Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates by pupil characteristic - termly

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

Absence information at national level for the full academic year, by each term, by pupil characteristics including SEN, FSM, language, year group, gender and ethnicity for England. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate exact
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2018/19 Autumn term to 2022/23 Summer term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	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_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_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	sess_y_exceptional_rate
201819	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	6797773	729628872	37895365	24150894	13744471	5.19379	3.31002	1.88376	975659	14.35263	99126612	16919804	9906313	7013491	17.06888156	9.993595867	7.075285696	15987321	2091863	1153359	655181	118946	763297	609417	2489155	23868539	4903371	570836	7626193	493194	13593594	37462133	0	0	2.191157945	0.286702333	0.158074748	0.089796474	0.016302261	0.104614418	0.083524244	0.341153578	3.271326001	0.672036317	0.078236487	1.045215354	0.067595187	1.863083346	5.134409347	0	0
201819	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender female	3322061	356552467	18234073	11558236	6675837	5.11399	3.24166	1.87233	475471	14.31253	47996214	8021600	4664208	3357392	16.7129849	9.717866497	6.995118407	7829943	1035404	559859	314253	56498	365656	165901	1100721	11428235	2433053	272691	3660071	238186	6604001	18032236	0	0	2.196014254	0.290393167	0.157020089	0.088136538	0.015845634	0.10255321	0.046529197	0.30871221	3.205204299	0.682382882	0.076479908	1.026516807	0.066802511	1.852182108	5.057386407	0	0
201819	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender unclassified	1	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
201819	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	Total	FSM eligible	1060022	113634937	9243519	5055925	4187594	8.1344	4.44927	3.68513	241102	22.745	24941441	5281465	2592082	2689383	21.17546055	10.39267138	10.78278917	3190074	433112	246338	63018	35092	106005	233807	691088	4998534	759928	239189	2996837	155524	4151478	9150012	0	0	2.807300364	0.381143345	0.216780162	0.055456536	0.030881348	0.093285571	0.205752743	0.608165075	4.398765144	0.668745036	0.210488963	2.637249669	0.136862838	3.653346506	8.052111649	0	0
201819	Summer term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	FSM unclassified	2086	134732	12745	6899	5846	9.45952	5.12054	4.33898	572	27.4209	23611	6756	3470	3286	28.61378171	14.69653975	13.91724196	3770	364	418	0	366	163	58	1654	6793	1053	282	3897	480	5712	12505	0	0	2.798147433	0.270165959	0.310245524	0	0.271650387	0.12098091	0.043048422	1.227622243	5.041860879	0.781551525	0.209304397	2.892408633	0.356262803	4.239527358	9.281388237	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 53 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by 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 - Total includes primary, secondary and special

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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.
3. A pupil has an EHC plan when a formal assessment has been made. A document is in place that sets out the child’s need and the extra help they should receive. EHC plans were introduced in September 2014 replacing Statements of SEN, with these being phased out by April 2018. This category therefore includes Statements of SEN for the years up to 2018.
4. From 2015, the School Action and School Action Plus categories were combined to form one category of SEN support. Extra or different help is given from that provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum. The class teacher and special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists. The pupil does not have an Education, Health and Care plan.

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