Absence rates by pupil characteristic - full academic years
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Absence information for the full academic year, by pupil characteristics including SEN, FSM, language, year group, gender and ethnicity for England.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release
- Autumn term 2023/24
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 218,241
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate exact
- Authorised holiday rate
- Authorised other rate
- Authorised reasons rate
- Excluded rate
- Illness rate
- Late rate
- Medical appointments rate
- No reason yet rate
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of authorised holiday sessions
- Number of authorised other sessions
- Number of authorised reasons sessions
- Number of excluded sessions
- Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
- Number of illness sessions
- Number of late sessions
- Number of medical appointments sessions
- Number of no reason yet sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of overall reasons sessions
- Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of religious observance sessions
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees
- Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
- Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Number of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)
- Number of study leave sessions
- Number of traveller sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
- Number of unauthorised other sessions
- Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Overall absence rate exact
- Overall reasons rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
- Percentage of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)
- Rate of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
- Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Religious observance rate
- Study leave rate
- Traveller rate
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Unauthorised absence rate exact
- Unauthorised holiday rate
- Unauthorised other rate
- Unauthorised reasons rate
- Filters
- Characteristic
- School type
- Time period
- 2017/18 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_identifier | absence_terms | time_period | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | characteristic | 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_possible_pa_10_exact | sess_overall_pa_10_exact | sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | 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_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 |
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| Academic year | Six half terms | 201718 | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 344 | E08000015 | Wirral | Special | Ethnicity Minor Any other Asian background | 2 | 756 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3.57143 | 3.57143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | z | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3.174603175 | 0.132275132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.264550265 | 3.571428571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.571428571 | 0 | 0 |
| Academic year | Six half terms | 201718 | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 344 | E08000015 | Wirral | Total | Ethnicity Minor Any other black background | 40 | 12453 | 560 | 425 | 135 | 4.49691 | 3.41283 | 1.08408 | 5 | 12.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 1210 | 218 | 115 | 103 | 18.01653 | 9.50413 | 8.5124 | 271 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | z | 9 | 96 | 425 | 14 | 8 | 92 | 21 | 135 | 560 | 0 | 2 | 2.176182446 | 0.264996386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.128483096 | 0.072271742 | 0.770898579 | 3.412832249 | 0.112422709 | 0.064241548 | 0.738777805 | 0.168634064 | 1.084076126 | 4.496908375 | 0 | 0.016060387 |
| Academic year | Six half terms | 201718 | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 344 | E08000015 | Wirral | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Minor Any other Mixed background | 179 | 62742 | 3609 | 2749 | 860 | 5.75213 | 4.38144 | 1.37069 | 29 | 16.20112 | 0 | 0 | 9717 | 1927 | 1272 | 655 | 19.83122 | 13.09046 | 6.74076 | 2176 | 238 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 52 | z | 55 | 192 | 2749 | 100 | 23 | 555 | 182 | 860 | 3609 | 0 | 36 | 3.468171241 | 0.379331229 | 0.009562972 | 0.047814861 | 0 | 0.082879092 | 0.087660578 | 0.306015109 | 4.381435083 | 0.15938287 | 0.03665806 | 0.884574926 | 0.290076823 | 1.370692678 | 5.752127761 | 0 | 0.057377833 |
| Academic year | Six half terms | 201718 | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 344 | E08000015 | Wirral | Special | Ethnicity Minor Bangladeshi | 4 | 1510 | 384 | 220 | 164 | 25.43046 | 14.56954 | 10.86093 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 25 | 1134 | 366 | 204 | 162 | 32.27513 | 17.98942 | 14.28571 | 170 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | z | 0 | 10 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 2 | 164 | 384 | 0 | 4 | 11.25827815 | 2.251655629 | 0.397350993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.662251656 | 14.56953642 | 0 | 0 | 10.72847682 | 0.132450331 | 10.86092715 | 25.43046358 | 0 | 0.264900662 |
| Academic year | Six half terms | 201718 | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 344 | E08000015 | Wirral | State-funded secondary | Ethnicity Minor Black African | 48 | 16382 | 420 | 364 | 56 | 2.56379 | 2.22195 | 0.34184 | 3 | 6.25 | 1 | 2.08333 | 550 | 105 | 85 | 20 | 19.09091 | 15.45455 | 3.63636 | 202 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | z | 32 | 64 | 364 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 420 | 0 | 10 | 1.233060676 | 0.195336345 | 0.073251129 | 0 | 0 | 0.134293737 | 0.195336345 | 0.39067269 | 2.221950922 | 0.170919302 | 0.030521304 | 0.048834086 | 0.091563912 | 0.341838603 | 2.563789525 | 0 | 0.061042608 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic - Filter by characteristic |
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact | Number of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed) |
| enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent | Percentage of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed) |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special |
| sess_auth_appointments | Number of medical appointments sessions |
| sess_auth_appointments_rate | Medical appointments rate |
| sess_auth_excluded | Number of excluded sessions |
| sess_auth_excluded_rate | Excluded rate |
| sess_auth_ext_holiday | Number of extended authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_auth_holiday | Number of authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_auth_holiday_rate | Authorised holiday rate |
| sess_auth_illness | Number of illness sessions |
| sess_auth_illness_rate | Illness rate |
| sess_auth_other | Number of authorised other sessions |
| sess_auth_other_rate | Authorised other rate |
| sess_auth_religious | Number of religious observance sessions |
| sess_auth_religious_rate | Religious observance rate |
| sess_auth_study | Number of study leave sessions |
| sess_auth_study_rate | Study leave rate |
| sess_auth_totalreasons | Number of authorised reasons sessions |
| sess_auth_totalreasons_rate | Authorised reasons rate |
| sess_auth_traveller | Number of traveller sessions |
| sess_auth_traveller_rate | Traveller rate |
| sess_authorised | Number of authorised absence sessions |
| sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_authorised_percent | Authorised absence rate |
| sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Authorised absence rate exact |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_pa_10_exact | Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | Overall absence rate exact |
| sess_overall_totalreasons | Number of overall reasons sessions |
| sess_overall_totalreasons_rate | Overall reasons rate |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| sess_possible_pa_10_exact | Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauth_holiday | Number of unauthorised holiday sessions |
| sess_unauth_holiday_rate | Unauthorised holiday rate |
| sess_unauth_late | Number of late sessions |
| sess_unauth_late_rate | Late rate |
| sess_unauth_noyet | Number of no reason yet sessions |
| sess_unauth_noyet_rate | No reason yet rate |
| sess_unauth_other | Number of unauthorised other sessions |
| sess_unauth_other_rate | Unauthorised other rate |
| sess_unauth_totalreasons | Number of unauthorised reasons sessions |
| sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate | Unauthorised reasons rate |
| sess_unauthorised | Number of unauthorised absence sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
| sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Unauthorised absence rate exact |
| sess_x_covid | Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances |
| sess_x_covid_rate | Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances |
| sess_y_exceptional | Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances |
| sess_y_exceptional_rate | Rate of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- 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.
- EHC plans – A pupil has an EHC plan when a formal assessment has been made. A document is in place that sets out the child’s need and the extra help they should receive. EHC plans were introduced in September 2014 replacing Statements of SEN, with these being phased out by April 2018. This category therefore includes Statements of SEN for the years up to 2018.
- SEN support - From 2015, the School Action and School Action Plus categories were combined to form one category of SEN support. Extra or different help is given from that provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum. The class teacher and special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists. The pupil does not have an Education, Health and Care plan.
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