Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

03 - Absence rates as a percentage of possible sessions by band

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

The number of pupil enrolments by overall, authorised and unauthorised absence percentage point bands.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2020/21
Release type
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 non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
Filters: Absence percentage band
School type
Time period: 2013/14 to 2020/21

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	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	enrolments_sess_x_covid	enrolments_sess_x_covid_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7223088	100	7223088	100	7223088	100	7223088	100
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	0	986205	13.65351	1267897	17.55339	4494649	62.22614	290297	4.01902
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	0.01 - 0.99	1041367	14.4172	1197620	16.58044	1069998	14.81358	76766	1.06279
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	1.00 - 1.99	1267577	17.54896	1404992	19.4514	601228	8.3237	104079	1.44092
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	National	E92000001	England	Total	2.00 - 2.99	874941	12.11312	900393	12.46549	313287	4.3373	105769	1.46432

Table showing first 5 of 10 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_sess_x_covid	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)

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 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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