Data set from The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4

Key stage 2 absence and attainment overall

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Published 6 May 2022

Last updated 6 May 2022

This file contains the overall absence and attainment data at key stage 2.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of eligible pupils
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of sessions possible
• Filters:
  • Attainment in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2
• Time period: 2018/19

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Table showing first 4 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	school_type	key_stage	attainment_ks2_rwm	eligible_pupils	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State-funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	Did not meet expected standard	180469	272525495	12893045	4.7
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State-funded mainstream schools	Key stage 3	Met expected standard	315315	476330485	16517246	3.5
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State-funded mainstream schools	Key stage 4	Met higher standard	62797	94890890	2530305	2.7
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State-funded mainstream schools	Key stage 5	Total	558581	843746870	31940596	3.8

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
attainment_ks2_rwm	Attainment in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2
eligible_pupils	Number of eligible pupils
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible

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Footnotes

1. Overall absence is calculated over all of KS2. This is equivalent to years 3, 4, 5 and 6 over academic years 2015/16 to 2018/19. Only pupils for whom valid absence data exists for all academic years have been included.
2. Includes those pupils who reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths. The expected standard in reading and maths is a scaled score of 100 or above. The expected standard in writing is a teacher assessment of 'working at the expected standard' (EXS) or 'working at greater depth' (GDS).
3. Attainment categories within this analysis are mutually exclusive, therefore pupils meeting the expected standard excludes those reaching the higher standard.
4. Includes those pupils who reached a higher standard in all of reading, writing and maths. A higher standard is a scaled score of 110 or more in reading and maths and pupils assessed as 'working at greater depth' (GDS) in writing TA.
5. Enrolment level absence information has been aggregated to pupil level using a unique pupil identifier, summing all absence and possible session data for each pupil regardless of which school the sessions were accrued at. See methodology.

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