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

Absence by percent bands (including special schools)

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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: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
• Filters:
  • Absence percentage band
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 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	school_type	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	6937255	100	6937255	100	6937255	100
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0	1971231	28.4151	2377910	34.2774	5359970	77.2636
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0.01 - 0.99	339429	4.89284	366037	5.2764	203315	2.93077
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	1.00 - 1.99	957344	13.8	1046992	15.0923	444557	6.40826
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	2.00 - 2.99	915442	13.196	948368	13.6707	248058	3.57574

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_overall	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_overall_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_unauthorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence

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Footnotes

1. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
2. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
3. Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.

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