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

Absence rates by pupil characteristic - termly data

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

Termly absence information by pupil characteristics including age, gender, year group, free school meals (FSM), special educational needs (SEN) 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: Autumn and spring term 2021/22
• Number of rows: 858
• Geographic levels: National
• 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 - 10% or more sessions missed
  • 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 - 10% or more sessions missed
  • Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised absence rate exact
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School type
• Time period: 2020/21 Autumn term to 2021/22 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_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_x_covid_rate	sess_y_exceptional
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Total	3916655	525568504	30023843	23932030	6091813	5.71264	4.55355	1.15909	750193	19.15392	100348969	16945554	12757940	4187614	16.886624913904196	12.713573569450423	4.173051344453773	20033277	1016662	54177	731	53268	257305	z	77962	1836118	23329500	1716649	493060	3544486	200446	5954641	29284141	8222461	1.5644889176996801	567194
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	Female	1921922	257882167	14512043	11546880	2965163	5.62739	4.47758	1.14981	363248	18.90025	48550055	8088251	6066568	2021683	16.64489740245586	12.484454543389152	4.16044285906671	9782725	469062	26907	264	25773	129698	z	9586	814277	11258292	852958	243244	1707440	95086	2898728	14157020	3969152	1.539133956478658	275456
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Special	Male	91393	12076670	1529499	1201718	327781	12.66491	9.95074	2.71417	34855	38.13749	4640985	1254677	952327	302350	27.031772124899543	20.51770013508593	6.514071989813616	696325	98031	574	235	684	24168	z	18763	347325	1186105	20011	14340	275871	11654	321876	1507981	326743	2.705571983005249	117776
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	State-funded primary	FSM eligible	951303	127091390	9795478	7037004	2758474	7.70743	5.53696	2.17046	262678	27.61244	35570592	6582635	4463958	2118677	18.505834819954643	12.549574659876338	5.956260160078303	5762426	325889	5789	79	18981	45003	z	45159	668534	6871860	407852	302862	1901866	88519	2701099	9572959	2410361	1.8965572726838538	156656
202122	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	FSM not eligible	5470379	734108756	44086671	36346365	7740306	6.00547	4.95109	1.05438	1080492	19.75168	145283058	25749011	20197895	5551116	17.723340459972974	13.902443463160033	3.8208969968129383	30618283	1743395	77381	70113	50679	283730	z	368635	2620820	35833036	1799845	376810	5135980	341095	7653730	43486766	11152233	1.5191527016740827	4181886

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 38 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Filter by characteristic
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees - 10% or more sessions missed
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_x_covid_rate	Rate of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
sess_y_exceptional	Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances

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Footnotes

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

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