Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 27 June 2024

Last updated 27 June 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 24 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	282.0178571	50496.6369	15388465	15533520	145055	830818	635416	195402	151610	16364338	7581471	7676406	15257877	130588	525949	39044	5282	11	2331	13919	4865	43963	33417	7444	183	6523	104932	0	91561	21022	75651	7168	299	63382	94.92299658	5.07700342	3.882931286	1.194072134	3.213994969	0.238591992	0.559515454	0.462291845	0.12846227	0.043802566	0.032277505	6.72193400062991e-05	0.014244389	0.085056909	0.029729281	0.268651259	12.42254741	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	135.462963	27891.66049	8302495	8384827	82332	451009	340111	110898	86054	8835836	4091465	4134999	8226464	76031	276265	23326	667	1	717	2150	2912	34072	18994	4948	198	9933	53205	2	40682	10023	54363	5830	148	35013	94.89568389	5.104316105	3.849222643	1.255093463	3.126642459	0.26399313	0.460420497	0.615255874	0.113435786	0.065981306	0.007548805	1.13175482206777e-05	0.008114682	0.024332729	0.0329567	0.385611503	13.17490305	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	340.2760736	71096.20859	21345045	21537849	192804	1213874	943417	270457	234812	22751723	10504556	10640443	21144999	200046	752751	66323	2736	13	5030	11153	6469	98941	20767	9340	890	25383	145758	6	103277	34766	117364	15050	400	102135	94.66469419	5.335305814	4.146573866	1.188731948	3.308545028	0.291507593	0.453930456	0.515846646	0.152806009	0.066148836	0.012025463	5.71385296841035e-05	0.022108216	0.049020463	0.028433011	0.434872559	13.44759643	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	191.7678571	39250.2381	11600285	11696334	96049	696604	552192	144412	133922	12392938	5699397	5782390	11481787	118498	441798	30553	3234	11	2737	13481	6183	54194	7052	593	163	5641	83191	2	47656	15424	76288	5044	194	46071	94.37902457	5.62097543	4.455698883	1.165276547	3.564917375	0.246535567	0.384541583	0.615576387	0.124457978	0.040700599	0.026095507	8.87602278007039e-05	0.022085158	0.108779694	0.049891317	0.437297435	14.89939394	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	72.83333333	15598.53086	4552807	4583732	30925	288797	199494	89303	53051	4872529	2231364	2272046	4503410	49397	170391	13088	221	3	1146	2522	972	11151	4368	11092	7	1006	25544	0	46171	3654	35197	4281	81	23146	94.07295472	5.927045278	4.09425988	1.832785397	3.496972517	0.268607945	0.947577736	0.722355885	0.074991857	0.087859918	0.004535632	6.15696694673341e-05	0.023519614	0.051759569	0.019948573	0.228854461	17.25623445	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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