Absence by geographic level - termly
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Termly 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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised holiday rate
- Authorised other rate
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2018/19 Autumn term to 2023/24 Spring term
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | education_phase | 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 |
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| 202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 529761067 | 27817950 | 20066294 | 7751656 | 5.25104 | 3.7878 | 1.46324 | 589912 | 15.41024 | 31101 | 0.81245 | 16129916 | 1227394 | 44380 | 674 | 59048 | 304351 | z | 138314 | 1748984 | 19653061 | 3058899 | 729003 | 3654114 | 165015 | 7607031 | 27260092 | 0 | 683112 | 3.04475 | 0.23169 | 0.00838 | 0.00013 | 0.01115 | 0.05745 | 0 | 0.02611 | 0.33015 | 3.7098 | 0.57741 | 0.13761 | 0.68977 | 0.03115 | 1.43594 | 5.14573 | 0 | |||||
| 202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 443689037 | 36159398 | 22930414 | 13228984 | 8.14972 | 5.16813 | 2.98159 | 768699 | 23.43968 | 103021 | 3.14138 | 17326519 | 1494288 | 30782 | 29545 | 18643 | 114616 | z | 1285062 | 2607271 | 22906726 | 1582390 | 814731 | 10539766 | 283535 | 13220422 | 36127148 | 0 | 2363196 | 3.9051 | 0.33679 | 0.00694 | 0.00666 | 0.0042 | 0.02583 | 0 | 0.28963 | 0.58763 | 5.16279 | 0.35664 | 0.18363 | 2.37548 | 0.0639 | 2.97966 | 8.14245 | 0 | |||||
| 202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Special | 18621804 | 2366567 | 1792867 | 573700 | 12.70858 | 9.62778 | 3.0808 | 49138 | 36.19022 | 8357 | 6.15495 | 1018214 | 173633 | 1026 | 94 | 1164 | 56060 | z | 32583 | 497992 | 1780766 | 64052 | 35793 | 453337 | 15412 | 568594 | 2349360 | 0 | 142645 | 5.46786 | 0.93242 | 0.00551 | 0.0005 | 0.00625 | 0.30104 | 0 | 0.17497 | 2.67424 | 9.5628 | 0.34396 | 0.19221 | 2.43444 | 0.08276 | 3.05338 | 12.61618 | 0 | |||||
| 202324 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 992071908 | 66343915 | 44789575 | 21554340 | 6.68741 | 4.51475 | 2.17266 | 1407749 | 19.43517 | 142479 | 1.96704 | 34474649 | 2895315 | 76188 | 30313 | 78855 | 475027 | z | 1455959 | 4854247 | 44340553 | 4705341 | 1579527 | 14647217 | 463962 | 21396047 | 65736600 | 0 | 3188953 | 3.47502 | 0.29185 | 0.00768 | 0.00306 | 0.00795 | 0.04788 | 0 | 0.14676 | 0.4893 | 4.46949 | 0.47429 | 0.15921 | 1.47643 | 0.04677 | 2.1567 | 6.62619 | 0 | |||||
| 202324 | Spring term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 402583906 | 22521280 | 17127949 | 5393331 | 5.59418 | 4.2545 | 1.33968 | 666737 | 17.51752 | 29540 | 0.77612 | 14116151 | 1008547 | 16410 | 193 | 39180 | 168892 | z | 112222 | 1340115 | 16801710 | 1519473 | 611256 | 3063328 | 113471 | 5307528 | 22109238 | 0 | 373101 | 3.50639 | 0.25052 | 0.00408 | 0.00005 | 0.00973 | 0.04195 | 0 | 0.02788 | 0.33288 | 4.17347 | 0.37743 | 0.15183 | 0.76092 | 0.02819 | 1.31837 | 5.49183 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| education_phase | School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact | Number of severe absentees - 50% or more sessions missed |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent | Percentage of severe absentees - 50% or more sessions missed |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- 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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