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

06 - Absence by pupil characteristics - national

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Published 27 May 2021

Last updated 27 May 2021

Absence information by pupil characteristics including age, gender, year group, free school meals, special educational needs, language and ethnicity for England. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2019/20 Autumn term to 2020/21 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	characteristic_group	characteristic	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	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_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_x_covid_rate
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	7056749	955674862	44556677	31306609	13250068	4.66233	3.27586	1.38646	916127	12.98228	117753930	25944691	15800859	10143832	22.03297	13.41854	8.61443	23899629	1808484	21846	75384	109650	138579	z	662482	4259500	30975554	1182102	506958	10792371	664406	13145837	44121391	66644646	4426638	6.973569009
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender	Gender male	3609606	488860250	23143911	16323946	6819965	4.73426	3.33918	1.39507	475983	13.18656	61239013	13602748	8361207	5241541	22.21255	13.6534	8.55915	12168886	917065	11132	32063	57054	72356	z	482305	2402359	16143220	597765	262988	5568669	334174	6763596	22906816	34403275	2292342	7.037445773
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender	Gender female	3447142	466814478	21412728	14982625	6430103	4.58699	3.20955	1.37744	440143	12.76835	56514783	12341905	7439614	4902291	21.83837	13.16401	8.67435	11730708	891416	10714	43321	52596	66223	z	180177	1857141	14832296	584337	243970	5223702	330232	6382241	21214537	32241371	2134296	6.906677603
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Major ethnic groups	Ethnicity Major White Total	5138789	699759316	32961083	23220058	9741025	4.71035	3.31829	1.39205	670043	13.03893	86871866	19450512	11874457	7576055	22.38989	13.66893	8.72095	17533119	1369557	12305	51175	106934	105426	z	510742	3257929	22947187	751950	369928	8100884	431102	9653864	32601051	45941495	2875343	6.565328099
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Minor ethnic groups	Ethnicity Minor White British	4608373	629367518	29210097	20948454	8261643	4.64118	3.32849	1.31269	590298	12.80925	77110728	17058548	10693880	6364668	22.12215	13.86821	8.25393	15872450	1237384	9686	46960	24769	89696	z	475349	2952786	20709080	570053	336531	6922716	357722	8187022	28896102	41174501	2518994	6.542203057

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 38 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by pupil characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

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