Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

01 - Absence rates by geographic level

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

Absence information for full academic year 2020/21 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. Includes school level data.

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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 absence rate (persistent absentees only)
  • Authorised holiday rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	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	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	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_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	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						Total									21256	7223088	2538994649	117183525	85416979	31766546	4.61535	3.3642	1.25115	872438	12.07846	276734656	59102231	38385592	20716639	21.357	13.8709	7.4861	81652	1.13043	52065576	4640369	2193634	754708	213006	476386	z	1482116	22607252	84433047	3706915	1448389	24704700	1640340	31500344	115933391	541154384	17852111	2.0506374844274042	0.1827640322844966	0.0863977401789317	0.0297246786359809	0.0083893835728994	0.0187627807796928	z	0.0583741285387798	0.8904017189994480	3.3254519474176332	0.1459993230572578	0.0570457681181194	0.9730111093274699	0.0646058864537607	1.2406620869566078	4.5661140343742410	21.3137268411785455
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary									16798	3956727	1413396586	51400577	38337355	13063222	3.63667	2.71243	0.92424	347489	8.78223	109093741	20638455	13624692	7013763	18.91809	12.48898	6.42912	28314	0.71559	24241308	2028236	1294916	1115	171811	344418	z	159182	9252667	37493653	2666128	867123	8735569	554470	12823290	50316943	264920778	5791714	1.7151101283330820	0.1435008418790676	0.0916173148305595	0.0000788879788620	0.0121558946513544	0.0243681075369458	z	0.0112623733194726	0.6546405369624970	2.6527340854918409	0.1886326899617968	0.0613502967666005	0.6180550516767698	0.0392296122328401	0.9072676506380071	3.5600017361298480	18.7435558161168503
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary									3405	3147760	1084447316	59525923	41683871	17842052	5.48906	3.84379	1.64527	466903	14.83287	147650950	33001874	20089988	12911886	22.35128	13.60641	8.74487	46717	1.48413	26486223	2331788	864400	751448	38423	74973	z	1284849	9789854	41621958	993081	546304	15231235	1057065	17827685	59449643	271461487	11519338	2.4423706536242651	0.2150208650615536	0.0797088053284462	0.0692931771708124	0.0035430951262551	0.0069134755459158	z	0.1184796145504961	0.9027505398888368	3.8380802262965811	0.0915748497274164	0.0503762600487639	1.4045159018126059	0.0974749980385400	1.6439420096273261	5.4820222359239073	25.0322429679008952
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	National	E92000001	England						Special									1053	118601	41150747	6257025	5395753	861272	15.20513	13.11216	2.09297	58046	48.94225	19989965	5461902	4670912	790990	27.32322	23.36628	3.95694	6621	5.58258	1338045	280345	34318	2145	2772	56995	z	38085	3564731	5317436	47706	34962	737896	28805	849369	6166805	4772119	541059	3.2515691634953796	0.6812634531275945	0.0833958129605764	0.0052125420712290	0.0067362082151267	0.1385029535429819	z	0.0925499602716811	8.6626155291907581	12.9218456228753271	0.1159298517715851	0.0849607906267169	1.7931533539354705	0.0699987293061776	2.0640427256399501	14.9858883485152773	11.5966764831753844
202021	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total									1093	334364	119029986	5769305	4075488	1693817	4.84693	3.42392	1.42302	43368	12.9703	14047086	3046776	1913740	1133036	21.68974	13.62375	8.06599	4125	1.23369	2534894	207348	41114	7191	11804	30743	z	111141	1111629	4055864	173872	42210	1384241	87449	1687772	5743636	26339048	703209	2.1296263951505464	0.1741981218077267	0.0345408761116716	0.0060413348280155	0.0099168288568899	0.0258279455733112	z	0.0933722700765503	0.9339066880172531	3.4074304604219646	0.1460741161475059	0.0354616524948596	1.1629346910954018	0.0734680419100444	1.4179385016478117	4.8253689620697763	22.1280778777878710

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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)

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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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