school_type

sess_overall_percent

enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent

sess_x_covid_rate

Autumn term 2021/22

Includes overall absence rate, authorised and unauthorised absence rates, and rate of not attending due to COVID circumstances, by school type, autumn 2016/17 to autumn 2021/22

a. Absence rates by school type

Includes number and rate of persistent absentees across all school types combined from autumn 2016/17 to autumn 2021/22

b. Number and rate of persistent absentees, by school type, autumn 2016/17 to autumn 2021/22

Includes absence rates by reason, across all schools, autumn term 2016/17 to autumn term 2021/22

c. Reasons for absence, Autumn term 2016/17 to Autumn term 2021/22

Includes overall absence, persistent absence and not attending due to COVID circumstances, by region, autumn term 2021/22

d. Absence rates by region, autumn 2021/22

Includes overall and persistent absence rates by local authority, autumn term 2019/20 to 2021/22

e. Absence rates by local authority, autumn term 2019/20 to 2021/22

Includes overall absence, authorised and unauthorised absence, and persistent absence rates in Pupil referral units, autumn term 2016/17 to 2021/22

f. Absence rates in Pupil referral units, autumn term, 2016/17 to 2021/22

sess_authorised_percent

sess_authorised

sess_overall

enrolments_pa_10_exact

enrolments

num_schools

sess_possible

sess_unauthorised

sess_unauthorised_percent

sess_auth_holiday

sess_auth_other

sess_auth_totalreasons

sess_auth_excluded

sess_auth_ext_holiday

sess_auth_illness

sess_unauth_late

sess_auth_appointments

sess_unauth_noyet

sess_overall_totalreasons

sess_auth_religious

sess_auth_study

sess_auth_traveller

sess_unauth_holiday

sess_unauth_other

sess_unauth_totalreasons

enrolments_pa_50_exact

enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent

sess_auth_holiday_rate

sess_auth_other_rate

sess_auth_totalreasons_rate

sess_auth_excluded_rate

sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate

sess_auth_illness_rate

sess_unauth_late_rate

sess_auth_appointments_rate

sess_unauth_noyet_rate

sess_overall_totalreasons_rate

sess_auth_religious_rate

sess_auth_study_rate

sess_auth_traveller_rate

sess_unauth_holiday_rate

sess_unauth_other_rate

sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate

sess_y_exceptional

sess_x_covid

Absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.&nbsp;National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2006/07.&nbsp;School data is included from 2016/17. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17.&nbsp;

01 - Absence rates by school and geographic level

Absence information for pupil referral units (including alternative provision academies and free schools). Data has been collected from 2013/14.

02 - Absence in Pupil Referral Units

The number of enrolments with one or more session of absence, including by reason for absence. National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2006/07.&nbsp;School data from 2016/17.&nbsp;Primary and secondary only before 2016/17.

03 - Enrolments with one or more sessions of absence

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.&nbsp;National, Regional and Local Authority data from 2012/13.&nbsp;School data from 2016/17. Primary and secondary only before 2016/17. Collected from 2012/13

04 - Absence for 4 year olds

The number of pupil enrolments by their absence in the term as a percentage of possible sessions. Covers overall absence, authorised absence and unauthorised absence.&nbsp;Data by one percent bands.&nbsp;Primary and secondary only before 2016/17.&nbsp;

05 - Absence as a percentage of possible sessions by percent bands

Absence information by characteristics for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.&nbsp;Characteristics included are gender, year group, Free School Meal eligibility, SEN provision, SEN type of need, ethnicity and language.National, Regional and Local Authority data from Autumn 2019 to autumn 2021

06 - Absence rates by pupil characteristic

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Children in need and child protection

Children looked after

Children's social work workforce

Outcomes for children in social care

Secure children's homes

Serious incident notifications

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Attendance

CO2 monitors

Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

Devices

Testing

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

NEET and participation

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Childcare and early years

Early years foundation stage profile

Early years surveys

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

Student loan forecasts

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Further education and skills

Further education outcomes

Further education workforce

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Education exports

Foundation years

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

Higher level learners in England

Participation measures in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

Academy transfers

Admission appeals

Elective home education and children missing education

Exclusions

Parental responsibility measures

Pupil absence

Pupil projections

School and pupil numbers

School applications

School capacity

Special educational needs (SEN)

Young offenders

School and college outcomes and performance

16 to 19 attainment

GCSEs (key stage 4)

Key stage 1

Key stage 2

Multi-academy trust performance measures

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

School workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

UK education and training statistics

	Overall absence rate	Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances	Percentage of persistent absentees
England	6.9%	1.6%	23.5%
North East	7.4%	1.3%	25.6%
North West	6.9%	1.5%	23.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber	7.1%	1.5%	24.0%
East Midlands	7.0%	1.6%	24.1%
West Midlands	7.0%	1.8%	24.3%
East of England	7.0%	1.8%	24.2%
South East	6.9%	1.9%	23.4%
South West	7.4%	1.7%	26.0%
Inner London	6.0%	1.4%	19.0%
Outer London	6.1%	1.3%	19.9%

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