Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates for four year olds

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

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 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2021/22

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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	school_type	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	201415	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	301	E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	State-funded primary	37	3790	1281502	74946	5.84829
Academic year	Six half terms	201415	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	302	E09000003	Barnet	Total	84	4599	1555314	87332	5.61507
Academic year	Six half terms	201415	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	305	E09000006	Bromley	State-funded primary	70	4191	1475358	69152	4.68713
Academic year	Six half terms	201415	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	306	E09000008	Croydon	State-funded secondary	1	106	33331	1702	5.10636
Academic year	Six half terms	201415	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	308	E09000010	Enfield	Special	2	17	6251	681	10.89426

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

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

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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. 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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