Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

04 - Absence rates in pupil referral units (PRUs)

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

Absence rates for pupil referral units

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Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of authorised holiday sessions
Time period: 2013/14 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	year_breakdown	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	school_name	trust	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_open_date	all_through	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	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_x_covid_rate
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						Pupil referral unit							341	30359	6673446	2249316	1409940	839376	33.70546	21.12762	12.57785	22622	74.51497	8440	27.80065	256483	33181	2588	5881	478	2278	z	51900	1014527	1367316	9661	32835	758061	16290	816847	2184163	845116	80209	12.66386
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Pupil referral unit							18	2027	443562	148027	95883	52144	33.37234	21.61659	11.75574	1580	77.94771	552	27.23236	16974	2654	33	5	8	42	z	3567	54479	77762	697	570	40233	545	42045	119807	63860	1228	14.39709
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Pupil referral unit							49	5231	1223382	460448	277277	183171	37.6373	22.66479	14.97251	4254	81.32288	1736	33.18677	51974	6358	395	1078	40	311	z	11692	193096	264944	1404	6766	157477	6938	172585	437529	173519	8889	14.18355
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Pupil referral unit							35	3311	787515	219499	115379	104120	27.87236	14.65102	13.22134	2242	67.71368	689	20.80942	22936	3686	252	305	4	355	z	3835	84006	115379	1448	1917	97764	2991	104120	219499	133266	17062	16.92234
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Pupil referral unit							22	1939	398538	103927	66610	37317	26.07706	16.71359	9.36347	1385	71.42857	413	21.29964	9631	1501	54	485	1	92	z	2015	43489	57268	397	667	35483	164	36711	93979	63952	10252	16.04665

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 32 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 persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)

Footnotes

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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