Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

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Published 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2016/17
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2016/17

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	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_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
Academic year	201617	National	E92000001	England						Pupil Referral Unit	349	40175	7771278	2637752	1488865	1148887	33.9	19.2	14.8	29680	73.9	339006	58094	2056	26366	2262	7759	.	104285	928620	1468448	15528	47969	1046413	22446	1132356	2600804
Academic year	201617	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Pupil Referral Unit	19	1975	449222	162077	79610	82467	36.1	17.7	18.4	1585	80.1	19825	4119	22	585	59	509	.	7073	47418	79610	966	2822	76212	2467	82467	162077
Academic year	201617	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Pupil Referral Unit	50	6550	1405831	490334	248094	242240	34.9	17.6	17.2	4895	74.7	59838	11195	329	3841	538	1412	.	21981	139455	238589	2568	8629	211300	6361	228858	467447
Academic year	201617	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Pupil Referral Unit	37	3540	774480	228022	107124	120898	29.4	13.8	15.6	2445	69.1	34119	5515	328	732	113	982	.	9114	56207	107110	2504	1918	115071	1405	120898	228008
Academic year	201617	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Pupil Referral Unit	22	3380	382264	102007	55072	46935	26.7	14.4	12.3	2405	71.2	12692	2100	72	2679	38	339	.	3949	25110	46979	1103	2379	43090	239	46811	93790

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 27 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions

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Footnotes

1. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
2. Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.
3. x - 1 or 2 enrolments, or a percentage based on 1 or 2 enrolments.
4. Number of enrolments includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between 5 and 15, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered in more than one school).
5. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
6. There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of constituent parts as national and regional totals and totals across school types have been rounded to the nearest 5.
7. The persistent absentee rate is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
8. The definition of persistent absence changed from the 2015/16 academic year - The information presented for years prior to 2015/16 has been produced using the same methodology in order to allow users to make comparisons on a consistent basis over time.

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