Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by SEN - Spring term

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Published 30 May 2024

Last updated 30 May 2024

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN. 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 20 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring term

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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	school_type	sen	num_schools	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000019	Islington	206	Secondary	SEN support	5.931034482758621	51212	1407	52619	7646	2925	4721	3108	60265	23345	25034	48379	2833	1927	303	2	1	0	2	207	483	835	564	9	36	354	173	61	275	4375	10	87.3127022318095	12.687297768190492	4.853563428192151	7.833734339998341	3.197544179872231	0.5027793910229819	0.10121961337426366	7.259603418236124	0.4563179291462706	0.016593379241682568	0.0033186758483365135	0.0016593379241682568	0.0	0.0033186758483365135	0.34348295030282916	0.801460217373268	36.06837606837607	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	Secondary	No SEN	8.89655172413793	781479	4660	786139	77477	40124	37353	26199	863616	367968	389001	756969	24510	30829	2731	9	1	1	65	2672	3816	1041	4197	187	393	3038	1	1388	1689	34202	74	91.02876741514747	8.971232584852528	4.646046390988587	4.3251861938639395	3.5697578553431155	0.31622850896694826	0.16071957907218024	3.960324959241144	0.1955730324588706	0.00856862309174448	0.0010421298354824366	1.1579220394249294E-4	1.1579220394249294E-4	0.0075264932562620415	0.3093967689343412	0.44186305024455313	25.446644133268954	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	No SEN	23.82758620689655	1546064	17195	1563259	172945	117740	55205	52249	1736204	743912	755177	1499089	46975	92636	6493	100	3	52	421	6287	11748	2302	2554	309	1477	9885	3222	3049	5274	45786	1096	90.03890095864311	9.961099041356892	6.7814611647018435	3.1796378766550477	5.3355481268330225	0.37397679074578793	0.17561300400183388	2.637132502862567	0.30376614729605506	0.06312622249459164	0.005759691833448143	1.727907550034443E-4	0.0029950397533930343	0.024248302618816685	0.36211182556888477	0.6766485965934879	29.938989873576954	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden	202	Special	EHC plan	2.8275862068965516	23984	246	24230	4728	3343	1385	808	28958	11382	12048	23430	554	2292	366	1	0	0	128	29	527	219	93	0	0	27	0	48	254	1060	23	83.67290558740244	16.327094412597557	11.544305545963118	4.782788866634436	7.914911250776988	1.2638994405691	0.16575730368119346	3.6604737896263555	0.8771323986463153	0.07942537468057186	0.0034532771600248634	0.0	0.0	0.4420194764831825	0.10014503764072104	1.819877063333103	46.59498207885305	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000036	Wakefield	384	Special	EHC plan	2	15896	4	15900	1861	1718	143	3	17761	7952	7942	15894	2	949	207	0	0	0	37	12	513	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	130	8	89.52198637464107	10.478013625358933	9.672878779348009	0.8051348460109229	5.343167614436124	1.1654749169528742	0.022521254433871967	0.7319407691008389	0.005630313608467992	0.045042508867743934	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2083216035133157	0.0675637633016159	2.88835088114408	27.522935779816514	202324

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 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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