Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - autumn term

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Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary and secondary schools and special schools (from 2016/17) including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15. 


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Pupil absence in schools in England
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
Filters
  • School type
Time period
2006/07 Autumn term to 2023/24 Autumn term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_typenum_schoolsenrolmentssess_possiblesess_overallsess_authorisedsess_unauthorisedsess_overall_percentsess_authorised_percentsess_unauthorised_percentenrolments_pa_10_exactenrolments_pa_10_exact_percentenrolments_pa_50_exactenrolments_pa_50_exact_percentsess_auth_illnesssess_auth_appointmentssess_auth_religioussess_auth_studysess_auth_travellersess_auth_holidaysess_auth_ext_holidaysess_auth_excludedsess_auth_othersess_auth_totalreasonssess_unauth_holidaysess_unauth_latesess_unauth_othersess_unauth_noyetsess_unauth_totalreasonssess_overall_totalreasonssess_x_covidsess_y_exceptionalsess_auth_illness_ratesess_auth_appointments_ratesess_auth_religious_ratesess_auth_study_ratesess_auth_traveller_ratesess_auth_holiday_ratesess_auth_ext_holiday_ratesess_auth_excluded_ratesess_auth_other_ratesess_auth_totalreasons_ratesess_unauth_holiday_ratesess_unauth_late_ratesess_unauth_other_ratesess_unauth_noyet_ratesess_unauth_totalreasons_ratesess_overall_totalreasons_ratesess_x_covid_rate
202324Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandTotal2120772435179920974506634587744790408215554696.687444.514722.17272140780219.435341424871.9671344752582895393761883031378855475027z145596248543564434135247057711579660146477214639552139710765738459z31927023.4749870590.2918456250.0076794880.0030554460.0079483120.047881083z0.1467559460.4893023364.4694552940.4743254810.1592242781.4764397390.0467650632.1567545616.626209855z
202324Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primary167153828263529786753278199202006713577527855.251153.787781.4633858996515.41078311090.812611613053312274724438067459048304351z13831717490931965386830593297291363654618165008760809127261959z6902383.0447218450.2316917120.0083769550.0001272210.0111456170.057447831z0.0261080520.3301503843.7097696170.5774642310.1376282050.689828120.0311461171.4360666735.145836291z
202324Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondary340932794774436888933615939022930406132289848.149725.168132.9815976869923.439681030213.14139173265111494288307822954518643114616z12850622607271229067181582390814731105397662835351322042236127140z23623793.9051036150.3367873350.0069377440.0066589450.0042018180.025832515z0.2896313210.5876349495.1627882420.3566440420.1836266392.3754856540.0639040112.9796603458.142448587z
202324Autumn termNationalE92000001EnglandSpecial1083135777186218042366567179286757370012.70869.627783.08084913836.1902283576.154951018214173633102694116456060z3258349799217807666405235793453337154125685942349360z1400855.4678590750.9324177180.005509670.0005047850.0062507370.301044947z0.1749723072.6742414439.5628006820.3439623790.1922101642.4344419050.0827631953.05337764312.61617833z
202324Autumn termRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastTotal1097333962466898113521882220346413184187.543154.719372.823787631222.850577122.309241696350134322138665499833406z1086272214852200639313116537989266402389913174533518092z2646353.6332338120.2876901770.0029685280.0001392170.0107046910.071548801z0.2326567570.4743754484.713317430.6706302580.1152242831.9846728440.0511867572.8217141427.535031573z

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 variables
Variable nameVariable description
enrolmentsNumber of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exactNumber of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percentPercentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exactNumber of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percentPercentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

Footnotes

  1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
  2. 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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