Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by geographic level - autumn and spring terms combined

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Published 17 October 2024

Last updated 17 October 2024

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: Autumn and spring term 2023/24
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2023/24 Autumn and spring term

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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	education_phase	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
202324	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England						Total	21260	7375396	1750610594	121305152	82304021	39001131	6.92931	4.70145	2.22786	1418296	19.2301	158014	2.14245	63551387	5292873	107067	45355	127712	728495	z	2709086	8934491	81496466	6987194	3060909	27891554	804734	38744391	120240857	z	4502797	3.630241198	0.302344394	0.00611598	0.00259081	0.007295283	0.041613766	z	0.15475092	0.510364271	4.655316624	0.399128968	0.174848079	1.593247184	0.045968761	2.213192993	6.868509617	0
202324	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	16752	3904687	932344973	50339230	37194243	13144987	5.39921	3.98932	1.40988	572627	14.66512	32444	0.8309	30246067	2235941	60790	867	98228	473243	z	250536	3089099	36454771	4578372	1340259	6717442	278486	12914559	49369330	z	1056213	3.244085384	0.239819065	0.006520119	9.29913E-05	0.010535585	0.050758358	z	0.026871599	0.331325753	3.910008855	0.491059869	0.143751405	0.720488896	0.029869416	1.385169586	5.29517844	0
202324	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	3421	3332287	785264432	66691970	41869658	24822312	8.49293	5.33192	3.16101	794778	23.85083	116671	3.50123	31445171	2740432	44720	44093	27892	174171	z	2401693	4945087	41823259	2316792	1655105	20332991	499706	24804594	66627853	z	3222597	4.004405359	0.348982061	0.005694897	0.005615051	0.003551925	0.022179917	z	0.305845127	0.629735258	5.326009596	0.295033355	0.210770402	2.589317709	0.063635379	3.158756845	8.484766441	0
202324	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England						Special	1087	138422	33001189	4273952	3240120	1033832	12.9509	9.81819	3.13271	50891	36.76511	8899	6.42889	1860149	316500	1557	395	1592	81081	z	56857	900305	3218436	92030	65545	841121	26542	1025238	4243674	z	223987	5.636612063	0.959056354	0.004718012	0.001196927	0.004824069	0.245691148	z	0.172287732	2.728098675	9.752484979	0.27886874	0.198614056	2.548759683	0.080427405	3.106669884	12.85915486	0
202324	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary and secondary	20173	7236974	1717609405	117031200	79063901	37967299	6.81361	4.60314	2.21047	1367405	18.89471	149115	2.06046	61691238	4976373	105510	44960	126120	647414	z	2652229	8034186	78278030	6895164	2995364	27050433	778192	37719153	115997183	z	4278810	3.591691907	0.289726697	0.00614284	0.002617592	0.007342764	0.037692737	z	0.154413977	0.467753959	4.557382474	0.401439581	0.174391453	1.5748885	0.045306692	2.196026226	6.753408701	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
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

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. 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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