Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school location

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2018/19
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Number of authorised absence sessions
Number of overall absence sessions
Filters: IDACI band of school location
Rurality band of school location
School type
Time period: 2016/17 to 2018/19

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	sch_rurality	sch_idaci	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	7105958	2522300237	119207289	4.72613	83570764	3.31328	35636525	1.41286	771863	10.86219
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total		0 - 10 % most deprived	690448	241305945	12625660	5.23222	7708280	3.1944	4917380	2.03782	94018	13.61696
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total		10 - 20 %	736505	258036519	13051195	5.05789	8371897	3.24446	4679298	1.81342	93678	12.71926
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total		20 - 30 %	750888	263889292	13155723	4.98532	8652161	3.27871	4503562	1.70661	91537	12.1905
Academic year	six half terms	201819	National	E92000001	England	Total		30 - 40 %	723394	255663696	12440922	4.86613	8574579	3.35385	3866343	1.51228	83137	11.49263

Table showing first 5 of 13 variables
Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
sch_idaci	IDACI band of school location - Filter by IDACI band of school location
sch_rurality	Rurality band of school location - Filter by rurality band of school location

The definition of persistent absence changed from the 2015/16 academic year - The information presented for years prior to 2015/16 has been produced using the same methodology in order to allow users to make comparisons on a consistent basis over time.
The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
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.
State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
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).
Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.

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