Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms

06 (termly) - Absence rates by pupil characteristic - Termly data

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Published 21 October 2021

Last updated 21 October 2021

Termly absence information by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity for England. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2020/21 Autumn term to 2020/21 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	characteristic	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	sess_possible_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact	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
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7160504	955679406	44557049	31306805	13250244	4.66234	3.27587	1.38647	916134	12.79427	117754808	25945020	15801018	10144002	22.0330876	13.41857566	8.614511944	23899740	1808486	21846	75384	109650	138579	:	662488	4259561	30975734	1182102	506958	10792549	664410	13146019	44121753	66644784	4431366
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender_female	3498182	466816589	21412749	14982640	6430109	4.58697	3.20953	1.37744	440143	12.58205	56514783	12341905	7439614	4902291	21.83836572	13.1640141	8.674351629	11730722	891416	10714	43321	52596	66223	:	180177	1857142	14832311	584337	243970	5223710	330232	6382249	21214560	32241325	2136100
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender_unclassified	1	134	38	38	0	28.35821	28.35821	0	1	100	134	38	38	0	28.35820896	28.35820896	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	:	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	0
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	FSM_eligible	1520487	200978182	15650902	9301204	6349698	7.78736	4.62797	3.1594	358549	23.58119	47223139	11220691	5947025	5273666	23.761002	12.59345551	11.16754649	6727508	487032	2625	6643	35470	32189	:	305960	1607884	9205311	336023	270773	5418266	276620	6301682	15506993	17074543	1060237
202021	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	FSM_unclassified	36156	694256	188548	81909	106639	27.15828	11.7981	15.36018	17726	49.02644	320822	182632	78004	104628	56.92627064	24.31379394	32.6124767	25563	1110	4	0	984	99	:	348	52742	80850	3848	699	92183	8447	105177	186027	48341	4629

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 37 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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