Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by Local Authority District by characteristics

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: Local authority district
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	la_code	lad_code	lad_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_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
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM	FSM eligible	28	9959	364	276	88	3.65499	2.77136	0.88362	3	10.71429	773	116	98	18	15.00647	12.67788	2.32859	209	18	16	0	0	22	:	2	9	276	46	0	40	2	88	364
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM	FSM Not eligible	178	67236	1677	1390	287	2.4942	2.06734	0.42685	4	2.24719	1520	196	184	12	12.89474	12.10526	0.78947	1025	97	93	0	0	33	:	0	142	1390	88	0	171	28	287	1677
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM	FSM unclassified	1	36	2	2	0	5.55556	5.55556	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	:	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM ever 6	FSM eligible in last 6 years	35	12933	440	336	104	3.40215	2.59801	0.80414	3	8.57143	773	116	98	18	15.00647	12.67788	2.32859	249	26	22	0	0	27	:	2	10	336	46	0	53	5	104	440
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	FSM ever 6	FSM not eligible in last 6 years	171	64232	1603	1332	271	2.49564	2.07373	0.42191	4	2.33918	1520	196	184	12	12.89474	12.10526	0.78947	985	91	87	0	0	28	:	0	141	1332	88	0	158	25	271	1603

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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. The definition of persistent absence changed from the 2015/16 academic year - The information presented for years prior to 2015/16 has been produced using the same methodology in order to allow users to make comparisons on a consistent basis over time.
2. The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
3. Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.
4. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
5. Number of enrolments includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between 5 and 15, excluding boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved schools during the academic year or are registered in more than one school).
6. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
7. Figures for pupils with unclassified or missing characteristics information should be interpreted with caution.
8. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
9. Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.

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