Absence rates by school location - IDACI and urban/rurality
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Absence information by the school location including the level of depravation and rurality. Includes where a school location may differ from administrative authority responsible for the school
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil absence in schools in England
- Release
- Academic year 2022/23
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 33,501
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Authorised absence rate
- Number of authorised absence sessions
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of persistent absentees
- Number of pupil enrolments
- Number of sessions possible
- Number of unauthorised absence sessions
- Overall absence rate
- Percentage of persistent absentees
- Unauthorised absence rate
- Filters
- IDACI band of school location
- Rurality band of school location
- School type
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_identifier | absence_terms | time_period | geographic_level | country_name | country_code | region_code | region_name | lad_code | lad_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_type | sch_rurality | sch_idaci | enrolments | sess_possible | sess_overall | sess_overall_percent | sess_authorised | sess_authorised_percent | sess_unauthorised | sess_unauthorised_percent | enrolments_pa_10_exact | enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic year | Six half terms | 201819 | Local authority district | England | E92000001 | E12000008 | South East | E07000229 | Worthing | E10000032 | West Sussex | State-funded secondary | Total | Total | 6194 | 2181487 | 111572 | 5.11449 | 82957 | 3.80277 | 28615 | 1.31172 | 764 | 12.33452 | |
| Academic year | Six half terms | 202021 | Local authority | England | E92000001 | E12000005 | West Midlands | 333 | E08000028 | Sandwell | State-funded secondary | Total | Total | 22325 | 7645884 | 398936 | 5.21766 | 235899 | 3.08531 | 163037 | 2.13235 | 3154 | 14.12766 | ||
| Academic year | Six half terms | 202021 | Regional | England | E92000001 | E13000002 | Outer London | State-funded secondary | Total | 90 - 100 % least deprived | 25926 | 8796703 | 380186 | 4.32191 | 305294 | 3.47055 | 74892 | 0.85136 | 2704 | 10.42968 | |||||
| Academic year | Six half terms | 202021 | Local authority | England | E92000001 | E12000005 | West Midlands | 894 | E06000020 | Telford and Wrekin | State-funded primary | Total | 20 - 30 % | 1691 | 598439 | 22808 | 3.81125 | 16542 | 2.76419 | 6266 | 1.04706 | 167 | 9.87581 | ||
| Academic year | Six half terms | 202021 | Regional | England | E92000001 | E12000009 | South West | Special | Total | 50 - 60 % | 1216 | 434571 | 63015 | 14.50051 | 57578 | 13.24939 | 5437 | 1.25112 | 574 | 47.20395 |
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 |
| sch_idaci | IDACI band of school location - Filter by IDACI band of school location |
| sch_rurality | Rurality band of school location - Filter by rurality band of school location |
| school_type | School type - Filter by school type |
| 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_possible | Number of sessions possible |
| sess_unauthorised | Number of unauthorised absence sessions |
| sess_unauthorised_percent | Unauthorised absence rate |
Footnotes
- Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
- Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.
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