Data set from The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4

Key stage 2 attainment by absence percentile rank

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Published 6 May 2022

Last updated 6 May 2022

This file contains the overall absence split into equal pupil percentile bands and relates to attainment at key stage 2.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4
Release: Academic year 2018/19
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Percentage of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Total number of eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 in reading, writing and maths (combined)
Filters: Percentile groupings
Percentiles
Time period: 2018/19

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	school_type	key_stage	percentiles	percentile_groups	total_number_of_pupils_at_the_end_of_key_stage_2	number_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	number_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm	percentage_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	percentage_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 2	Total	Total	558581	378112	62797	67.7	11.2
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 3	0 - <1	Total	5433	4522	1148	83.2	21.1
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 4	1 - <2	Total	5745	4697	1139	81.8	19.8
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 5	2 - <3	Total	5690	4571	1082	80.3	19
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	State funded mainstream schools	Key stage 6	3 - <4	Total	5374	4299	1033	80	19.2

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables
Variable name	Variable description
number_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	Total number of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
number_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm	Total number of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
percentage_reaching_the_expected_standard_in_rwm	Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
percentage_reaching_the_higher_standard_in_rwm	Percentage of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
percentile_groups	Percentile groupings

Overall absence is calculated over all of KS2. This is equivalent to years 3, 4, 5 and 6 over academic years 2015/16 to 2018/19. Only pupils for whom valid absence data exists for all academic years have been included.
Includes data for pupils in state-funded mainstream schools.
Includes those pupils who reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths. The expected standard in reading and maths is a scaled score of 100 or above. The expected standard in writing is a teacher assessment of 'working at the expected standard' (EXS) or 'working at greater depth' (GDS).
Attainment categories within this analysis are mutually exclusive, therefore pupils meeting the expected standard excludes those reaching the higher standard.
Includes those pupils who reached a higher standard in all of reading, writing and maths. A higher standard is a scaled score of 110 or more in reading and maths and pupils assessed as 'working at greater depth' (GDS) in writing TA.
Enrolment level absence information has been aggregated to pupil level using a unique pupil identifier, summing all absence and possible session data for each pupil regardless of which school the sessions were accrued at. See methodology.

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