Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for four year olds

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2016/17
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 to 2016/17

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	estab	laestab	urn	school_type	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	201617	School	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	303	E09000004	Bexley	6905	3036905	133769	State-funded secondary	Secondary sponsor led academy	01/09/2002	All through	1	65	13308	563	4.2
Academic year	201516	School	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	303	E09000004	Bexley	6905	3036905	133769	State-funded secondary	Secondary sponsor led academy	01/09/2002	All Through	1	95	30203	1416	4.7
Academic year	201415	School	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	303	E09000004	Bexley	6905	3036905	133769	State-funded secondary	Secondary Sponsor Led Academy	01/09/2002	All through	1	94	31215	813	2.6
Academic year	201314	School	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	303	E09000004	Bexley	6905	3036905	133769	State-funded secondary	Secondary sponsor led academy	01/09/2002	All through	1	83	26626	665	2.5
Academic year	201617	School	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	307	E09000009	Ealing	6905	3076905	134369	State-funded secondary	Secondary sponsor led academy	01/09/2003	All through	1	86	26236	1679	6.4

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables
Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
num_schools	Number of schools
school_type	School type - Filter by school type
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate

Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
Only overall absence is recorded for pupils aged 4, absences are not categorised as authorised or unauthorised.
x - 1 or 2 enrolments, or a percentage based on 1 or 2 enrolments.
State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.
Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of constituent parts as national and regional totals and totals across school types have been rounded to the nearest 5.
Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged 4, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered at more than one school).
State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.

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