Data set from The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4

Key stage 2 attainment by absence percentage point

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Published 6 May 2022

Last updated 6 May 2022

This file contains the overall absence percentage point bands and relates to attainment at key stage 2.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
  • Percentage of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
  • Total number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 in reading, writing and maths (combined)
• Filters:
  • Overall absence percentile groups
  • Overall absence rate
• Time period: 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	school_type	key_stage	overall_absence_percent	overall_absence_percent_groups	total_number_of_pupils_at_the_end_of_key_stage_2	number_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	number_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm	percentage_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	percentage_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	Total	Total	558581	378112	62797	67.7	11.2
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	0	Total	2512	2108	548	83.9	21.8
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	0>-<1	Total	68940	54380	12547	78.9	18.2
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	1-<2	Total	110003	82193	16283	74.7	14.8
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	2-<3	Total	101406	72282	12504	71.3	12.3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
number_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	Total number of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
number_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm	Total number of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
overall_absence_percent	Overall absence rate
overall_absence_percent_groups	Overall absence percentile groups
percentage_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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Footnotes

1. Overall absence is calculated over all of KS2. This is equivalent to years 3, 4, 5 and 6 over academic years 2015/16 to 2018/19. Only pupils for whom valid absence data exists for all academic years have been included.
2. Includes data for pupils in state-funded mainstream schools.
3. Includes those pupils who reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths. The expected standard in reading and maths is a scaled score of 100 or above. The expected standard in writing is a teacher assessment of 'working at the expected standard' (EXS) or 'working at greater depth' (GDS).
4. Attainment categories within this analysis are mutually exclusive, therefore pupils meeting the expected standard excludes those reaching the higher standard.
5. Percentage point bands with less than 500 eligible pupils have not been included in the chart.
6. Includes those pupils who reached a higher standard in all of reading, writing and maths. A higher standard is a scaled score of 110 or more in reading and maths and pupils assessed as 'working at greater depth' (GDS) in writing TA.
7. Enrolment level absence information has been aggregated to pupil level using a unique pupil identifier, summing all absence and possible session data for each pupil regardless of which school the sessions were accrued at. See methodology.

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