Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates - school level - autumn term

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 2024

Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary and secondary schools and special schools (from 2016/17) including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15. Includes school level data.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Autumn term 2023/24
Release type
Geographic levels: School
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised holiday rate
Authorised other rate
Filters: School type
Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2023/24 Autumn term

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	school_name	trust	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	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_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_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
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	The Aldgate School		3614	2013614	100000			1	172	24540	1069	830	239	4.35615	3.38223	0.97392	19	11.04651	0	0	669	64	0	50	z	0	47	830	182	0	57	0	239	1069	z	0	2.726161369	0.260798696	0	0.203748981	z	0	0.191524042	3.382233089	0.741646292	0	0.232273839	0	0.97392013	4.356153219	z
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	St Luke's Church of England School	ST LUKE'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL	2000	2022000	136807	Primary free school	12/09/2011	1	90	12098	623	404	219	5.14961	3.33939	1.81022	17	18.88889	4	4.44444	369	25	0	0	z	0	10	404	54	61	75	29	219	623	z	1	3.050090924	0.206645727	0	0	z	0	0.082658291	3.339394941	0.446354769	0.504215573	0.61993718	0.239709043	1.810216565	5.149611506	z
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Abacus Belsize Primary School	ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST	2001	2022001	139837	Primary free school	01/09/2013	1	126	17288	783	606	177	4.52915	3.50532	1.02383	17	13.49206	0	0	500	37	20	1	z	0	48	606	112	20	45	0	177	783	z	0	2.892179547	0.214021286	0.115687182	0.005784359	z	0	0.277649236	3.50532161	0.647848218	0.115687182	0.260296159	0	1.023831559	4.52915317	z
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Kings Cross Academy	KING'S CROSS ACADEMY TRUST	2002	2022002	140686	Primary sponsor led academy	01/09/2015	1	312	42820	3202	1925	1277	7.47781	4.49556	2.98225	80	25.64103	4	1.28205	1676	99	4	9	z	6	131	1925	349	52	830	46	1277	3202	z	0	3.914058851	0.231200374	0.009341429	0.021018216	z	0.014012144	0.305931808	4.495562821	0.815039701	0.12143858	1.938346567	0.107426436	2.982251284	7.477814106	z
202324	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Argyle Primary School		2019	2022019	100008			1	242	34097	1604	1255	349	4.70423	3.68068	1.02355	38	15.70248	2	0.82645	1139	68	0	0	z	0	48	1255	108	44	185	12	349	1604	z	66	3.340469836	0.199431035	0	0	z	0	0.140774848	3.680675719	0.316743409	0.129043611	0.542569728	0.035193712	1.023550459	4.704226178	z

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
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)

Footnotes

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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