Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 8 February 2024

Last updated 8 February 2024

Year-to-date local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 4 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	school_type	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_grt_absence	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_d_aea_dual_registration	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	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_grt_perc	auth_holiday_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_other_perc	pa_perc	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	263.5168539	47463.41573	7623333	7683340	60007	399874	310401	89473	76442	8083214	3754514	3802807	7557321	66012	260885	18268	264	10	1237	6235	2226	21276	13588	3608	113	2739	43567	0	40361	10430	34884	3798	302	64083	95.05303212	4.946967877	3.840069062	1.106898815	3.227490946	0.225999213	0.499318712	0.43156101	0.129032833	0.046986261	0.003266028	0.000123713	0.015303319	0.077135159	0.027538551	0.263212133	14.05873373	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	130.4404762	26733.60714	4130104	4163943	33839	214152	163316	50836	43316	4378095	2033254	2058649	4091903	38201	131428	11104	309	1	247	932	1384	17911	8369	2284	117	4277	21076	0	16710	5115	25806	3205	147	35013	95.10855749	4.891442511	3.730298223	1.161144288	3.00194491	0.253626292	0.381672851	0.589434446	0.116831636	0.073205355	0.007057864	2.28409844921136e-05	0.005641723	0.021287798	0.031611923	0.409104873	13.67397454	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	315.5119048	66367.67857	10330914	10395930	65016	580686	453401	127285	115887	10976616	5079452	5152431	10231883	99031	362440	30639	1600	12	2445	5159	3392	47714	8912	4741	598	8584	46918	4	43903	16856	57305	9221	403	102783	94.70979034	5.29020966	4.130608195	1.159601466	3.30192839	0.279129743	0.399968442	0.522064359	0.15356281	0.084005854	0.014576441	0.000109323	0.022274625	0.046999913	0.030902056	0.434687703	14.36367153	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	62.35714286	13365.71429	2002693	2014283	11590	125413	89845	35568	23523	2139696	980944	999999	1980943	21750	77184	5424	182	0	628	1152	305	4970	2015	4543	7	317	9251	0	17432	1773	14301	2062	81	23146	94.13874681	5.861253187	4.198960974	1.662292213	3.607241403	0.253493954	0.814695172	0.668365973	0.082862238	0.09636883	0.008505881	0	0.029349964	0.053839424	0.014254361	0.232275987	19.00968784	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	182.988764	37731.73034	5827012	5866179	39167	332207	265318	66889	69357	6198386	2860803	2905056	5765859	61153	212492	14445	443	5	1659	6465	3143	26665	3744	357	86	2069	33268	0	20844	8204	34577	3264	194	46071	94.64042736	5.359572637	4.280436875	1.079135762	3.428182756	0.233044538	0.33628109	0.557838766	0.132357036	0.05265887	0.007147022	8.06661605133982e-05	0.026765032	0.104301346	0.050706748	0.430192634	15.04897134	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 52 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_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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