Absence for 4 year olds (including special schools)
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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
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of schools
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2016/17 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term
Data set preview
| 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 | sess_possible | sess_overall | sess_overall_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 16375 | 640827 | 85836550 | 4066132 | 4.73706 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 15691 | 628046 | 84186686 | 3945821 | 4.68699 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 152 | 8621 | 1101480 | 56135 | 5.09632 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Special | 532 | 4160 | 548384 | 64176 | 11.70275 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Total | 869 | 29285 | 4140648 | 203722 | 4.92005 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| num_schools | Number of schools |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
Footnotes
- Only overall absence is recorded for pupils aged 4, absences are not categorised as authorised or unauthorised.
- Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
- State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
- Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged 4, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered at more than one school).
- State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
- Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.
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