Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023 - Autumn term

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Published 25 July 2024

Last updated 25 July 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 11 September and 15 December 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 28 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	117.9384615	11998.49231	1448258	1466530	18272	75885	57981	17904	12191	1542415	716688	720557	1437245	11013	47575	3834	87	0	80	1199	209	4997	3600	570	9	3194	11465	4	12540	1178	3603	583	121	15393	95.08011787	4.919882133	3.75910504	1.160777093	3.084448738	0.248571234	0.813010766	0.23359472	0.076373739	0.037797869	0.005640505	0	0.005186672	0.07773524	0.013550179	0.323972472	14.70281543
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	397.0153846	84827.43077	10264973	10381424	116451	514938	419004	95934	84077	10896362	5082487	5113408	10195895	69078	334995	25442	779	3	1294	11020	2542	42929	14821	1318	221	6151	95256	2	40531	14999	35418	4986	421	105418	95.27422088	4.725779118	3.845356826	0.880422291	3.074374732	0.233490774	0.371968185	0.325044267	0.137651447	0.045758392	0.007149175	2.75321249422514e-05	0.011875523	0.101134672	0.023328887	0.393975531	13.04828939
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	297	45892.30769	5349712	5402929	53217	279462	223550	55912	44283	5682391	2645874	2668238	5314112	35600	178322	14463	170	1	622	4671	2127	23174	10140	715	177	6578	36321	1	20779	8683	25062	1388	308	54462	95.08196462	4.918035383	3.934083381	0.983952002	3.138150824	0.25452314	0.365673534	0.441046735	0.152805395	0.024426337	0.002991698	1.7598225817266e-05	0.010946096	0.082201313	0.037431426	0.407821285	13.52820018
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30.35384615	6597.169231	774185	781849	7664	47042	30624	16418	9977	828891	378266	386814	765080	9105	26905	1643	9	0	20	506	100	1441	904	1469	0	514	6246	0	7791	872	7217	538	30	8486	94.32470614	5.675293856	3.694575041	1.980718816	3.245903261	0.198216653	0.939930582	0.870681429	0.105200804	0.064906001	0.001085788	0	0.002412862	0.061045421	0.012064312	0.173846742	19.07039307
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	219.1076923	57290.8	6896958	6945201	48243	388739	247394	141345	103343	7333940	3362756	3444579	6807335	89623	203444	16902	515	1	276	2563	1169	22524	8950	2860	60	2554	36660	19	50489	13720	72259	4877	222	71208	94.69945214	5.300547864	3.373275484	1.92727238	2.774006878	0.230462753	0.688429412	0.985268491	0.187075433	0.066499044	0.007022146	1.36352356305069e-05	0.003763325	0.034947109	0.01593959	0.307120047	16.42762689

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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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