Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms

Absence rates as a percentage of possible sessions by band - autumn and spring terms combined

Not the latest data

Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

The number of pupil enrolments by overall, authorised and unauthorised absence percentage point bands. Includes percentage point bands for illness absence and not attending in cricumstances relating to coronavirus (COVID-19)

---

On this page

Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2021/22
• Number of rows: 2,040
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
  • Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
  • Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
  • Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
• Filters:
  • Absence percentage band
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2021/22 Autumn and spring term

---

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_sess_x_covid	enrolments_sess_x_covid_percent	enrolments_illness	enrolments_illness_percent
201617	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Special	0.00	6342	6.83008	7839	8.44229	64609	69.5813	0	0	21076	22.698
201617	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Special	0.01 - 0.99	6817	7.34163	7680	8.27105	10285	11.0765	0	0	10051	10.8245
201617	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Special	1.00 - 1.99	9807	10.5617	10843	11.6775	4686	5.04663	0	0	11711	12.6123
201617	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Special	10.00 - 10.99	2720	2.92933	2648	2.85179	358	0.38555	0	0	1665	1.79314
201617	Autumn and spring term	National	E92000001	England	Special	11.00 - 11.99	2189	2.35746	2035	2.19161	269	0.2897	0	0	1198	1.2902

---

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_illness	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
enrolments_illness_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
enrolments_overall	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_overall_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for overall absence
enrolments_sess_x_covid	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
enrolments_sess_x_covid_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
enrolments_unauthorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
enrolments_unauthorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for unauthorised absence
percent_bands	Absence percentage band - Filter by percentage of absence
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

---

Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present

---

Using this data

• Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

• View or create your own tables

  View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

Download this data using code

Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.

Example code

Python

import pandas as pd

pd.read_csv("https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/0d54a805-a9f5-49dc-95a8-260736fc74c3/csv")

R

read.csv("https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/0d54a805-a9f5-49dc-95a8-260736fc74c3/csv")

---

Contact us

If you have a specific enquiry about Absence rates as a percentage of possible sessions by band - autumn and spring terms combined statistics and data:

School census statistics team

Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Sean Gibson

---