Data set from Schools eligible for RISE intervention

Absence_202324

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Published 9 September 2025

Last updated 9 September 2025

Data for absence rates for pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools eligible for RISE intervention
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 8
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School grouping breakdown
  • School phase
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	education_phase	breakdown_school_grouping	num_schools	enrolments	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream primary	Targeted RISE intervention schools	167	35202	7.18041	4.64773	2.53268	22.55554	1.85785
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream primary	Stuck schools	372	77646	6.90713	4.46982	2.43731	21.15485	1.61901
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream primary	Category of concern schools	136	24935	6.69075	4.39695	2.29379	20.47652	1.52614
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream primary	Total (all state-funded mainstream primary schools)	16798	3949827	5.52668	3.89228	1.6344	14.55841	0.85439
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream secondary	Targeted RISE intervention schools	189	170479	11.90517	5.9195	5.98567	34.94389	6.58498

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
education_phase	School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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Footnotes

1. The presented absence figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.

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