06 - Absence rates by pupil characteristic - Autumn and Spring combined
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Absence information for Autumn and Spring term combined by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity for England.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn and spring terms
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 129,335
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Authorised absence rate exact
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of authorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- 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 absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of overall reasons sessions
- Number of persistent absentees
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of religious observance sessions
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of sessions possible for persistent absentees
- Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
- Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
- Number of study leave sessions
- Number of traveller sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions for persistent absentees
- Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
- Number of unauthorised other sessions
- Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Overall absence rate exact
- Percentage of persistent absentees
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Unauthorised absence rate exact
- Filters
- Characteristic
- School type
- Time period
- 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2020/21 Autumn and spring term
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | characteristic | 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_possible_pa_10_exact | sess_overall_pa_10_exact | sess_authorised_pa_10_exact | sess_unauthorised_pa_10_exact | sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exact | sess_authorised_percent_pa_10_exact | sess_unauthorised_percent_pa_10_exact | 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 | sess_x_covid | sess_y_exceptional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Special | Ethnicity_Major_Any_Other_Ethnic_Group | 51 | 12220 | 1376 | 1189 | 187 | 11.26023 | 9.72995 | 1.53028 | 20 | 39.21569 | 4492 | 1040 | 899 | 141 | 23.15227 | 20.01336 | 3.13891 | 761 | 220 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | : | 9 | 151 | 1189 | 20 | 4 | 157 | 6 | 187 | 1376 | : | : | |||
| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Special | Ethnicity_Major_Asian_Total | 454 | 112035 | 11231 | 10440 | 791 | 10.02455 | 9.31852 | 0.70603 | 166 | 36.56388 | 39984 | 8296 | 7681 | 615 | 20.7483 | 19.21018 | 1.53812 | 6397 | 1417 | 420 | 4 | 0 | 821 | : | 45 | 1336 | 10440 | 286 | 78 | 396 | 31 | 791 | 11231 | : | : | |||
| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Special | Ethnicity_Major_Black_Total | 220 | 54831 | 4225 | 3530 | 695 | 7.7055 | 6.43796 | 1.26753 | 45 | 20.45455 | 11111 | 2847 | 2283 | 564 | 25.62326 | 20.54721 | 5.07605 | 2101 | 467 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 116 | : | 72 | 685 | 3530 | 76 | 38 | 307 | 274 | 695 | 4225 | : | : | |||
| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Special | Ethnicity_Major_Chinese | 14 | 3112 | 130 | 122 | 8 | 4.17738 | 3.92031 | 0.25707 | 2 | 14.28571 | 308 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 15.25974 | 12.98701 | 2.27273 | 70 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | : | 0 | 12 | 122 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 130 | : | : | |||
| 201617 | Autumn and spring term | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Special | Ethnicity_Major_Mixed_Total | 368 | 88811 | 8509 | 6344 | 2165 | 9.58102 | 7.14326 | 2.43776 | 102 | 27.71739 | 23371 | 6163 | 4340 | 1823 | 26.37029 | 18.57002 | 7.80027 | 3673 | 806 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 305 | : | 312 | 1201 | 6344 | 83 | 84 | 1894 | 104 | 2165 | 8509 | : | : |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic - Filter by 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 - Total includes primary, secondary and special |
| 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 |
| sess_x_covid | Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances |
| sess_y_exceptional | Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances |
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