Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school location - IDACI and urban or rurality - school level

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 7 April 2025

Absence information by the school location including the level of depravation and rurality. Includes where a school location may differ from administrative authority responsible for the school. 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 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of school location
  • Local authority responsible for school
  • Rurality band of school location
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	sch_rurality	sch_idaci	sch_admin_la	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	England	E92000001	E12000007	London	E09000001	City of London		E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	90 - 100 % least deprived	201	2013614	100000	The Aldgate School	178	65360	2811	4.3008	2194	3.35679	617	0.944	15	8.42697
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	England	E92000001	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden		E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	50 - 60 %	202	2022000	136807	St Luke's Church of England School	93	31827	1687	5.30053	1192	3.74525	495	1.55528	14	15.05376
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	England	E92000001	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden		E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	0 - 10 % most deprived	202	2022001	139837	Abacus Belsize Primary School	127	44628	1836	4.11401	1311	2.93762	525	1.17639	8	6.29921
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	England	E92000001	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden		E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	0 - 10 % most deprived	202	2022002	140686	Kings Cross Academy	322	112449	7928	7.05031	5215	4.63766	2713	2.41265	80	24.84472
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	England	E92000001	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden		E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	10 - 20 %	202	2022019	100008	Argyle Primary School	245	86999	4611	5.30006	3499	4.02189	1112	1.27818	33	13.46939

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
sch_admin_la	Local authority responsible for school

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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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