- Filename
- aut_sen_.csv
- Geographic levels
- Local authority; National; Regional
- Time period
- 2022/23 Autumn term
- Content
Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| appointments_perc | Authorised appointments absence rate |
| approved_educational_activity | Sessions marked as approved educational activity |
| attendance_perc | Attendance rate |
| auth_excluded_perc | Authorised exclusions absence rate |
| auth_grt_perc | Authorised traveller absence rate |
| auth_holiday_perc | Authorised holiday rate |
| auth_other_perc | Authorised other absence rate |
| auth_religious_perc | Authorised religious observance absence rate |
| auth_study_perc | Authorised study leave absence rate |
| authorised_absence | Sessions marked as authorised absence |
| authorised_absence_perc | Authorised absence rate |
| covid_non_compulsory_perc | Authorised not attending due to covid circumstances rate |
| illness_perc | Authorised illness absence rate |
| late_sessions | Sessions marked as late |
| overall_absence | Sessions marked as absence |
| overall_absence_perc | Overall absence rate |
| overall_attendance | Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity) |
| pa_perc | Persistent absence rate |
| possible_sessions | Total possible sessions |
| present_sessions | Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed) |
| reason_b_aea_education_off_site | Sessions marked as approved education off site |
| reason_c_authorised_other | Sessions marked as authorised other |
| reason_d_aea_dual_registration | Sessions marked as dual registration |
| reason_e_authorised_excluded | Sessions marked as authorised excluded |
| reason_g_unauthorised_holiday | Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday |
| reason_h_authorised_holiday | Sessions marked as authorised holiday |
| reason_i_authorised_illness | Sessions marked as authorised illness |
| reason_j_aea_interview | Sessions marked as approved interview |
| reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed | Sessions marked as late before registers closed |
| reason_m_authorised_medical_dental | Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments |
| reason_n_no_reason_yet | Sessions marked as no reason yet |
| reason_o_other_unauthorised | Sessions marked as unauthorised other |
| reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity | Sessions marked as approved sporting activity |
| reason_present | Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed) |
| reason_present_am | Morning sessions |
| reason_present_pm | Afternoon sessions |
| reason_r_authorised_religious_observance | Sessions marked as authorised religious observance |
| reason_s_authorised_study_leave | Sessions marked as authorised study leave |
| reason_t_authorised_grt_absence | Sessions marked as authorised traveller absence |
| reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed | Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed |
| reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip | Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip |
| reason_w_aea_work_experience | Sessions marked as approved work experience |
| reason_x_not_attending_covid_non_compulsory | Sessions marked as not attending due to covid circumstances |
| school_type | School Type |
| sen | Special Educational Need |
| unauth_hol_perc | Unauthorised holiday absence rate |
| unauth_late_registers_closed_perc | Unauthorised late absence rate |
| unauth_not_yet_perc | Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate |
| unauth_oth_perc | Unauthorised other absence rate |
| unauthorised_absence | Sessions marked as unauthorised absence |
| unauthorised_absence_perc | Unauthorised absence rate |
Footnotes
- At local authority level, due to data only being representative of those schools currently participating in daily data sharing, it is possible there will be differences between absence rates presented here and in the termly school census based absence publication.
- For pupils in special schools, there are a very small number of enrolments with No SEN or on SEN support and care should be taken when using these figures in particular. As there is a difference in timeliness between this publication and data produced from the school census, it is possible there will be differences between the absence rates presented here and in the census absence publication.