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

Absence by Local Authority by characteristics

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Published 28 May 2020

Last updated 28 May 2020

Absence information by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity by local authority. Only available for 2019/20.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2019/20
• Geographic levels: Local authority
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2019/20 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	characteristic_group	characteristic	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	sess_possible_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact	sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact	sess_authorised_illness	sess_authorised_appointments	sess_authorised_religious	sess_authorised_study	sess_authorised_traveller	sess_authorised_holiday	sess_authorised_ext_holiday	sess_authorised_excluded	sess_authorised_other	sess_authorised_totalreasons	sess_unauthorised_holiday	sess_unauthorised_late	sess_unauthorised_other	sess_unauthorised_noyet	sess_unauthorised_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons
201920	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Total	Total	202	29022	841	757	84	2.8978	2.60837	0.28944	9	4.45545	1296	167	137	30	12.8858	10.57099	2.31481	652	56	4	0	0	22	0	0	23	757	12	0	72	0	84	841
201920	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Gender	Gender Male	100	14340	380	332	48	2.64993	2.3152	0.33473	3	3	432	56	42	14	12.96296	9.72222	3.24074	296	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	332	0	0	48	0	48	380
201920	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Gender	Gender Female	102	14682	461	425	36	3.1399	2.8947	0.2452	6	5.88235	864	111	95	16	12.84722	10.99537	1.85185	356	31	4	0	0	22	0	0	12	425	12	0	24	0	36	461
201920	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Major ethnic groups	Ethnicity Major White Total	77	11082	276	240	36	2.49053	2.16567	0.32485	3	3.8961	432	52	38	14	12.03704	8.7963	3.24074	195	22	0	0	0	10	0	0	13	240	0	0	36	0	36	276
201920	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Minor ethnic groups	Ethnicity Minor White British	58	8346	212	180	32	2.54014	2.15672	0.38342	3	5.17241	432	52	38	14	12.03704	8.7963	3.24074	147	12	0	0	0	10	0	0	11	180	0	0	32	0	32	212

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 35 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by pupil characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_PA_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

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Footnotes

1. Characteristic data is only available in 19/20 for the Autumn term. For other years, further data on characteristics can be found in the Autumn and Spring two term release and the full year three term release.

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