Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information for full academic year 2020/21 for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate (persistent absentees only)
  • Authorised holiday rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	num_schools	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	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
200910	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	802	E06000024	North Somerset	Special	3	227	66659	4774	4502	272	7.16182	6.75378	0.40805	46	20.26432	13406	2804	2553	251	20.91601	19.04371	1.8723	4	1.76211	3200	598	2	0	0	356	10	34	302	4502	0	20	236	16	272	4774	z	z	4.800552063487301	0.8971031668641894	0.0030003450396796	0	0	0.5340614170629622	0.0150017251983978	0.0510058656745526	0.453052100991614	6.753776684318697	0	0.0300034503967956	0.3540407146821885	0.0240027603174365	0.4080469253964206	7.1618236097151176	0
200910	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	865	E06000054	Wiltshire	Total	235	56778	16682851	986132	852785	133347	5.91105	5.11175	0.79931	8894	15.66452	2507609	459933	364931	95002	18.3415	14.55295	3.78855	442	0.77847	580329	58896	984	22100	4985	68475	1182	14001	101833	852785	16041	15976	82355	18975	133347	986132	z	z	3.4785960744959	0.3530331835967366	0.0058982724235804	0.1324713623588678	0.0298809837718985	0.4104514270372612	0.0070851199234471	0.0839245042708827	0.6104052598683521	5.111746187746927	0.0961526300270859	0.0957630083730892	0.4936506356137809	0.1137395520705664	0.7993058260845224	5.911052013831449	0
200910	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	866	E06000030	Swindon	Total	78	26443	7782457	425432	359681	65751	5.46655	4.62169	0.84486000000000006	4037	15.2668	1134712	189962	144291	45671	16.74099	12.71609	4.0249	121	0.45759	255312	21341	1415	1235	199	40215	1315	6804	31845	359681	8796	5862	33730	17363	65751	425432	z	z	3.280609195784827	0.2742193114590932	0.0181819186408611	0.015869024396794	0.0025570330809409	0.5167391223619996	0.0168969773941571	0.0874274024257378	0.4091895400128777	4.621689525557288	0.1130234320600808	0.0753232558817864	0.4334106825132474	0.2231043486652095	0.8448617191203242	5.466551244677612	0
200910	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	879	E06000026	Plymouth	Total	91	31120	9192140	577900	510775	67125	6.28689	5.55665	0.73024	6027	19.36697	1713106	278535	227969	50566	16.25906	13.30735	2.95171	127	0.4081	364945	38527	641	6133	665	59007	904	4665	35288	510775	6562	7271	37358	15934	67125	577900	z	z	3.9701853975244066	0.4191298217825229	0.0069733489698808	0.0667200456041792	0.0072344415990183	0.6419288653131915	0.0098344890308459	0.050749879788602	0.3838931957085075	5.556649485321155	0.0713870763500121	0.0791001877691158	0.4064124349716171	0.1733437480282067	0.7302434471189516	6.286892932440106	0
200910	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	908	E06000052	Cornwall	Total	273	62373	18464160	1099457	982187	117270	5.95455	5.31942	0.63512	10878	17.44024	3118088	493277	410580	82697	15.81985	13.16768	2.65217	168	0.26935	708939	76789	920	430	984	124339	983	5474	63094	981952	12430	7716	53540	43530	117216	1099168	z	z	3.8395410351730055	0.4158813615133318	0.0049826258004697	0.0023288359719586	0.0053292432474589	0.6734072928310847	0.0053238273498497	0.0296466235127945	0.3417106437552534	5.318151489155206	0.0673196072824326	0.0417890659526347	0.2899671579968978	0.2357540229287441	0.6348298541607093	5.9529813433159156	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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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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