Absence by geographic level
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
- Release
- Autumn term 2018/19
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 268,953
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Geographic levels (only available via download / public API)
- School
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised holiday sessions
- Number of authorised other sessions
- Number of authorised reasons sessions
- Number of excluded sessions
- Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
- Number of illness sessions
- Number of late sessions
- Number of medical appointments sessions
- Number of no reason yet sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of overall reasons sessions
- Number of persistent absentees
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of religious observance sessions
- Number of schools
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of study leave sessions
- Number of traveller sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
- Number of unauthorised other sessions
- Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Filters
- School type
- Time period
- 2006/07 Autumn term to 2018/19 Autumn term
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | estab | laestab | urn | academy_type | academy_open_date | all_through | num_schools | 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_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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary and secondary | 20121 | 6835059 | 956850705 | 40266249 | 28896524 | 11369725 | 4.20821 | 3.01996 | 1.18824 | 731047 | 10.69555 | 22297224 | 2466390 | 103273 | 34774 | 82085 | 533368 | . | 698210 | 2388923 | 28604247 | 3446520 | 613277 | 6756430 | 447920 | 11264147 | 39868394 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded primary | 16739 | 3885774 | 546418050 | 20159208 | 14721672 | 5437536 | 3.68934 | 2.69421 | 0.99512 | 357742 | 9.20645 | 11558248 | 1175829 | 64781 | 484 | 60396 | 395846 | . | 107882 | 1097401 | 14460867 | 2368834 | 410601 | 2376288 | 186821 | 5342544 | 19803411 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | National | E92000001 | England | State-funded secondary | 3382 | 2949285 | 410432655 | 20107041 | 14174852 | 5932189 | 4.89899 | 3.45364 | 1.44535 | 373305 | 12.65747 | 10738976 | 1290561 | 38492 | 34290 | 21689 | 137522 | . | 590328 | 1291522 | 14143380 | 1077686 | 202676 | 4380142 | 261099 | 5921603 | 20064983 | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded primary and secondary | 1033 | 317616 | 45421902 | 2098666 | 1419447 | 679219 | 4.62038 | 3.12503 | 1.49536 | 39300 | 12.37343 | 1110531 | 101876 | 788 | 33 | 5296 | 41515 | . | 49905 | 102516 | 1412460 | 235637 | 16453 | 400524 | 25008 | 677622 | 2090082 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Autumn term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | State-funded primary | 858 | 175079 | 25155993 | 981449 | 695889 | 285560 | 3.90145 | 2.7663 | 1.13516 | 18073 | 10.32277 | 571230 | 49584 | 516 | 13 | 4476 | 30064 | . | 3312 | 35284 | 694479 | 155835 | 12024 | 105968 | 11061 | 284888 | 979367 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| enrolments | Number of pupil enrolments |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact | Number of persistent absentees |
| enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent | Percentage of persistent absentees |
| num_schools | Number of schools |
| 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_percent | Authorised absence rate |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_overall_totalreasons | Number of overall reasons sessions |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| 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_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
Footnotes
- Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.
- Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
- Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
- State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
- 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.
- State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
- The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
- 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).
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