Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates - school level

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information for full academic year 2020/21 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. Includes school level data.

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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: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
  • Authorised holiday rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2021/22

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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	school_name	trust	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	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	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_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
201617	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	333	E08000028	Sandwell	State-funded primary	Causeway Green Primary School		2178	3332178	103983				1	364	130749	5307	3573	1734	4.05892	2.73272	1.3262100000000001	28	7.69231	8912	1390	631	759	15.59695	7.08034	8.51661	0	0	3273	126	42	0	0	10	z	0	122	3573	598	97	1034	5	1734	5307	z	z	2.5032696234770437	0.096367849849712	0.0321226166165707	0	0	0.0076482420515644	z	0	0.0933085530290863	2.732716885023977	0.457364874683554	0.0741879479001751	0.7908282281317639	0.0038241210257822	1.3262051717412753	4.058922056765253	0
201617	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	931	E10000025	Oxfordshire	State-funded primary	The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School		3231	9313231	123151				1	54	19494	726	563	163	3.72422	2.88807	0.83615	4	7.40741	1520	196	150	46	12.89474	9.86842	3.02632	0	0	504	36	0	0	0	0	z	0	23	563	0	0	163	0	163	726	z	z	2.585410895660203	0.1846722068328717	0	0	0	0	z	0	0.1179850210321124	2.888068123525187	0	0	0.8361547142710578	0	0.8361547142710578	3.724222837796245	0
201415	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	213	E09000033	Westminster	State-funded primary	St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School		3582	2133582	101140				1	243	89160	3825	3083	742	4.29004	3.45783	0.83221	18	7.40741	6016	871	692	179	14.47806	11.50266	2.9754	0	0	2636	343	13	0	0	10	z	0	81	3083	232	109	148	253	742	3825	z	z	2.9564827276805743	0.3847016599371916	0.0145805293853746	0	0	0.0112157918349035	z	0	0.0908479138627187	3.4578286227007626	0.2602063705697622	0.1222521310004486	0.1659937191565725	0.2837595334230597	0.832211754149843	4.290040376850606	0
201718	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	888	E10000017	Lancashire	State-funded primary	Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School		3597	8883597	119576				1	94	33852	1149	998	151	3.39419	2.94813	0.44606	6	6.38298	1902	231	183	48	12.14511	9.62145	2.52366	0	0	882	58	4	0	0	14	z	0	40	998	0	0	151	0	151	1149	z	z	2.6054590570719602	0.1713340423017842	0.0118161408483989	0	0	0.0413564929693962	z	0	0.1181614084839891	2.9481271416755286	0	0	0.446059317027059	0	0.446059317027059	3.394186458702588	0
201415	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	886	E10000016	Kent	State-funded primary	Allington Primary School		5209	8865209	139096	Primary converter academy	2012-12-01		1	362	137324	3596	3172	424	2.61862	2.30987	0.30876	9	2.48619	3420	421	394	27	12.30994	11.52047	0.78947	0	0	2480	304	1	0	0	65	z	0	322	3172	364	18	40	2	424	3596	z	z	1.8059479770469837	0.2213742681541464	7.282048294544e-4	0	0	0.0473333139145379	z	0	0.2344819550843261	2.3098657190294487	0.2650665579214121	0.0131076869301797	0.0291281931781772	0.0014564096589089	0.3087588476886779	2.6186245667181267	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables

Variable name	Variable description
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)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)

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Footnotes

1. 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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