Absence rates national - termly
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Absence information for autumn, spring and summer terms at national level in state funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release
- Autumn term 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised holiday rate
- Authorised other rate
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2018/19 Autumn term to 2023/24 Autumn term
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time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | school_type | 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 | enrolments_pa_50_exact | enrolments_pa_50_exact_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 | sess_x_covid | sess_y_exceptional | sess_auth_illness_rate | sess_auth_appointments_rate | sess_auth_religious_rate | sess_auth_study_rate | sess_auth_traveller_rate | sess_auth_holiday_rate | sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate | sess_auth_excluded_rate | sess_auth_other_rate | sess_auth_totalreasons_rate | sess_unauth_holiday_rate | sess_unauth_late_rate | sess_unauth_other_rate | sess_unauth_noyet_rate | sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate | sess_overall_totalreasons_rate | sess_x_covid_rate |
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202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 7243517 | 992097450 | 66345877 | 44790408 | 21555469 | 6.68744 | 4.51472 | 2.17272 | 1407802 | 19.43534 | 142487 | 1.9671 | 34475258 | 2895393 | 76188 | 30313 | 78855 | 475027 | z | 1455962 | 4854356 | 44341352 | 4705771 | 1579660 | 14647721 | 463955 | 21397107 | 65738459 | z | 3192702 | 3.474987059 | 0.291845625 | 0.007679488 | 0.003055446 | 0.007948312 | 0.047881083 | z | 0.146755946 | 0.489302336 | 4.469455294 | 0.474325481 | 0.159224278 | 1.476439739 | 0.046765063 | 2.156754561 | 6.626209855 | z |
202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 3279477 | 443688893 | 36159390 | 22930406 | 13228984 | 8.14972 | 5.16813 | 2.98159 | 768699 | 23.43968 | 103021 | 3.14139 | 17326511 | 1494288 | 30782 | 29545 | 18643 | 114616 | z | 1285062 | 2607271 | 22906718 | 1582390 | 814731 | 10539766 | 283535 | 13220422 | 36127140 | z | 2362379 | 3.905103615 | 0.336787335 | 0.006937744 | 0.006658945 | 0.004201818 | 0.025832515 | z | 0.289631321 | 0.587634949 | 5.162788242 | 0.356644042 | 0.183626639 | 2.375485654 | 0.063904011 | 2.979660345 | 8.142448587 | z |
202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 3828263 | 529786753 | 27819920 | 20067135 | 7752785 | 5.25115 | 3.78778 | 1.46338 | 589965 | 15.41078 | 31109 | 0.81261 | 16130533 | 1227472 | 44380 | 674 | 59048 | 304351 | z | 138317 | 1749093 | 19653868 | 3059329 | 729136 | 3654618 | 165008 | 7608091 | 27261959 | z | 690238 | 3.044721845 | 0.231691712 | 0.008376955 | 0.000127221 | 0.011145617 | 0.057447831 | z | 0.026108052 | 0.330150384 | 3.709769617 | 0.577464231 | 0.137628205 | 0.68982812 | 0.031146117 | 1.436066673 | 5.145836291 | z |
202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Special | 135777 | 18621804 | 2366567 | 1792867 | 573700 | 12.7086 | 9.62778 | 3.0808 | 49138 | 36.19022 | 8357 | 6.15495 | 1018214 | 173633 | 1026 | 94 | 1164 | 56060 | z | 32583 | 497992 | 1780766 | 64052 | 35793 | 453337 | 15412 | 568594 | 2349360 | z | 140085 | 5.467859075 | 0.932417718 | 0.00550967 | 0.000504785 | 0.006250737 | 0.301044947 | z | 0.174972307 | 2.674241443 | 9.562800682 | 0.343962379 | 0.192210164 | 2.434441905 | 0.082763195 | 3.053377643 | 12.61617833 | z |
202223 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 7205803 | 953596210 | 71792641 | 51949802 | 19842839 | 7.52862 | 5.44778 | 2.08084 | 1743159 | 24.19104436 | 125278 | 1.738570982 | 42563053 | 2632535 | 55809 | 46499 | 79228 | 474272 | z | 1049530 | 4382761 | 51283687 | 4184148 | 1205388 | 13656489 | 611077 | 19657102 | 70940789 | 449 | 3726863 | 4.46343 | 0.27606 | 0.00585 | 0.00488 | 0.00831 | 0.04974 | z | 0.11006 | 0.4596 | 5.37792 | 0.43878 | 0.1264 | 1.4321 | 0.06408 | 2.06137 | 7.43929 | 0.00005 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees |
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees |
enrolments_pa_50_exact | Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed) |
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed) |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.
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