Absence by term
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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
- Authorised absence rate
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised holiday sessions
- Filters
- School type
- Term
- Time period
- 2012/13 to 2016/17
Data set preview
time_identifier | term | time_period | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | sess_possible | sess_overall | sess_authorised | sess_unauthorised | sess_overall_percent | sess_authorised_percent | sess_unauthorised_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 |
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Academic year | Total | 201617 | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 1404325264 | 56595915 | 41781439 | 14814476 | 4 | 3 | 1.1 | 32519361 | 3173736 | 987526 | 1952 | 193796 | 1277823 | . | 321948 | 2811668 | 41287810 | 6400983 | 1022005 | 6549627 | 666875 | 14639490 | 55927300 | |||||
Academic year | Autumn term | 201617 | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 519660210 | 20162208 | 15502973 | 4659235 | 3.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 12045714 | 1143952 | 599422 | 667 | 61630 | 403401 | . | 107323 | 966466 | 15328575 | 1864496 | 356722 | 2147320 | 240824 | 4609362 | 19937937 | |||||
Academic year | Spring term | 201617 | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 443939216 | 18032500 | 14271435 | 3761065 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11842010 | 1004697 | 12774 | 399 | 37116 | 256433 | . | 106122 | 842236 | 14101787 | 1213075 | 330851 | 1998022 | 178846 | 3720794 | 17822581 | |||||
Academic year | Summer term | 201617 | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 440725838 | 18401207 | 12007031 | 6394176 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 8631637 | 1025087 | 375330 | 886 | 95050 | 617989 | . | 108503 | 1002966 | 11857448 | 3323412 | 334432 | 2404285 | 247205 | 6309334 | 18166782 | |||||
Academic year | Total | 201617 | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 1003038626 | 53682923 | 38499947 | 15182976 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 28361867 | 3441275 | 640291 | 611726 | 57664 | 412313 | . | 1520471 | 3346556 | 38392163 | 2526937 | 583351 | 11113007 | 928170 | 15151465 | 53543628 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
sess_auth_appointments | Number of medical appointments sessions |
sess_auth_excluded | Number of excluded sessions |
sess_auth_ext_holiday | Number of extended authorised holiday sessions |
sess_auth_holiday | Number of authorised holiday sessions |
Footnotes
- Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
- 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.
- 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.
- State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
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