Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by pupil residency - IDACI and urban/rurality

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information by the pupil’s residence including the level of deprivation and rurality.

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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, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of pupil residence
  • IDACI/Rurality
  • Rurality band of pupil residence
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	absence_terms	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	measure	school_type	pup_rurality	pup_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	201617	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000001	Inner London			206	E09000019	Islington	IDACI	Special	Total	0 - 10 % most deprived	159	57552	4829	8.39067	3806	6.61315	1023	1.77752	42	26.41509
Academic year	Six half terms	201617	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000001	Inner London			206	E09000019	Islington	IDACI	Special	Total	10 - 20 %	78	28051	3104	11.06556	1906	6.79477	1198	4.27079	21	26.92308
Academic year	Six half terms	201617	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000001	Inner London			206	E09000019	Islington	IDACI	Special	Total	20 - 30 %	53	18099	1365	7.54185	1318	7.28217	47	0.25968	14	26.41509
Academic year	Six half terms	201617	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000001	Inner London			206	E09000019	Islington	IDACI	Special	Total	30 - 40 %	12	4442	185	4.16479	171	3.84962	14	0.31517	2	16.66667
Academic year	Six half terms	201617	Local authority	England	E92000001	E13000001	Inner London			206	E09000019	Islington	IDACI	Special	Total	40 - 50 %	16	5918	267	4.51166	251	4.2413	16	0.27036	3	18.75

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 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
measure	IDACI/Rurality
pup_idaci	IDACI band of pupil residence - Filter by IDACI band of pupil residence

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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.

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