Absence rates by pupil characteristics - autumn term
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Absence information by characteristics 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.
Characteristics included are sex, year group, free school meal eligibility, SEN provision, SEN type of need, ethnicity and language.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release
- Autumn term 2023/24
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 200,368
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate exact
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of authorised holiday sessions
- Number of authorised other sessions
- Number of authorised reasons sessions
- Number of excluded sessions
- Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
- Number of illness sessions
- Number of late sessions
- Number of medical appointments sessions
- Number of no reason yet sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of overall reasons sessions
- Number of persistent absentees (10% missed)
- Number of persistent absentees (50% missed)
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of religious observance sessions
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees
- Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
- Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Number of study leave sessions
- Number of traveller sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
- Number of unauthorised other sessions
- Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Overall absence rate exact
- Percentage of persistent absentees (10% missed)
- Percentage of persistent absentees (50% missed)
- Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Unauthorised absence rate exact
- Filters
- Characteristic
- School type
- Time period
- 2019/20 Autumn term to 2023/24 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 | characteristic | characteristic_breakdown | 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 | enrolments_pa_50_exact | enrolments_pa_50_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 | sess_authorised_illness | sess_authorised_appointments | sess_authorised_religious | sess_authorised_study | sess_authorised_traveller | sess_authorised_holiday | sess_authorised_ext_holiday | sess_authorised_excluded | sess_authorised_other | sess_authorised_totalreasons | sess_unauthorised_holiday | sess_unauthorised_late | sess_unauthorised_other | sess_unauthorised_noyet | sess_unauthorised_totalreasons | sess_overall_totalreasons | sess_x_covid | sess_y_exceptional | sess_x_covid_rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202324 | Autumn term | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | 310 | E09000015 | Harrow | Total | SEN primary need | Physical disability | 89 | 12266 | 1128 | 1015 | 113 | 9.19615 | 8.27491 | 0.92125 | 28 | 31.46067 | 2 | 2.24719 | 3765 | 808 | 733 | 75 | 21.46082 | 19.46879 | 1.99203 | 612 | 247 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 1015 | 64 | 9 | 26 | 14 | 113 | 1128 | z | 16 | z |
| 202324 | Autumn term | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | 310 | E09000015 | Harrow | State-funded secondary | SEN primary need | Severe learning difficulty | 4 | 512 | 73 | 70 | 3 | 14.25781 | 13.67188 | 0.58594 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 71 | 68 | 3 | 25.35714 | 24.28571 | 1.07143 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 73 | z | 0 | z |
| 202324 | Autumn term | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | 310 | E09000015 | Harrow | State-funded primary | SEN primary need | Specific learning difficulty | 119 | 16922 | 1180 | 977 | 203 | 6.97317 | 5.77355 | 1.19962 | 21 | 17.64706 | 1 | 0.84034 | 2987 | 638 | 512 | 126 | 21.35922 | 17.14094 | 4.21828 | 752 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 977 | 80 | 15 | 91 | 17 | 203 | 1180 | z | 0 | z |
| 202324 | Autumn term | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | 310 | E09000015 | Harrow | Total | SEN primary need | Speech language and communications needs | 1452 | 202051 | 12464 | 10164 | 2300 | 6.16874 | 5.03041 | 1.13833 | 263 | 18.11295 | 9 | 0.61983 | 35842 | 6725 | 5186 | 1539 | 18.7629 | 14.46906 | 4.29385 | 7985 | 831 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 86 | 1057 | 10164 | 657 | 141 | 1361 | 141 | 2300 | 12464 | z | 163 | z |
| 202324 | Autumn term | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E13000002 | Outer London | 310 | E09000015 | Harrow | State-funded secondary | SEN primary need | Visual impairment | 23 | 3110 | 314 | 231 | 83 | 10.09646 | 7.42765 | 2.66881 | 6 | 26.08696 | 1 | 4.34783 | 822 | 197 | 121 | 76 | 23.96594 | 14.72019 | 9.24574 | 198 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 231 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 83 | 314 | z | 6 | z |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_breakdown | Characteristic - Filter by pupil characteristic |
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees (10% missed) |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees (10% missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact | Number of persistent absentees (50% missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees (50% missed) |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
| sess_authorised | Number of authorised absence sessions |
| sess_authorised_appointments | Number of medical appointments sessions |
| sess_authorised_excluded | Number of excluded sessions |
| sess_authorised_ext_holiday | Number of extended authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_authorised_holiday | Number of authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_authorised_illness | Number of illness sessions |
| sess_authorised_other | Number of authorised other sessions |
| sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_authorised_percent | Authorised absence rate |
| sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Authorised absence rate exact |
| sess_authorised_religious | Number of religious observance sessions |
| sess_authorised_study | Number of study leave sessions |
| sess_authorised_totalreasons | Number of authorised reasons sessions |
| sess_authorised_traveller | Number of traveller sessions |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_pa_10_exact | Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | Overall absence rate exact |
| sess_overall_totalreasons | Number of overall reasons sessions |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| sess_possible_pa_10_exact | Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised | Number of unauthorised absence sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_holiday | Number of unauthorised holiday sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_late | Number of late sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_noyet | Number of no reason yet sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_other | Number of unauthorised other sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
| sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Unauthorised absence rate exact |
| sess_unauthorised_totalreasons | Number of unauthorised reasons sessions |
| sess_x_covid | Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances |
| sess_x_covid_rate | Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances |
| sess_y_exceptional | Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- From 2023/24 the school census data item ‘sex’ replaced ‘gender’. Historical use of the word “gender” in the data collection may have meant that “gender identity” was reported in some cases, as opposed to legal sex. While this is unlikely to have a significant effect on overall figures, it may affect figures in more granular subdivisions. Time-series in this publication prior to spring 2023 which contained gender as a category may be affected.
- EHC plans – A pupil has an EHC plan when a formal assessment has been made. A document is in place that sets out the child’s need and the extra help they should receive. EHC plans were introduced in September 2014 replacing Statements of SEN, with these being phased out by April 2018. This category therefore includes Statements of SEN for the years up to 2018.
- SEN support - From 2015, the School Action and School Action Plus categories were combined to form one category of SEN support. Extra or different help is given from that provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum. The class teacher and special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists. The pupil does not have an Education, Health and Care plan.
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