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

Absence by percent bands

Not the latest data

Published 6 May 2020

Last updated 6 May 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2018/19
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
• Filters:
  • Absence percentage band
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary and secondary	Total	6835059	100	6835059	100	6835059	100
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary and secondary	0	1955856	28.6151	2359486	34.5204	5282795	77.2897
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary and secondary	0.01 - 0.99	334527	4.89428	360659	5.2766	199968	2.92562
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary and secondary	1.00 - 1.99	947605	13.8639	1036343	15.1622	437854	6.406
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary and secondary	2.00 - 2.99	903975	13.2256	936214	13.6972	244565	3.5781

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_overall	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_overall_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_unauthorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence

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Footnotes

1. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
2. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.

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