Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms

03 - Absence rates as a percentage of possible sessions by band - Autumn and Spring combined

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Published 21 October 2021

Last updated 21 October 2021

The number of pupil enrolments by overall, authorised and unauthorised absence percentage point bands.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
Release: Autumn and spring term 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
Filters: Absence percentage band
School type
Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2020/21 Autumn and spring term

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_sess_x_covid	enrolments_sess_x_covid_percent
202021	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7160504	100	7160504	100	7160504	100	7160504	100
202021	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0	2005486	28.0076	2367923	33.0692	5389954	75.2734	373375	5.21437
202021	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0.01 - 0.99	1139246	15.9101	1205003	16.8285	694520	9.69932	84051	1.17381
202021	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	1.00 - 1.99	912312	12.7409	936541	13.0793	303887	4.24393	79321	1.10776
202021	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Total	2.00 - 2.99	630794	8.80935	631516	8.81944	167753	2.34275	62515	0.87305

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables
Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_overall	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_overall_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_sess_x_covid	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)

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