Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school level - full academic years

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Published 17 October 2024

Last updated 17 October 2024

Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary and secondary schools and special schools (from 2016/17) including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Autumn and spring term 2023/24
Release type
Geographic levels: School
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
Authorised holiday rate
Filters: School type
Time period: 2013/14 to 2022/23

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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	education_phase	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_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
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	208	E09000022	Lambeth	State-funded primary	Loughborough Primary School		2905	2082905	133584				1	259	88158	6161	4345	1816	6.98859	4.92865	2.05994	58	22.39382	19287	3385	1941	1444	17.55068	10.06377	7.48691	3	1.1583	3391	268	502	2	0	48	z	2	132	4345	421	51	1202	142	1816	6161	3026	3.84650287	0.303999637	0.569432156	0.002268654	0	0.054447696	z	0.002268654	0.149731165	4.928650831	0.477551669	0.057850677	1.363461059	0.161074435	2.059937839	6.98858867
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	210	E09000028	Southwark	State-funded secondary	Haberdashers' Borough Academy	HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST	4006	2104006	147073	Secondary free school	02/09/2019		1	749	242576	20204	8112	12092	8.32894	3.34411	4.98483	204	27.23632	61267	11974	4294	7680	19.54396	7.00867	12.5353	19	2.53672	4924	780	513	0	0	204	z	790	901	8112	976	737	10324	55	12092	20204	10673	2.029879296	0.321548711	0.211480113	0	0	0.084097355	z	0.32567113	0.371429985	3.344106589	0.40234813	0.303822307	4.255985753	0.022673307	4.984829497	8.328936086
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	210	E09000028	Southwark	State-funded secondary	St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School		4680	2104680	100849				1	610	207128	12150	9243	2907	5.86594	4.46246	1.40348	106	17.37705	34390	6182	4256	1926	17.97616	12.37569	5.60047	9	1.47541	7097	954	233	0	1	0	z	262	696	9243	0	674	2233	0	2907	12150	8029	3.426383685	0.460584759	0.112490827	0	0.000482793	0	z	0.126491831	0.336024101	4.462457997	0	0.32540265	1.078077324	0	1.403479974	5.865937971
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	210	E09000028	Southwark	State-funded primary	St Anthony's Catholic Primary School		5201	2105201	100852				1	345	125593	5679	5193	486	4.52175	4.13478	0.38696	28	8.11594	9777	1368	1175	193	13.99202	12.018	1.97402	0	0	4147	305	4	0	0	279	z	7	451	5193	247	179	46	14	486	5679	2120	3.301935617	0.242847929	0.003184891	0	0	0.222146139	z	0.005573559	0.359096446	4.134784582	0.196667012	0.142523867	0.036626245	0.011147118	0.386964242	4.521748824
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	210	E09000028	Southwark	Special	Spa School Camberwell	SPA EDUCATION TRUST	7000	2107000	143745	Special free school	01/09/2020	All through	1	76	28174	1626	1626	0	5.77128	5.77128	0	11	14.47368	4094	655	655	0	15.99902	15.99902	0	0	0	972	83	0	0	0	16	z	0	555	1626	0	0	0	0	0	1626	164	3.449989352	0.294597856	0	0	0	0.056789948	z	0	1.969901327	5.771278484	0	0	0	0	0	5.771278484

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables
Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
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

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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