Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates in state-funded alternative provision - autumn and spring term combined

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Published 19 October 2023

Last updated 19 October 2023

Absence information for state-funded alternative provision (including pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and free schools). 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2022/23
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Time period: 2013/14 Autumn and spring term to 2022/23 Autumn and spring 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	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
201314	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	344	E08000015	Wirral	1	80	15986	5620	1281	4339	35.15576	8.01326	27.1425	65	81.25	z	z	482	26	0	0	0	0	z	355	418	1281	10	2	4321	6	4339	5620	0	0
201314	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	350	E08000001	Bolton	4	176	28632	6221	4036	2185	21.72744	14.09612	7.63132	96	54.54545	z	z	1670	181	10	0	0	66	z	80	2029	4036	0	0	2171	14	2185	6221	0	0
201314	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	352	E08000003	Manchester	3	515	92573	32804	16512	16292	35.43582	17.83673	17.59908	408	79.2233	z	z	3707	559	32	14	0	24	z	2761	9415	16512	78	2643	13570	1	16292	32804	0	0
201314	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	877	E06000007	Warrington	1	64	10765	2668	1478	1190	24.78402	13.72968	11.05434	43	67.1875	z	z	695	184	0	0	0	0	z	100	499	1478	48	7	1134	1	1190	2668	0	0
201314	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	380	E08000032	Bradford	4	468	76461	22238	6471	15767	29.08411	8.46314	20.62097	280	59.82906	z	z	2504	435	81	1	18	44	z	579	2809	6471	60	66	10707	4934	15767	22238	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 31 variables

Variable name	Variable description
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
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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