Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - year to date

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Published 10 October 2024

Last updated 10 October 2024

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 39 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	overall_absence	authorised_absence	unauthorised_absence	late_sessions	possible_sessions	reason_present_am	reason_present_pm	reason_present	reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	reason_i_authorised_illness	reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	reason_s_authorised_study_leave	reason_t_authorised_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	reason_o_other_unauthorised	reason_n_no_reason_yet	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	attendance_perc	overall_absence_perc	authorised_absence_perc	unauthorised_absence_perc	illness_perc	appointments_perc	unauth_hol_perc	unauth_oth_perc	unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	unauth_not_yet_perc	auth_religious_perc	auth_study_perc	auth_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	time_identifier
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2402.266667	523607.6667	14390860	14467623	76763	619046	402066	216980	165128	15086669	7059671	7185229	14244900	145960	306664	37647	321	378	1991	965	3189	39435	396	3212	7868	13103	30	5578	57256	4	792	105694	19168	77863	14255	2434	624865	95.89673506	4.103264942	2.665041567	1.438223375	2.032681966	0.249538185	0.700578769	0.516104648	0.127052565	0.094487391	0.002127706	0.002505523	0.013197081	0.021137867	0.002624834	0.021290319	0.052152003	0.261389708	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	842.7333333	166995.9333	4611705	4640070	28365	220013	132766	87247	44975	4860083	2269131	2302312	4571443	40262	104709	11495	82	0	1524	558	920	11262	139	67	2010	3128	3	4156	20715	0	363	50889	4713	26822	4823	859	212529	95.47306085	4.526939149	2.731764046	1.795175103	2.154469378	0.236518594	1.047080883	0.551883579	0.096973653	0.099236988	0.001687214	0	0.031357489	0.018929718	0.002860033	0.001378577	0.041357318	0.231724438	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1939.666667	419349	11721131	11809660	88529	503692	364791	138901	104392	12313352	5786051	5846485	11632536	88595	268239	29786	271	233	3266	1107	3949	41853	540	818	14729	12142	25	5736	68988	1	1637	52471	15797	58650	11983	1983	510954	95.90938357	4.09061643	2.96256454	1.12805189	2.178440119	0.241900012	0.426130919	0.476312218	0.12829163	0.097317124	0.002200863	0.001892255	0.026524053	0.032070877	0.004385483	0.006643195	0.119618119	0.339899322	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1752.8	418355.8	11672553	11734562	62009	537022	354752	182270	127486	12271584	5735371	5823962	11559333	113220	274824	26140	240	52	1704	863	3077	37242	171	973	9466	9505	50	2577	49256	0	621	72053	14266	81993	13958	1767	502370	95.62385752	4.376142477	2.89084115	1.485301327	2.23951529	0.213012436	0.587153215	0.668153353	0.116252311	0.113742448	0.001955738	0.000423743	0.013885738	0.025074188	0.001393463	0.007928887	0.077137556	0.303481604	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1739.466667	378527.6	10532175	10596803	64628	483566	295459	188107	111493	11080369	5184655	5250672	10435327	96848	223376	27258	153	24	1494	761	2738	30684	340	296	8335	8018	8	4632	51403	1	566	90836	14645	73122	9504	1767	464210	95.63583126	4.364168738	2.66650867	1.697660069	2.015961743	0.246002638	0.819792193	0.659923871	0.132170689	0.085773317	0.00138082	0.000216599	0.013483305	0.024710368	0.00306849	0.002671391	0.075223127	0.276922186	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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