Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by Local Authority by characteristics

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Number of rows: 259,841
• Geographic levels: Local authority
• 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 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: 2012/13 to 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	year_breakdown	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_type	characteristic_group	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_authorised_illness	sess_authorised_appointments	sess_authorised_religious	sess_authorised_study	sess_authorised_traveller	sess_authorised_holiday	sess_authorised_ext_holiday	sess_authorised_excluded	sess_authorised_other	sess_authorised_totalreasons	sess_unauthorised_holiday	sess_unauthorised_late	sess_unauthorised_other	sess_unauthorised_noyet	sess_unauthorised_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Total	Total	207	77231	2043	1668	375	2.64531	2.15975	0.48556	7	3.38164	2293	312	282	30	13.60663	12.2983	1.30833	1234	117	109	0	0	55	0	2	151	1668	134	0	211	30	375	2043
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Gender	Gender Male	102	37991	1065	816	249	2.8033	2.14788	0.65542	4	3.92157	1153	164	146	18	14.22376	12.66262	1.56114	604	70	54	0	0	29	0	2	57	816	102	0	131	16	249	1065
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Gender	Gender Female	105	39240	978	852	126	2.49235	2.17125	0.3211	3	2.85714	1140	148	136	12	12.98246	11.92982	1.05263	630	47	55	0	0	26	0	0	94	852	32	0	80	14	126	978
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Major ethnic groups	Ethnicity Major White Total	76	28278	491	419	72	1.73633	1.48172	0.25461	1	1.31579	380	55	47	8	14.47368	12.36842	2.10526	307	49	2	0	0	6	0	0	55	419	34	0	31	7	72	491
Academic year	six half terms	201819	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	Total	Minor ethnic groups	Ethnicity Minor White British	54	20206	301	253	48	1.48966	1.2521	0.23755	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	171	30	2	0	0	6	0	0	44	253	28	0	15	5	48	301

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 35 variables

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_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
sess_authorised_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions
sess_authorised_excluded	Number of excluded sessions
sess_authorised_ext_holiday	Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
sess_authorised_holiday	Number of authorised holiday sessions
sess_authorised_illness	Number of illness sessions
sess_authorised_other	Number of authorised other 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_authorised_religious	Number of religious observance sessions
sess_authorised_study	Number of study leave sessions
sess_authorised_totalreasons	Number of authorised reasons sessions
sess_authorised_traveller	Number of traveller sessions
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_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions
sess_unauthorised_holiday	Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
sess_unauthorised_late	Number of late sessions
sess_unauthorised_noyet	Number of no reason yet sessions
sess_unauthorised_other	Number of unauthorised other 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_unauthorised_totalreasons	Number of unauthorised reasons sessions

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Footnotes

1. 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.
2. The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
3. Minority ethnic group includes pupils who have been classified according to their ethnic group, excluding White British.
4. 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.
5. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
9. Figures for pupils with unclassified or missing characteristics information should be interpreted with caution.
10. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
11. 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).
12. From 2014/15 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.
13. Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.

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