Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - school 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. Includes school level data.

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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: 127,291
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other 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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	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	school_name
201617	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	928	E10000021	Northamptonshire	State-funded primary	3312	9283312	140065	Primary converter academy	01/09/2013		1	117	29202	1471	1210	261	5.03733	4.14355	0.89377	19	16.23932	0	0	1078	49	9	0	0	0	z	0	74	1210	208	29	24	0	261	1471	z	z	3.6915279775357852	0.1677967262516266	0.030819807	0	0	0	z	0	0.2534073008698034	4.1435518115197589	0.7122799808232313	0.099308267	0.082186152	0	0.8937743990137662	5.0373262105335251	0	z
201617	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	928	E10000021	Northamptonshire	State-funded primary	3336	9283336	141068	Primary converter academy	01/08/2014		1	91	22180	742	590	152	3.34536	2.66005	0.6853	4	4.3956	0	0	487	69	0	0	0	0	z	0	34	590	148	0	4	0	152	742	z	z	2.1956717763751127	0.3110910730387737	0	0	0	0	z	0	0.1532912533814247	2.6600541027953111	0.6672678088367899	0	0.018034265	0	0.6853020739404869	3.3453561767357980	0	z
201617	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	928	E10000021	Northamptonshire	State-funded primary	3348	9283348	141724	Primary converter academy	01/02/2015		1	370	92028	3699	3141	558	4.01943	3.41309	0.60634	28	7.56757	0	0	2554	175	202	0	0	0	z	12	198	3141	268	56	221	13	558	3699	z	z	2.7752423175555266	0.1901595166688399	0.2194984135263181	0	0	0	z	0.01303951	0.2151519102881732	3.4130916677532925	0.2912157169557091	0.060851045	0.2401443039075064	0.014126136	0.6063372017212153	4.0194288694745078	0	z
201617	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	928	E10000021	Northamptonshire	State-funded primary	3350	9283350	142738	Primary converter academy	01/04/2016		1	185	45766	1915	1323	592	4.18433	2.89079	1.29354	20	10.81081	1	0.54054	1046	74	4	0	30	0	z	6	163	1323	157	1	434	0	592	1915	z	z	2.2855394834593366	0.1616920858279072	0.008740113	0	0.065550846	0	z	0.013110169	0.3561595944587685	2.8907922912205567	0.3430494253375869	0.002185028	0.9483022330988070	0	1.2935366866232574	4.1843289778438142	0	z
201617	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	928	E10000021	Northamptonshire	State-funded primary	3408	9283408	141634	Primary converter academy	01/03/2015		1	223	46018	1907	1421	486	4.14403	3.08792	1.05611	23	10.3139	5	2.24215	1175	199	10	0	0	0	z	0	37	1421	424	9	53	0	486	1907	z	z	2.5533486896431831	0.4324394802033987	0.021730627	0	0	0	z	0	0.08040332	3.0879221174323091	0.9213785909861359	0.019557564	0.1151723238732670	0	1.0561084792907123	4.1440305967230214	0	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severely absent pupils (50% or more missed)

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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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