Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by sex - Spring term

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Published 2 May 2024

Last updated 2 May 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex. 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 16 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Sex
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	school_type	sex	num_schools	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000030	Walsall	335	Secondary	Male	13.685185185185185	680828	8291	689119	82429	31950	50479	33942	771548	317582	332514	650096	30732	22033	1546	12	0	0	80	4097	4182	4650	6262	281	350	3008	2	2529	3210	43744	996	89.31641323676557	10.683586763234434	4.1410255745591975	6.542561188675235	2.8556875268939845	0.20037638617428857	0.32778258773271396	5.669640774132004	0.4160467009181541	0.12909112589236185	0.0015553147697874921	0.0	0.0	0.010368765131916615	0.5310103843182796	0.5420271972709411	31.9477286869944	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000033	Westminster	213	Special	Male	3	13966	127	14093	1823	1458	365	202	15916	6815	6949	13764	202	1072	241	0	0	0	6	4	135	110	0	0	0	17	0	14	0	288	63	88.54611711485298	11.453882885147022	9.160593113847701	2.2932897712993214	6.735360643377733	1.5141995476250314	0.08796179944709727	1.8094998743402864	0.0	0.39582809751193765	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.03769791404875597	0.025131942699170642	0.8482030660970092	33.55263157894737	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000011	East Sussex	845	Special	Female	10.913793103448276	30015	434	30449	4624	3965	659	182	35073	14912	14940	29852	163	2440	407	0	0	0	96	59	963	293	0	1	27	113	0	14	19	602	24	86.81606934108859	13.183930658911414	11.304992444330397	1.8789382145810167	6.956918427280244	1.1604368032389587	0.03991674507455878	1.7164200382060273	0.05417272545832977	0.06842870584210076	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.273714823368403	0.1682205685284977	2.745701821914293	35.47400611620795	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Special	Male	2.913793103448276	31879	646	32525	4832	3524	1308	570	37357	15483	15874	31357	522	1743	378	18	0	0	125	6	1254	446	0	7	0	81	112	84	48	1008	168	87.06534250608989	12.934657493910109	9.433305672297026	3.5013518216130843	4.665792221002757	1.0118585539524052	0.22485745643386784	2.698289477206414	0.12848997510506732	0.4497149128677357	0.048183740664400246	0.0	0.0	0.3346093101694462	0.016061246888133415	3.3568005996198838	34.63687150837989	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000024	Nottinghamshire	891	Primary	Female	252.3448275862069	2701495	23891	2725386	145559	111719	33840	26280	2870945	1332656	1346298	2678954	22541	95774	6818	76	0	419	780	120	7732	2669	209	15	2296	18910	1	9766	3739	18870	1465	94.92992725391814	5.070072746081864	3.8913667799278637	1.1787059661540016	3.3359747400246262	0.23748278006022408	0.34016673952304904	0.6572748694245275	0.13023586310430887	0.0510284941021162	0.002647211980724117	0.0	0.014594497630571118	0.027168754539010673	0.004179808390617027	0.2693189873020904	15.413702733058779	202324

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 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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