Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for pupils identified as young carers

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Published 20 March 2025

Last updated 20 March 2025

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils declared as young carers

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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: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Filters:
  • School type
  • Young Carer
• Time period: 2022/23 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	education_phase	young_carer	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	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_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_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	sess_y_exceptional_rate
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England	Total	Young Carer	51862	18258022	2258500	1323819	934681	12.36991	7.25062	5.11929	19576	37.74633	911755	87130	4275	14357	379	13171	60235	209405	1300707	70074	92966	747473	13116	923629	2224336	0	45501	4.993722759	0.477214892	0.023414365	0.078633929	0.0020758	0.072138154	0.329909779	1.146920515	7.124030193	0.38379842	0.509178924	4.093942925	0.071836916	5.058757186	12.18278738	0	0.249211004
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England	Total	Not declared	7401868	2602170774	185076408	121194706	63881702	7.11239	4.65745	2.45494	1467446	19.82535	89742568	8027313	1478925	1336985	257987	1358921	3977046	13955263	120135008	13795133	4713404	43693396	1292336	63494269	183629277	0	5443319	3.448757818	0.308485249	0.056834279	0.051379602	0.009914299	0.052222591	0.152835703	0.536293126	4.616722669	0.530139418	0.181133538	1.679113317	0.049663766	2.44005004	7.056772708	0	0.209183773
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7453730	2620428796	187334908	122518525	64816383	7.14902	4.67551	2.4735	1487022	19.95004	90654323	8114443	1483200	1351342	258366	1372092	4037281	14164668	121435715	13865207	4806370	44440869	1305452	64417898	185853613	0	5488820	3.45952247	0.309660885	0.056601423	0.051569499	0.009859684	0.052361354	0.154069479	0.540547716	4.63419251	0.529119777	0.183419218	1.695938812	0.049818259	2.458296066	7.092488576	0	0.209462665
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Young Carer	20961	7672933	625655	421096	204559	8.15405	5.48807	2.66598	5524	26.3537	311657	26307	1767	1	226	8063	4488	47171	399680	35902	38235	117136	3443	194716	594396	0	7959	4.061771424	0.342854551	0.023029003	1.30328E-05	0.002945419	0.105083675	0.058491323	0.614771431	5.208959859	0.467904516	0.498310099	1.526613096	0.04487202	2.53769973	7.746659589	0	0.103728261
Academic year	Six half terms	202324	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Not declared	3928866	1409056830	77672463	54721927	22950536	5.51237	3.88359	1.62879	569508	14.49548	43034640	3464661	847833	1582	204661	890517	385994	4921489	53751377	9189497	2063921	10874459	469672	22597549	76348926	0	1436132	3.054145091	0.245885115	0.060170249	0.000112274	0.01452468	0.063199509	0.027393785	0.349275409	3.814706111	0.652173625	0.146475355	0.771754465	0.033332367	1.603735812	5.418441923	0	0.10192151

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 46 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
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions

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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. Data on absence rates for young carers is available for the first time from 2022/23. As this is a new data collection, we expect the quality of the data returns to improve over time as the collection becomes established. All schools (except nursery) must send this information as part of the Spring school census, but the recording and handling of the information is at the school’s discretion. 79% of schools recorded no young carers in 2023.
3. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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