Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by characteristic and local authority district

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Absence information by local authority district. Includes FSM eligible and FSM6 eligible breakdowns.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority district
Indicators: Authorised absence rate
Authorised absence rate exact
Number of authorised absence sessions
Filters: Characteristic
School type
Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	la_code	lad_code	lad_name	school_type	characteristic_group	characteristic	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	sess_possible_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_x_covid_rate
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM	FSM Not eligible	175	64282	2480	1887	593	3.858	2.9355	0.9225	11	6.28571	3774	471	343	128	12.48013	9.0885	3.39163	1614	106	6	0	161	1887	6	557	30	593	2480	26	114	0.0404467813695902
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM	FSM eligible	34	12712	803	612	191	6.31687	4.81435	1.50252	10	29.41176	3766	465	335	130	12.34732	8.89538	3.45194	538	49	2	1	22	612	2	185	4	191	803	0	10	0
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM ever 6	FSM not eligible in last 6 years	162	60228	2249	1726	523	3.73414	2.86578	0.86837	9	5.55556	3228	400	312	88	12.39157	9.66543	2.72615	1489	96	6	0	135	1726	6	489	28	523	2249	0	108	0
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM ever 6	FSM eligible in last 6 years	46	16744	1034	773	261	6.17535	4.61658	1.55877	12	26.08696	4312	536	366	170	12.43043	8.48794	3.94249	663	59	2	1	48	773	2	253	6	261	1034	10	16	0.0597228858098423
Academic year	Six half terms	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM ever 6	FSM unclassified in last 6 years	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	72.7272727272727

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 37 variables
Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by pupil characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

Footnotes

Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.

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