Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 11 January 2024

Last updated 11 January 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 50 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	1490.107692	463199.4154	55626555	56107710	481155	3024064	2140322	883742	930309	59131774	27016429	27746540	54762969	863586	1750335	142055	12193	235	1853	20391	8989	204227	77805	21170	36415	29383	337525	27	209963	66723	519137	87919	1781	693854	94.88588994	5.114110055	3.619580228	1.494529828	2.960058327	0.240234633	0.355076443	0.877932396	0.112837812	0.148683177	0.020620048	0.000397417	0.003133679	0.034483998	0.015201641	0.345376075	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1636.5	388627.0833	43182241	43464804	282563	2419194	1727107	692087	614106	45883998	21098224	21533647	42631871	550370	1431565	96264	2471	58	3455	22104	17014	154176	38847	16671	784	13587	229340	5	234501	63736	362088	31762	1767	505609	94.72758673	5.272413271	3.764072608	1.508340664	3.119965701	0.209798632	0.511073599	0.78913786	0.138906815	0.06922239	0.00538532	0.000126406	0.007529858	0.048173657	0.037080465	0.336012568	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2293.107692	538574.6923	64544225	65064668	520443	3598664	2746148	852516	709229	68663332	31742585	32193790	63936375	607850	2228890	169213	5372	98	5981	36342	19928	280293	74253	18944	7939	43247	394975	29	303699	101379	401318	46120	2596	716321	94.75897266	5.241027336	3.999438885	1.241588451	3.246113952	0.246438667	0.442301577	0.584472073	0.147646491	0.06716831	0.007823681	0.000142725	0.008710617	0.052927813	0.029022769	0.408213513	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2247.6	485977.3385	58249588	58572346	322758	3276476	2315512	960964	865683	61848822	28404132	29076355	57480487	769101	1944713	151675	2911	23	6835	31925	15829	161563	48729	29529	2438	30488	241089	14	389818	96582	426301	48263	2431	629679	94.70244397	5.297556031	3.743825549	1.553730482	3.144300792	0.245235067	0.630275545	0.689262926	0.156158188	0.078033823	0.004706638	3.71874503931538e-05	0.01105114	0.051617798	0.02559305	0.261222437	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1609.784615	300105.5538	35734587	36019529	284942	1995199	1519390	475809	376705	38014728	17605389	17817475	35422864	311723	1226771	97367	1737	29	3911	26306	13597	149669	51583	12666	1186	28107	204053	13	182331	64982	203020	25476	1881	403076	94.75151052	5.24848948	3.996845644	1.251643837	3.227093983	0.256129677	0.479632526	0.534056169	0.170939011	0.067016131	0.004569282	7.62862225398535e-05	0.010288118	0.069199496	0.035767716	0.393713195	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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