Absence by Local Authority by characteristics
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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
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 37,316
- Geographic levels
- Local authority
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate exact
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- 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 absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of overall reasons sessions
- Number of persistent absentees
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of religious observance sessions
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees
- Number of study leave sessions
- Number of traveller sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
- Number of unauthorised other sessions
- Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Overall absence rate exact
- Percentage of persistent absentees
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Unauthorised absence rate exact
- Filters
- Characteristic
- School type
- Time period
- 2019/20 Autumn term
Data set preview
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Variables in this data set
| 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 |
| sess_authorised | Number of authorised absence sessions |
| sess_authorised_appointments | Number of medical appointments sessions |
| sess_authorised_excluded | Number of excluded sessions |
| sess_authorised_ext_holiday | Number of extended authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_authorised_holiday | Number of authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_authorised_illness | Number of illness sessions |
| sess_authorised_other | Number of authorised other sessions |
| sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_authorised_percent | Authorised absence rate |
| sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Authorised absence rate exact |
| sess_authorised_religious | Number of religious observance sessions |
| sess_authorised_study | Number of study leave sessions |
| sess_authorised_totalreasons | Number of authorised reasons sessions |
| sess_authorised_traveller | Number of traveller sessions |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_pa_10_exact | Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | Overall absence rate exact |
| sess_overall_totalreasons | Number of overall reasons sessions |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| sess_possible_pa_10_exact | Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised | Number of unauthorised absence sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_holiday | Number of unauthorised holiday sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_late | Number of late sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_noyet | Number of no reason yet sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_other | Number of unauthorised other sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
| sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Unauthorised absence rate exact |
| sess_unauthorised_totalreasons | Number of unauthorised reasons sessions |
Footnotes
- 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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