Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for 4 year olds

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	estab	laestab	urn	school_type	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England									Total				16441	664124	232977082	11981738	5.14288
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England									State-funded primary				15736	650704	228396962	11645768	5.09892
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England									State-funded secondary				154	8969	3042036	167557	5.50805
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England									Special				551	4451	1538084	168413	10.94953
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East							Total				871	30212	10862424	562012	5.17391

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
num_schools	Number of schools
school_type	School type - Filter by school type
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.
2. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
3. Number of enrolments includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between 5 and 15, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered in more than one school).
4. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
5. Only overall absence is recorded for pupils aged 4, absences are not categorised as authorised or unauthorised.
6. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
7. Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged 4, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered at more than one school).
8. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.

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