Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 21 December 2023

Last updated 21 December 2023

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 49 2023
• 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	time_identifier
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1482.1	461202.1333	51148033	51601650	453617	2694008	1907118	786890	841446	54295658	24855595	25511272	50366867	781166	1551706	129900	11767	233	1743	16476	8104	187149	73611	19398	35044	27741	317199	22	173902	60280	467331	85377	1784	694551	95.03826254	4.961737456	3.512468713	1.449268743	2.857882301	0.23924565	0.320287121	0.860715234	0.111021769	0.157244618	0.021672083	0.000429132	0.003210201	0.030344968	0.014925687	0.344685021	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1633.963636	387905.7273	39509644	39769550	259906	2157720	1532590	625130	553316	41927270	19311294	19701694	39012988	496656	1264244	87712	2364	53	3081	19499	15580	140057	35998	15125	760	12815	210328	5	211793	56660	324878	31799	1772	510381	94.85365968	5.146340317	3.655353664	1.490986654	3.015326302	0.209200361	0.505143788	0.774860848	0.135138777	0.07584324	0.005638335	0.000126409	0.007348439	0.046506725	0.037159586	0.334047507	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2241.666667	484904.8	53639069	53938334	299265	2949642	2080687	868955	781600	56887976	26170119	26774107	52944226	694843	1741651	139330	2628	20	6285	28990	14429	147316	45270	26891	2379	29545	222059	12	354176	86757	381219	46803	2428	633583	94.81499922	5.185000781	3.657516309	1.527484472	3.061545027	0.244919946	0.622584991	0.670122277	0.152504986	0.082272219	0.004619605	3.51568141570022e-05	0.011048029	0.050959802	0.025363884	0.258958062	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1608.066667	299617	32932898	33201866	268968	1802310	1374342	427968	341074	35004176	16228410	16422127	32650537	282361	1107410	89815	1361	28	3701	22922	12344	136758	48373	11520	1154	27049	192379	13	161456	58713	183821	23978	1881	405858	94.85115719	5.148842812	3.926222974	1.222619838	3.163651103	0.256583672	0.461247824	0.5251402	0.167731416	0.068500398	0.003888108	7.99904559958789e-05	0.010573024	0.065483615	0.035264364	0.390690528	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2286	536434	59366462	59860765	494303	3214137	2461952	752185	641590	63074902	29205000	29610894	58815894	550568	1992026	156029	4715	97	5559	30566	18344	254598	70055	17520	7824	42089	374310	25	259709	91022	358401	43053	2596	716998	94.90425368	5.095746324	3.903219699	1.192526625	3.158191193	0.247370975	0.411746973	0.568214914	0.144307795	0.068256943	0.00747524	0.000153785	0.008813331	0.048459845	0.029082883	0.403643909	Academic year

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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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