Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for four year olds - school level

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 20 March 2025

School level overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2023/24

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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	education_phase	school_name	trust	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	The Aldgate School		3614	2013614	100000				1	33	11620	780	6.71256
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	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	15	5202	565	10.86121
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	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	28	9619	620	6.44558
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	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	59	19422	1550	7.98064
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Argyle Primary School		2019	2022019	100008				1	49	15895	1352	8.50582

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

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

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Footnotes

1. 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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