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 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 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 29 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	E12000006	East of England	E06000032	Luton	821	Secondary	No SEN	11.810344827586206	1148372	12863	1161235	91178	55832	35346	40718	1252413	546840	565402	1112242	36130	44041	4214	45	2	14	135	2659	4722	5300	3039	238	1311	3665	2349	4900	4588	25217	641	92.71981367168817	7.280186328311827	4.457954364894009	2.8222319634178183	3.516491764298199	0.3364704773904455	0.3912447411516808	2.0134731913514154	0.3663328311028391	0.0511812	0.003593064	1.5969173108231868E-4	0.001117842	0.010779191848056513	0.21231015647394272	0.3770321770853544	22.20306843647647	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000035	Medway	887	Primary	SEN support	69.17241379310344	352558	2171	354729	31140	21463	9677	6452	385869	171146	176177	347323	5235	15988	1689	0	1	99	141	514	3031	1180	559	9	315	667	0	790	1217	7407	263	91.92990367197157	8.070096328028423	5.562250401042841	2.5078459269855835	4.143375083253644	0.43771331721387313	0.20473269425634089	1.9195633751350847	0.3153920112784391	0.068157846	0	2.5915530918524165E-4	0.025656375609338918	0.036540899	0.1332058289212142	0.7854997421404674	27.3193096	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000019	Islington	206	Secondary	SEN support	5.931034482758621	51212	1407	52619	7647	2927	4720	3108	60266	23346	25033	48379	2833	1929	314	2	0	0	2	207	473	835	564	9	36	354	173	61	275	4374	10	87.31125344306906	12.688746556930939	4.856801513291076	7.831945043639863	3.200809743470614	0.5210234626489232	0.10121793382670162	7.257823648491687	0.4563103574154581	0.016593103906016662	0.003318621	0	0	0.003318621	0.34347725085454484	0.784853815	36.06837606837607	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000007	Stockport	356	Primary	EHC plan	83.08620689655173	64778	631	65409	6767	5221	1546	1934	72176	30914	32256	63170	1608	3856	564	0	0	0	18	54	729	265	0	13	3	350	0	133	326	952	135	90.62430724894702	9.375692751052982	7.233706495233873	2.1419862558191087	5.342496120594103	0.7814231877632454	0.18427178009310574	1.3189980048769674	0.4516736865440035	0.18704278430503213	0	0	0	0.024939038	0.074817114	1.0100310352471735	31.779661016949152	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden	202	Special	EHC plan	2.8275862068965516	23984	246	24230	4730	3344	1386	808	28960	11382	12048	23430	554	2293	366	1	0	0	128	29	527	219	93	0	0	27	0	48	254	1061	23	83.66712707	16.332872928176794	11.546961325966851	4.785911602209945	7.91781768	1.2638121546961325	0.16574585635359115	3.663674033149171	0.8770718232044198	0.07941989	0.003453039	0	0	0.44198895027624313	0.10013812154696132	1.8197513812154695	46.59498207885305	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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