Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 7 March 2024

Last updated 7 March 2024

Weekly 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 8 2024
• Number of rows: 10,000
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 8

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.8	11623.4	109956	111561	1605	3757	2614	1143	581	115318	54837	54585	109422	534	1714	300	4	0	0	51	5	540	236	21	0	170	1199	0	882	47	180	34	121	15417	96.74205241	3.257947588	2.266775352	0.991172237	1.486324772	0.260150193	0.764841569	0.156090116	0.040756864	0.029483689	0.003468669	0	0	0.044225533	0.004335837	0.468270348
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	375.6	79911.2	764256	770348	6092	24983	19419	5564	3911	795331	379951	381111	761062	3194	13570	1848	13	2	179	778	93	2936	720	132	13	89	5270	0	2614	717	1854	379	423	105674	96.85879213	3.141207874	2.441624934	0.699582941	1.706207856	0.232356088	0.32866819	0.233110491	0.090151145	0.047653115	0.00163454	0.000251468	0.022506353	0.097820907	0.011693245	0.369154478
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	281	44981.6	414905	419503	4598	14092	10651	3441	2241	433595	205946	207108	413054	1851	7418	1072	2	0	110	262	100	1687	1210	66	1	289	3097	1	1166	390	1641	244	307	55313	96.74996252	3.250037477	2.456439765	0.793597712	1.710813086	0.247235323	0.26891454	0.378463774	0.089945687	0.056273712	0.00046126	0	0.025369296	0.060425051	0.023062997	0.389072752
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30	6659.4	61648	61896	248	2821	1388	1433	534	64717	30370	30792	61162	486	1176	103	0	0	0	8	2	99	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	466	75	30	8486	95.64102168	4.358978321	2.144722407	2.214255914	1.817142327	0.159154473	1.304139561	0.720058099	0.074169075	0.115889179	0	0	0	0.012361512	0.003090378	0.152973716
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	205	54658.8	503760	506932	3172	25587	12249	13338	5338	532519	247482	251553	499035	4725	8851	1142	6	0	20	151	23	2056	763	178	3	21	2378	7	5324	613	6314	1087	221	72208	95.19510102	4.80489898	2.300199617	2.504699363	1.662100319	0.214452442	0.999776534	1.185685393	0.115113264	0.204124172	0.00112672	0	0.003755735	0.028355796	0.004319095	0.38608951

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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