Absence rates by geographic level
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Absence information 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. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
- Release
- Autumn term 2019/20
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised holiday rate
- Authorised other rate
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2006/07 Autumn term to 2019/20 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_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 | sess_auth_illness_rate | sess_auth_appointments_rate | sess_auth_religious_rate | sess_auth_study_rate | sess_auth_traveller_rate | sess_auth_holiday_rate | sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate | sess_auth_excluded_rate | sess_auth_other_rate | sess_auth_totalreasons_rate | sess_unauth_holiday_rate | sess_unauth_late_rate | sess_unauth_other_rate | sess_unauth_noyet_rate | sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate | sess_overall_totalreasons_rate |
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2019 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 21183 | 7021552 | 981843584 | 48402628 | 35436952 | 12965676 | 4.92977 | 3.60923 | 1.32054 | 922566 | 13.13906 | 27945279 | 2647922 | 85566 | 34836 | 77056 | 548173 | . | 793934 | 2905654 | 35038420 | 3515082 | 696042 | 8185854 | 437905 | 12834883 | 47873303 | 2.846 | 0.27 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.056 | . | 0.081 | 0.296 | 3.569 | 0.358 | 0.071 | 0.834 | 0.045 | 1.307 | 4.876 | |||||||||||
2019 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total state-funded primary and secondary | 20152 | 6912848 | 966660881 | 46806667 | 34185550 | 12621117 | 4.8421 | 3.53646 | 1.30564 | 889912 | 12.8733 | 27232383 | 2487534 | 84582 | 34571 | 76012 | 498351 | . | 768841 | 2621752 | 33804026 | 3484550 | 676322 | 7909295 | 425047 | 12495214 | 46299240 | 2.817 | 0.257 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.052 | . | 0.08 | 0.271 | 3.497 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.818 | 0.044 | 1.293 | 4.79 | |||||||||||
2019 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 16761 | 3879003 | 544715693 | 23226008 | 17456890 | 5769118 | 4.26388 | 3.20477 | 1.05911 | 435745 | 11.23343 | 14158227 | 1178956 | 52663 | 769 | 53085 | 371985 | . | 114771 | 1177881 | 17108337 | 2381749 | 439713 | 2652950 | 179666 | 5654078 | 22762415 | 2.599 | 0.216 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.068 | . | 0.021 | 0.216 | 3.141 | 0.437 | 0.081 | 0.487 | 0.033 | 1.038 | 4.179 | |||||||||||
2019 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 3391 | 3033845 | 421945188 | 23580659 | 16728660 | 6851999 | 5.58856 | 3.96465 | 1.62391 | 454167 | 14.97001 | 13074156 | 1308578 | 31919 | 33802 | 22927 | 126366 | . | 654070 | 1443871 | 16695689 | 1102801 | 236609 | 5256345 | 245381 | 6841136 | 23536825 | 3.099 | 0.31 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.005 | 0.03 | . | 0.155 | 0.342 | 3.957 | 0.261 | 0.056 | 1.246 | 0.058 | 1.621 | 5.578 | |||||||||||
2019 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Special | 1031 | 108704 | 15182703 | 1595961 | 1251402 | 344559 | 10.5117 | 8.24229 | 2.26942 | 32654 | 30.03937 | 712896 | 160388 | 984 | 265 | 1044 | 49822 | . | 25093 | 283902 | 1234394 | 30532 | 19720 | 276559 | 12858 | 339669 | 1574063 | 4.695 | 1.056 | 0.006 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.328 | . | 0.165 | 1.87 | 8.13 | 0.201 | 0.13 | 1.822 | 0.085 | 2.237 | 10.367 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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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 |
school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- Total includes state-funded primary and secondary schools. Does not include special schools. Available from 2006/07 to present (data for special schools is available from 2016/17 onwards).
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