- Filename
- absence_by_characteristic.csv
- Geographic levels
- Local authority; Local authority district; National
- Time period
- 2012/13 to 2016/17
- Content
-
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
| 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 |
| sess_auth_appointments | Number of medical appointments sessions |
| sess_auth_excluded | Number of excluded sessions |
| sess_auth_ext_holiday | Number of extended authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_auth_holiday | Number of authorised holiday sessions |
| sess_auth_illness | Number of illness sessions |
| sess_auth_other | Number of authorised other sessions |
| sess_auth_religious | Number of religious observance sessions |
| sess_auth_study | Number of study leave sessions |
| sess_auth_totalreasons | Number of authorised reasons sessions |
| sess_auth_traveller | Number of traveller sessions |
| sess_authorised | Number of authorised absence sessions |
| sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_authorised_percent | Authorised absence rate |
| sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Authorised absence rate exact |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_pa_10_exact | Number of overall absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | Overall absence rate exact |
| sess_overall_totalreasons | Number of overall reasons sessions |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| sess_possible_pa_10_exact | Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauth_holiday | Number of unauthorised holiday sessions |
| sess_unauth_late | Number of late sessions |
| sess_unauth_noyet | Number of no reason yet sessions |
| sess_unauth_other | Number of unauthorised other sessions |
| sess_unauth_totalreasons | Number of unauthorised reasons sessions |
| sess_unauthorised | Number of unauthorised absence sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees |
| sess_unauthorised_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
| sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | Unauthorised absence rate exact |
Footnotes
- Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
- Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.
- Social Emotional and Mental Health was added as a new type of need in 2015, the previous type of need Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties has been removed although it is not expected it should be a direct replacement.
- x - 1 or 2 enrolments, or a percentage based on 1 or 2 enrolments.
- State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
- 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).
- From 2015 SEN support replaced school action and School Action plus but some pupils remain with these provision types. Those who were formerly School Action did not provide type of need in previous years. Those who remain on school action provision are not included here but have been included within the SEN support category in other tables.
- 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.
- Minority ethnic group includes pupils who have been classified according to their ethnic group, excluding White British.
- There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of constituent parts as national and regional totals and totals across school types have been rounded to the nearest 5.
- See "Guide to absence statistics" for more information on how absence and pupil characteristic data have been linked.
- The persistent absentee rate is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
- 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.
- Figures for pupils with unclassified or missing characteristics information should be interpreted with caution.
- In September 2014 the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) provisions were introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014. This reform caused changes to SEN categories - Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans were introduced and SEN support replaces school action and school action plus but some pupils remain with these provision types in first year of transition (2014/15).
- State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.