Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by geographic level - autumn term

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 2024

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. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2023/24
• 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

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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
202324	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	21207	7243517	992097450	66345877	44790408	21555469	6.68744	4.51472	2.17272	1407802	19.43534	142487	1.9671	34475258	2895393	76188	30313	78855	475027	z	1455962	4854356	44341352	4705771	1579660	14647721	463955	21397107	65738459	z	3192702	3.474987059	0.291845625	0.007679488	0.003055446	0.007948312	0.047881083	z	0.146755946	0.489302336	4.469455294	0.474325481	0.159224278	1.476439739	0.046765063	2.156754561	6.626209855	z
202324	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	16715	3828263	529786753	27819920	20067135	7752785	5.25115	3.78778	1.46338	589965	15.41078	31109	0.81261	16130533	1227472	44380	674	59048	304351	z	138317	1749093	19653868	3059329	729136	3654618	165008	7608091	27261959	z	690238	3.044721845	0.231691712	0.008376955	0.000127221	0.011145617	0.057447831	z	0.026108052	0.330150384	3.709769617	0.577464231	0.137628205	0.68982812	0.031146117	1.436066673	5.145836291	z
202324	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	3409	3279477	443688893	36159390	22930406	13228984	8.14972	5.16813	2.98159	768699	23.43968	103021	3.14139	17326511	1494288	30782	29545	18643	114616	z	1285062	2607271	22906718	1582390	814731	10539766	283535	13220422	36127140	z	2362379	3.905103615	0.336787335	0.006937744	0.006658945	0.004201818	0.025832515	z	0.289631321	0.587634949	5.162788242	0.356644042	0.183626639	2.375485654	0.063904011	2.979660345	8.142448587	z
202324	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Special	1083	135777	18621804	2366567	1792867	573700	12.7086	9.62778	3.0808	49138	36.19022	8357	6.15495	1018214	173633	1026	94	1164	56060	z	32583	497992	1780766	64052	35793	453337	15412	568594	2349360	z	140085	5.467859075	0.932417718	0.00550967	0.000504785	0.006250737	0.301044947	z	0.174972307	2.674241443	9.562800682	0.343962379	0.192210164	2.434441905	0.082763195	3.053377643	12.61617833	z
202324	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	1097	333962	46689811	3521882	2203464	1318418	7.54315	4.71937	2.82378	76312	22.8505	7712	2.30924	1696350	134322	1386	65	4998	33406	z	108627	221485	2200639	313116	53798	926640	23899	1317453	3518092	z	264635	3.633233812	0.287690177	0.002968528	0.000139217	0.010704691	0.071548801	z	0.232656757	0.474375448	4.71331743	0.670630258	0.115224283	1.984672844	0.051186757	2.821714142	7.535031573	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 severe absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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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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