Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - autumn term

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Published 20 July 2023

Last updated 20 July 2023

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. 

National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2006/07. 

School data is included from 2016/17. 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
• Release: Autumn term 2022/23
• 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 2022/23 Autumn term

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Data set preview

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	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	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_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_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	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	sess_x_covid_rate
201617	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Special	1007	89779	12185972	1162580	928227	234353	9.54031	7.61718	1.92314	24944	27.78378	3336	3.71579	530000	130800	14271	56	1269	37743	z	22243	183395	919777	18723	11578	190019	10955	231275	1151052	z	30978	4.3492632348080235	1.0733653417224330	0.1171100672149911	0.0004595447946212	0.0104136132923988	0.3097249854176589	z	0.1825295511921413	1.5049681715992783	7.5478345100415461	0.1536438783873785	0.0950108862879383	1.5593257558773317	0.0898984504477772	1.8978789710004257	9.4457134810419719	z
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	16761	3879003	544715693	23226008	17456890	5769118	4.26388	3.20477	1.05911	435745	11.23343	16471	0.42462	14158227	1178956	52663	769	53085	371985	z	114771	1177881	17108337	2381749	439713	2652950	179666	5654078	22762415	z	567114	2.5991957239241866	0.2164351082868472	0.0096679792186564	0.0001411745631496	0.0097454508254823	0.0682897527609876	z	0.0210698904905609	0.2162377576296485	3.1407828376995190	0.4372462608673182	0.0807233949105263	0.4870338846654084	0.0329834448151285	1.0379869852583814	4.1787698229579004	z
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	21223	7124905	961005533	66299987	50978842	15321145	6.89902	5.30474	1.59428	1672179	23.46949	97994	1.37537	42031357	2477158	87713	77771	74702	356656	z	780771	4392322	50278450	2413454	852499	11278743	625241	15169937	65448387	15570635	5572368	4.3736852241411601	0.2577672984115899	0.0091272107171104	0.0080926693270142	0.0077733163269935	0.0371127936055286	z	0.0812452138087742	0.4570548086532193	5.2318585349913901	0.2511384083779255	0.0887090626147311	1.1736397567650633	0.0650611238468280	1.5785483516045479	6.8104068865959380	1.6202440532670690
201617	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Total	3072	915781	128511116	5722177	4262521	1459656	4.45267	3.31685	1.13582	107977	11.7907	5752	0.6281	3305774	342211	123161	1620	7856	90633	z	85018	298469	4254742	424315	88460	861526	82285	1456586	5711328	z	129166	2.5723642459069455	0.2662890267017835	0.0958368457402549	0.0012605913405966	0.0061130898590905	0.0705254166495605	z	0.0661561448116286	0.2322515042200707	3.3107968652299308	0.3301776633859440	0.0688345123389949	0.6703902563572789	0.0640294805314740	1.1334319126136917	4.4442287778436225	z
201617	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Total	2168	677044	90417650	4122172	2918763	1203409	4.55903	3.22809	1.33094	85492	12.62724	5010	0.73998	2201435	237407	115911	892	6981	60702	z	78884	209954	2912166	375485	48621	711214	66798	1202118	4114284	z	76863	2.4347403410727883	0.2625670983486078	0.1281951035002569	0.0009865330496866	0.0077208376904288	0.0671351224014338	z	0.0872440281294637	0.2322046635806173	3.2207937277732832	0.4152784329165821	0.0537737930592091	0.7865875744392826	0.0738771688934627	1.3295169693085366	4.5503106970818198	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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Footnotes

1. 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).
2. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
3. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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