Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

National absence by characteristics

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Published 28 May 2020

Last updated 28 May 2020

Absence information by pupil characteristics such as age, gender and ethnicity for England. Only available for 2019/20

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2019/20
• Number of rows: 265
• 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
  • 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: 2019/20 Autumn term

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_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_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
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	7018247	981394623	48375426	35419022	12956404	4.92925	3.60905	1.3202	921927	13.13614	123999613	23934525	15007857	8926668	19.3021	12.10315	7.19895	27932368	2646776	85525	34836	76690	547667	0	793582	2904045	35021489	3513440	695208	8179965	437206	12825819	47770618
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender	Gender male	3589544	501859047	25248763	18537847	6710916	5.03105	3.69384	1.33721	482960	13.45463	64940091	12738584	8065893	4672691	19.6159	12.42051	7.19539	14363557	1353128	43864	13786	40055	287701	0	583412	1639460	18324963	1772010	361063	4283574	224632	6641279	24926187
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Gender	Gender female	3428702	479535434	23126662	16881174	6245488	4.82272	3.52032	1.3024	438967	12.80272	59059522	11195941	6941964	4253977	18.95705	11.75418	7.20286	13568811	1293647	41661	21050	36635	259966	0	210170	1264585	16696525	1741430	334145	3896391	212574	6184540	22844430
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Major ethnic groups	Ethnicity Major White Total	5142614	721992398	37102707	27429910	9672797	5.13893	3.7992	1.33974	709947	13.80518	96235788	18757336	11925221	6832115	19.49102	12.39167	7.09935	21715901	2010581	25798	21326	74588	414935	0	610083	2217808	27091020	2500889	508704	6259928	294561	9564082	36580514
201920	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Minor ethnic groups	Ethnicity Minor White British	4619859	650125894	33254502	24825193	8429309	5.11509	3.81852	1.29657	631820	13.67617	86123711	16785567	10799973	5985594	19.49006	12.54007	6.95	19690967	1823153	20349	19260	30035	371268	0	565502	2005055	24525589	2184850	461890	5443152	245599	8335491	32831045

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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_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

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Footnotes

1. Characteristic data is only available in 19/20 for the Autumn term. For other years, further data on characteristics can be found in the Autumn and Spring two term release and the full year three term release.

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