Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms

Absence rates by pupil characteristic - autumn and spring combined

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

Absence information for autumn and spring term combined by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity for England. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2021/22 Autumn and spring term

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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	characteristic	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	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
202122	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				State-funded secondary	Ethnicity Major - Any other ethnic group	5935	1411930	95045	71636	23409	6.73157	5.07362	1.65794	1205	20.30329	267146	50475	33282	17193	18.89416	12.45836	6.43581	59056	4439	321	364	72	223	z	1397	5530	71402	3382	1321	17386	1222	23311	94713	18763	19537
202122	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				State-funded secondary	Ethnicity Major - White Total	393932	97397847	8878619	6791890	2086729	9.11583	6.97335	2.14248	109977	27.91776	26338690	5789259	3950092	1839167	21.98006	14.9973	6.98276	5598504	359758	1552	42911	7777	13233	z	134904	621817	6780456	88740	110804	1803223	80845	2083612	8864068	1687036	1436792
202122	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				State-funded secondary	Ethnicity Minor - Bangladeshi	3044	754126	50800	38750	12050	6.73627	5.1384	1.59788	659	21.64915	160940	27243	18781	8462	16.92743	11.66957	5.25786	33137	2040	56	282	1	425	z	566	2204	38711	2110	674	8634	612	12030	50741	9421	11901
202122	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				State-funded secondary	Ethnicity Minor - Black African	13525	3294163	137836	108590	29246	4.18425	3.29644	0.88781	1313	9.70795	291964	51113	34610	16503	17.50661	11.8542	5.65241	87699	7251	110	785	5	583	z	3396	8616	108445	3513	3606	18892	3139	29150	137595	33404	38455
202122	Autumn and spring term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				State-funded secondary	Ethnicity Minor - White and Black Caribbean	6430	1577464	180552	125788	54764	11.44571	7.97406	3.47165	2398	37.29393	572389	134248	84799	49449	23.45398	14.81492	8.63905	100306	6115	19	562	2	295	z	4530	13472	125301	1391	3931	46858	2170	54350	179651	27693	25095

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 37 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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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

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