Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Enrolments with one or more session of absence, including by reason for absence

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

The number of enrolments with one or more session of absence, including by reason for absence. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to arriving late
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	num_schools	enrolments	enrol_overall	enrol_authorised	enrol_unauthorised	enrol_auth_illness	enrol_auth_appointments	enrol_auth_religious	enrol_auth_study	enrol_auth_traveller	enrol_auth_holiday	enrol_auth_ext_holiday	enrol_auth_excluded	enrol_auth_other	enrol_unauth_holiday	enrol_unauth_late	enrol_unauth_other	enrol_unauth_noyet	enrol_x_covid	enrol_y_exceptional
Academic year	Six half terms	201314	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	801	E06000023	Bristol, City of	Special	8	576	548	540	287	445	308	40	0	0	75	z	80	270	23	83	240	18	0	0
Academic year	Six half terms	201314	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	802	E06000024	North Somerset	State-funded secondary	10	11001	10311	10131	4033	9364	4463	62	128	0	274	z	375	3376	929	805	2796	672	0	0
Academic year	Six half terms	201314	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	836	E06000029	Poole	State-funded primary	27	8450	7756	7558	2786	6968	2971	111	1	10	771	z	84	1712	881	1023	1501	325	0	0
Academic year	Six half terms	201314	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	836	E06000029	Poole	State-funded secondary	9	7534	7052	6894	3010	6346	3588	88	180	10	224	z	329	1705	439	691	1947	928	0	0
Academic year	Six half terms	201314	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	837	E06000028	Bournemouth	State-funded primary	27	9944	9099	8860	3324	8225	3304	180	0	1	439	z	113	1920	1033	1046	1871	544	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 21 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrol_auth_appointments	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to medical or dental appointments
enrol_auth_excluded	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to exclusion
enrol_auth_ext_holiday	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
enrol_auth_holiday	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
enrol_auth_illness	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to illness

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. 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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