Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - weekly

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Published 21 November 2024

Last updated 21 November 2024

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, 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 45 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024 Week 37 to 2024 Week 45

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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	education_phase	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2585	607178.4	5704312	5736766	32454	217192	152388	64804	44468	5953958	2817921	2848533	5666454	37858	103922	14296	135	244	953	651	789	21402	226	2321	7449	4799	36	1064	25926	1	628	22987	6610	29815	5392	2592	708427	96.35214088	3.647859122	2.559440292	1.08841883	1.74542716	0.240109185	0.386079311	0.500759327	0.111018586	0.090561606	0.002267399	0.004098114	0.016006159	0.013251689	0.003795794	0.038982472	0.125110053	0.359458364
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1765.4	423278.6	3952282	3966900	14618	163727	98728	64999	38334	4130627	1944537	1973516	3918053	34229	71723	8560	60	20	604	265	703	13216	41	61	3475	1816	8	644	11953	0	197	27714	4105	28600	4580	1767	499749	96.03626762	3.963732383	2.390145612	1.57358677	1.736370774	0.207232461	0.670939303	0.692388831	0.099379586	0.110879051	0.001452564	0.000484188	0.014622477	0.017019208	0.000992585	0.001476773	0.084127664	0.319951426
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1757.8	382389.4	3558908	3574791	15883	146134	82308	63826	34306	3720925	1752563	1776370	3528933	29975	58108	8813	51	3	517	389	644	10566	123	18	3076	2281	5	947	12445	0	205	32006	4331	24502	2987	1766	462881	96.07264323	3.927356773	2.212030611	1.715326162	1.561654696	0.236849708	0.86016246	0.658492176	0.116395789	0.080275738	0.001370627	8.06251133790657e-05	0.013894395	0.017307524	0.00330563	0.000483751	0.082667616	0.283961649
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1640.8	326806.6	3097674	3116249	18575	118968	76709	42259	24051	3235217	1530682	1546613	3077295	20379	53653	7322	388	6	720	166	508	10567	41	56	3282	2764	2	866	14763	1	179	17896	3672	18284	2407	1651	390943	96.32271962	3.67728038	2.371061972	1.306218408	1.658404985	0.226321758	0.553162276	0.565155289	0.113500887	0.074399955	0.011993013	0.000185459	0.022255076	0.015702192	0.001267303	0.00173095	0.101446054	0.326624149
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1875.2	341421	3193364	3212534	19170	118615	84855	33760	22663	3331149	1579693	1594789	3174482	18882	59698	8141	86	46	516	346	414	11245	31	76	4256	2719	3	575	15386	0	487	12403	3781	13941	3635	1881	396640	96.43921662	3.560783381	2.547319258	1.013464123	1.792114373	0.244390149	0.37233399	0.418504246	0.113504379	0.109121507	0.002581692	0.001380905	0.015490151	0.012428144	0.00093061	0.002281495	0.127763724	0.33757121

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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