Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates for four year olds - school level

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Published 16 March 2023

Last updated 16 March 2023

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4. Includes school level data.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	school_name	trust	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
Academic year	Six half terms	201819	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Edith Neville Primary School		2184	2022184	100013				1	17	6123	481	7.85563
Academic year	Six half terms	202021	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Edith Neville Primary School		2184	2022184	100013				1	30	7071	551	7.79239
Academic year	Six half terms	201718	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Edith Neville Primary School		2184	2022184	100013				1	27	9065	913	10.0717
Academic year	Six half terms	201516	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Edith Neville Primary School		2184	2022184	100013				1	29	10210	743	7.27718
Academic year	Six half terms	201617	School	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Edith Neville Primary School		2184	2022184	100013				1	31	10381	804	7.74492

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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. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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