
201314	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	494862831	19148804	15252051	3896753	348063	9.872066428116	10942	0.310346548919148	3525736	3.86952	3.08208	0.78744	11498148	1146193	596463	809	67771	883022	z	79410	948593	15220409	1414838	300338	1798510	375537	3889223	19109632	0	0	2.32350	0.23162	0.12053	0.00016	0.01369	0.17844	0.00000	0.01605	0.19169	3.07568	0.28591	0.06069	0.36344	0.07589	0.78592	3.86160	0.00000
201314	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	878748532	38067756	29822663	8245093	721620	11.4975530137858	30864	0.49175532304743	6276292	4.33204	3.39377	0.93828	22337291	2554081	967386	52506	87046	1163370	z	459088	2127256	29748024	2177126	501134	4741005	806098	8225363	37973387	0	0	2.54194	0.29065	0.11009	0.00598	0.00991	0.13239	0.00000	0.05224	0.24208	3.38527	0.24775	0.05703	0.53952	0.09173	0.93603	4.32130	0.00000
201516	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	894138130	36297336	28034679	8262657	672031	10.3491761850569	33124	0.510104611176903	6493570	4.05948	3.13539	0.92409	21266276	2425053	1031789	42285	84771	516927	z	562579	1984906	27914586	2225497	528988	4952692	523418	8230595	36145181	0	0	2.37841	0.27122	0.11539	0.00473	0.00948	0.05781	0.00000	0.06292	0.22199	3.12195	0.24890	0.05916	0.55391	0.05854	0.92051	4.04246	0.00000

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 48 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Persistent absence rate
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Severe absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. 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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