Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

Absence for 4 year olds

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Published 6 May 2020

Last updated 6 May 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2018/19
• 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 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	estab	laestab	urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary and secondary							15843	636667	85288166	4001956	4.69228
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary							15691	628046	84186686	3945821	4.68699
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary							152	8621	1101480	56135	5.09632
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary and secondary							835	29037	4105876	200124	4.87409
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				State-funded primary							829	28722	4063297	198392	4.88254

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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. Only overall absence is recorded for pupils aged 4, absences are not categorised as authorised or unauthorised.
2. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
3. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
4. Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged 4, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered at more than one school).
5. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.

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