Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

04 - Absence for 4 year olds

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Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4. 

National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2012/13. 

School data from 2016/17. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17. Collected from 2012/13


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
Filters
  • School type
Time period
2012/13 Autumn term to 2021/22 Autumn term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_typeschool_nametrustestabschool_laestabschool_urnacademy_typeacademy_open_dateall_throughnum_schoolsenrolmentssess_possiblesess_overallsess_overall_percent
202122Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandTotal164426242897920631556770447.16741
202122Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandTotal state-funded primary and secondary158966198647866851055906397.10658
202122Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primary157466116587766295255148937.10106
202122Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondary15082061005558757467.53273
202122Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandSpecial54644255378058640516.06623

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables
Variable nameVariable description
enrolmentsNumber of pupil enrolments
num_schoolsNumber of schools
school_typeSchool type - Filter by school type
sess_overallNumber of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percentOverall absence rate

Footnotes

  1. Total includes state-funded primary and secondary schools. Does not include special schools. Available from 2006/07 to present (data for special schools is available from 2016/17 onwards).
  2. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.

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