Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - autumn and spring term combined

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Published 19 October 2023

Last updated 19 October 2023

Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2022/23
• Number of rows: 4,855
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
  • Authorised reasons rate
  • Excluded rate
  • Extended authorised holiday rate
  • Illness rate
  • Late rate
  • Medical appointments rate
  • No reason yet rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
  • Number of authorised other sessions
  • Number of authorised reasons sessions
  • Number of excluded sessions
  • Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
  • Number of illness sessions
  • Number of late sessions
  • Number of medical appointments sessions
  • Number of no reason yet sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of overall reasons sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
  • Number of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of religious observance sessions
  • Number of schools
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
  • Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
  • Number of study leave sessions
  • Number of traveller sessions
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
  • Number of unauthorised other sessions
  • Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Overall reasons rate
  • Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
  • Percentage of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
  • Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
  • Religious observance rate
  • Study leave rate
  • Traveller rate
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised holiday rate
  • Unauthorised other rate
  • Unauthorised reasons rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2022/23 Autumn and spring 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	num_schools	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	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	sess_x_covid_rate
201718	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	State-funded primary	67	13204	3191600	120247	89698	30549	3.76761	2.81044	0.95717	1146	8.67919	47	0.35595	76935	6179	40	31	310	1517	z	450	4236	89698	12711	1539	14378	1921	30549	120247	z	z	2.410546434	0.193601955	0.00125329	0.0009713	0.009712997	0.047531019	z	0.014099511	0.132723399	2.810439905	0.398264194	0.048220328	0.45049505	0.060189247	0.957168818	3.767608723	0
201718	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	Total	84	24625	5653897	250731	182177	68554	4.43466	3.22215	1.21251	2786	11.31371	158	0.64162	140635	12255	72	36	311	2667	z	5168	11476	172620	17188	1786	44199	4152	67325	239945	z	z	2.487399399	0.216753153	0.001273458	0.000636729	0.005500631	0.047171004	z	0.091405981	0.202975045	3.0531154	0.304002708	0.031588832	0.78174399	0.073436074	1.190771604	4.243887004	0
201718	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	391	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	Special	6	695	164009	19320	13120	6200	11.77984	7.99956	3.78028	218	31.36691	44	6.33094	8027	1217	0	0	0	390	z	45	2350	12029	189	13	4900	53	5155	17184	z	z	4.894243609	0.742032449	0	0	0	0.237791828	z	0.027437519	1.432848197	7.334353603	0.115237578	0.007926394	2.987640922	0.0323153	3.143120195	10.4774738	0
201718	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	393	E08000023	South Tyneside	State-funded secondary	9	7767	1866137	102130	80037	22093	5.4728	4.28891	1.18389	1096	14.11098	89	1.14587	65202	3886	107	0	0	1857	z	2085	6900	80037	3391	330	17382	990	22093	102130	z	z	3.493955696	0.208237659	0.00573377	0	0	0.099510379	z	0.111728131	0.369747773	4.288913408	0.181712275	0.017683589	0.931442868	0.053050767	1.1838895	5.472802908	0
201718	Autumn and spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	394	E08000024	Sunderland	State-funded primary	81	18938	4541457	188570	142304	46266	4.15219	3.13344	1.01875	1864	9.84264	52	0.27458	120153	9002	26	3	495	2907	z	877	6477	139940	22332	1642	19526	1769	45269	185209	z	z	2.645692781	0.198218325	0.000572503	6.60581E-05	0.010899586	0.064010294	z	0.019310983	0.142619428	3.081389959	0.491736463	0.036155798	0.429950124	0.038952257	0.996794641	4.0781846	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 49 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 50% or more sessions missed
num_schools	Number of schools
school_type	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions
sess_auth_appointments_rate	Medical appointments rate
sess_auth_excluded	Number of excluded sessions
sess_auth_excluded_rate	Excluded rate
sess_auth_ext_holiday	Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate	Extended authorised holiday rate
sess_auth_holiday	Number of authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_holiday_rate	Authorised holiday rate
sess_auth_illness	Number of illness sessions
sess_auth_illness_rate	Illness rate
sess_auth_other	Number of authorised other sessions
sess_auth_other_rate	Authorised other rate
sess_auth_religious	Number of religious observance sessions
sess_auth_religious_rate	Religious observance rate
sess_auth_study	Number of study leave sessions
sess_auth_study_rate	Study leave rate
sess_auth_totalreasons	Number of authorised reasons sessions
sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	Authorised reasons rate
sess_auth_traveller	Number of traveller sessions
sess_auth_traveller_rate	Traveller rate
sess_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_overall_totalreasons	Number of overall reasons sessions
sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	Overall reasons rate
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
sess_unauth_holiday	Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
sess_unauth_holiday_rate	Unauthorised holiday rate
sess_unauth_late	Number of late sessions
sess_unauth_late_rate	Late rate
sess_unauth_noyet	Number of no reason yet sessions
sess_unauth_noyet_rate	No reason yet rate
sess_unauth_other	Number of unauthorised other sessions
sess_unauth_other_rate	Unauthorised other rate
sess_unauth_totalreasons	Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	Unauthorised reasons rate
sess_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised absence rate
sess_x_covid	Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
sess_x_covid_rate	Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
sess_y_exceptional	Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances

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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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