04 - Absence for 4 year olds
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Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.
National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2012/13.
School data from 2016/17. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17. Collected from 2012/13.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
- Release
- Autumn term 2020/21
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of schools
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2012/13 Autumn term to 2020/21 Autumn term
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| 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 | laestab | urn | academy_type | academy_open_date | all_through | num_schools | enrolments | sess_possible | sess_overall | sess_overall_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total | 16404 | 635126 | 76085619 | 2992892 | 3.93358 | |||||||||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Total state-funded primary and secondary | 15867 | 630830 | 75607012 | 2934801 | 3.88165 | |||||||||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 15718 | 622758 | 74678463 | 2889803 | 3.86966 | |||||||||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 149 | 8072 | 928549 | 44998 | 4.84606 | |||||||||||
| 202021 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | Special | 537 | 4296 | 478607 | 58091 | 12.13752 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| num_schools | Number of schools |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary and secondary schools. Does not include special schools. Available from 2006/07 to present (data for special schools is available from 2016/17 onwards).
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions but not as an absence within absence rates.
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