Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

Enrolments with one or more session of absence

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Published 6 May 2020

Last updated 6 May 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2018/19
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to arriving late
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term

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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	school_type	estab	laestab	urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	enrol_overall	enrol_authorised	enrol_unauthorised	enrol_auth_illness	enrol_auth_appointments	enrol_auth_religious	enrol_auth_study	enrol_auth_traveller	enrol_auth_holiday	enrol_auth_ext_holiday	enrol_auth_excluded	enrol_auth_other	enrol_unauth_holiday	enrol_unauth_late	enrol_unauth_other	enrol_unauth_noyet
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary and secondary							20121	6835059	4879203	4475573	1552264	3832378	1230919	41219	7194	3714	77744	.	94443	551762	419004	276398	948757	140577
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary							16739	3885774	2712245	2463771	863327	2090413	629903	25311	328	2716	58738	.	15251	269650	294255	192020	440191	61008
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary							3382	2949285	2166958	2011802	688937	1741965	601016	15908	6866	998	19006	.	79192	282112	124749	84378	508566	79569
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary and secondary							1033	317616	231218	209941	78838	186146	48932	289	30	210	5392	.	5534	21536	26682	7848	47215	7887
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary							858	175079	124379	112823	40250	100573	25523	181	13	150	3962	.	472	8841	17962	5997	18544	3411

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 19 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrol_auth_appointments	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to medical or dental appointments
enrol_auth_excluded	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to exclusion
enrol_auth_ext_holiday	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed extended family holiday
enrol_auth_holiday	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
enrol_auth_illness	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to illness

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Footnotes

1. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
2. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
3. The number of enrolments with one or more session of absence for specific reason.
4. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.

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