Absence rates for pupils in state-maintained secondary schools across England for the 2002 and 2004 academic years. The data originates from administrative records published by the Office for National Statistics via the Neighbourhood Statistics service. It is aggregated at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level, providing a detailed geographic breakdown.
Use Cases
- Analyze geographic disparities in school attendance based on LSOA-level aggregation
- Track changes in pupil absence rates between the 2002 and 2004 academic years
- Correlate school absence indicators with other neighbourhood-level socioeconomic data
Strengths
- Data covers two distinct academic years (2002 and 2004), allowing for temporal comparison
- Geographic detail is provided at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level for England
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data is from 2002-2004; its relevance for contemporary analysis may be limited
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics (via Neighbourhood Statistics, source ID 2004)
- Collection Method
- Administrative data
- Time Range
- 2002 and 2004 academic years
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:28.222641; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- England, aggregated at Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA)