Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

01 (termly) - Absence rates by geographic level - Termly data

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

Termly absence information 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 2020/21
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 Autumn term to 2020/21 Summer 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_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
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	955871618	44557540	31307171	13250369	4.66146	3.27525	1.38621	23899882	1808488	21846	75384	109650	138579	z	662494	4259777	30976100	1182142	506959	10792629	664414	13146144	44122244	66831468	4457855	2.50032	0.1892	0.00229	0.00789	0.01147	0.0145	0	0.06931	0.44564	3.24061	0.12367	0.05304	1.12909	0.06951	1.3753	4.61592	6.99168
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	527419271	19408597	13912081	5496516	3.67992	2.63777	1.04215	10721206	782309	13976	630	90539	98147	z	65158	1852729	13624694	827819	311857	4025755	237795	5403226	19027920	29256214	1649741	2.03277	0.14833	0.00265	0.00012	0.01717	0.01861	0	0.01235	0.35128	2.58328	0.15696	0.05913	0.76329	0.04509	1.02447	3.60774	5.54705
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	413012492	23515140	16121764	7393376	5.69357	3.90346	1.79011	12569559	920813	7578	74575	17856	23362	z	579546	1900654	16093943	338089	182734	6451484	414371	7386678	23480621	36072236	2622676	3.04338	0.22295	0.00183	0.01806	0.00432	0.00566	0	0.14032	0.46019	3.89672	0.08186	0.04424	1.56206	0.10033	1.78849	5.68521	8.73393
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Special	15439855	1633803	1273326	360477	10.58173	8.24701	2.33472	609117	105366	292	179	1255	17070	z	17790	506394	1257463	16234	12368	315390	12248	356240	1613703	1503018	185438	3.9451	0.68243	0.00189	0.00116	0.00813	0.11056	0	0.11522	3.27978	8.14427	0.10514	0.0801	2.0427	0.07933	2.30728	10.45154	9.73466
202021	Spring term	National	E92000001	England						Total	762654667	24976366	20999255	3977111	3.27492	2.75344	0.52148	6112414	652390	3365	23520	12403	23228	z	176117	13703077	20706514	476088	194909	2972128	300592	3943717	24650231	438795923	11885628	0.80147	0.08554	0.00044	0.00308	0.00163	0.00305	0	0.02309	1.79676	2.71506	0.06243	0.02556	0.38971	0.03941	0.5171	3.23216	57.53534

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 43 variables

Variable name	Variable description
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions
sess_auth_appointments_rate	Medical appointments rate
sess_auth_excluded	Number of excluded sessions
sess_auth_excluded_rate	Excluded rate

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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 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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