Data set from Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

LA - Absence (six half terms)

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Full-year absence by type of school and social care group for children in need (excluding children on a child protection plan and children looked after), children on a child protection plan (excluding children looked after) and children looked after. Data for 2019/20 is not available.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Number of rows: 17,190
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of severe absentees
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Total number of pupils or enrolments
  • Authorised absence percentage
  • Overall absence percentage
  • Persistent absentees percentage
  • Severe absentees percentage
  • Unauthorised absence percentage
• Filters:
  • School type
  • Social care group
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2022/23

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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	la_name	new_la_code	year_breakdown	social_care_group	school_type	t_pupils	t_sess_possible	t_sess_overall	pt_overall	t_sess_authorised	pt_sess_authorised	t_sess_unauthorised	pt_sess_unauthorised	t_pupils_pa_10_exact	pt_pupils_pa_10_exact	t_pupils_pa_50_exact	pt_pupils_pa_50_exact
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Six half terms	CINO at 31 March	Total	120300	41250570	7249030	17.6	3858660	9.4	3390370	8.2	58670	48.8	12530	10.4
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Six half terms	CINO at 31 March	State-funded secondary	46740	15339540	3899150	25.4	1690780	11	2208370	14.4	29700	63.5	8670	18.5
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Six half terms	CINO at 31 March	State-funded primary	50150	17797500	1943910	10.9	1165410	6.5	778500	4.4	18390	36.7	1240	2.5
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Six half terms	CINO at 31 March	State-funded AP school	2030	592150	297900	50.3	138780	23.4	159120	26.9	1860	92	1050	51.8
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Six half terms	CINO at 31 March	Special	21390	7521380	1108070	14.7	863700	11.5	244380	3.2	8720	40.8	1570	7.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 14 variables

Variable name	Variable description
pt_overall	Overall absence percentage
pt_pupils_pa_10_exact	Persistent absentees percentage
pt_pupils_pa_50_exact	Severe absentees percentage
pt_sess_authorised	Authorised absence percentage
pt_sess_unauthorised	Unauthorised absence percentage
school_type	School type - Filter by school type
social_care_group	Social care group - Filter by social care group
t_pupils	Total number of pupils or enrolments
t_pupils_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
t_pupils_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees
t_sess_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
t_sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
t_sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
t_sess_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions

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