Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 4 April 2024

Last updated 4 April 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 12 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	273.0241935	48885.24194	11001824	11098476	96652	588732	463960	124772	109653	11687208	5420100	5487189	10907289	94535	392471	27281	344	10	1528	7933	3348	31045	22516	5330	135	4032	69969	0	51950	15118	51918	5786	299	63690	94.962595	5.037404999	3.969810412	1.067594587	3.358124541	0.233426153	0.444503084	0.44422928	0.129355103	0.049507119	0.002943389	8.56E-05	0.013074123	0.067877632	0.028646705	0.265632305	13.44977652	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	134.1428571	27384.26891	6001482	6052275	50793	321945	249853	72092	62732	6374220	2955291	2990885	5946176	55306	204887	16278	450	1	372	1320	2034	24510	13393	3365	138	6061	31201	0	22219	7426	38002	4445	148	35013	94.94926438	5.050735619	3.919742337	1.130993282	3.214307005	0.255372422	0.348575983	0.596182749	0.116500529	0.069734022	0.007059687	1.57E-05	0.005836008	0.020708416	0.031909787	0.384517635	13.68446123	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	332.6386555	69875.18487	15437625	15540465	102840	882672	703884	178788	171778	16423137	7591699	7698998	15290697	146928	570000	46786	1963	13	3156	7108	4828	70030	13625	6843	721	15950	72540	4	58952	24850	82955	12031	400	102530	94.62543605	5.374563946	4.285929052	1.088634894	3.470713299	0.284878583	0.358957001	0.505110564	0.151310922	0.073256406	0.011952649	7.92E-05	0.019216792	0.043280404	0.029397551	0.426410618	14.11355399	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	70.47058824	15273.39496	3261522	3281788	20266	205307	151592	53715	38678	3487095	1597711	1627856	3225567	35955	130951	9291	217	1	898	1622	533	8079	3055	7744	7	509	16695	0	23928	2723	24168	2896	81	23146	94.11237721	5.887622792	4.347228854	1.540393938	3.755303483	0.266439544	0.686187213	0.693069733	0.078087921	0.083049071	0.006222945	2.87E-05	0.025752095	0.046514362	0.015284929	0.231682819	18.5173561	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	186.8064516	38620.3871	8403781	8466616	62835	499158	403094	96064	98884	8965774	4127862	4188189	8316051	87730	327454	21328	563	11	1989	8967	4440	38341	5297	474	112	4341	53083	2	28564	11154	51901	4445	194	46071	94.4326279	5.567372097	4.495919705	1.071452392	3.652266943	0.237882418	0.318589338	0.578879191	0.124406437	0.049577426	0.006279436	0.000122689	0.022184365	0.100013674	0.049521659	0.427637369	15.31239802	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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