Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for four year olds

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 20 March 2025

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England						Total	16490	632570	221292327	14597979	6.59669
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	15784	618937	216632077	14171129	6.54157
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	154	8548	2898208	209690	7.23516
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England						Special	552	5085	1762042	217160	12.32434
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	874	28546	10235038	674883	6.59385

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence 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 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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