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

Absence in special schools

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Published 6 May 2020

Last updated 6 May 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term
• Release: Autumn term 2018/19
• Number of rows: 3,528
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Geographic levels (only available via download / public API): School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • 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 reasons sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of religious observance sessions
  • Number of schools
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of study leave sessions
  • Number of traveller sessions
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
  • Number of unauthorised other sessions
  • Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Percentage of persistent absentees
  • Unauthorised absence rate
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2018/19 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	estab	laestab	urn	school_type	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	num_schools	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_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
2018	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England									Special				1023	102196	14266769	1384666	1083703	300963	9.70553	7.59599	2.10954	28205	27.59893	601329	152647	1401	187	898	47358	.	22064	243465	1069349	27515	15973	240510	12180	296178	1365527
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East							Special				64	6572	928931	85633	59807	25826	9.21845	6.43826	2.78018	1728	26.29337	34128	8194	46	40	0	3055	.	1273	11715	58451	2708	701	20996	700	25105	83556
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West							Special				164	15177	2144913	211779	161140	50639	9.87355	7.51266	2.36089	4118	27.13316	87941	19668	247	14	89	6437	.	3498	33590	151484	4038	2597	39095	1451	47181	198665
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber							Special				80	8371	1183003	113443	91690	21753	9.58941	7.75061	1.83879	2261	27.00992	52239	13258	34	0	51	4555	.	941	20247	91325	3973	669	16118	891	21651	112976
2018	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands							Special				83	7977	1124520	113734	90481	23253	10.114	8.04619	2.06782	2248	28.18102	48448	13096	83	3	60	3921	.	1205	23665	90481	2277	689	18779	1507	23252	113733

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 27 variables

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
num_schools	Number of schools
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_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_overall_totalreasons	Number of overall reasons sessions
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
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_percent	Unauthorised absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Pupil enrolments missing 10 percent or more of their own possible sessions (due to authorised or unauthorised absence) are classified as persistent absentees.
2. Absence rates are the number of absence sessions expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
3. Includes all schools with at least six enrolments who reported absence information via the school census for the associated academic year.
4. 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.
5. The percentage of persistent absentees is the number of persistent absentees expressed as a percentage of the total number of enrolments.
6. 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).

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