Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Weekly 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 29 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 9

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	119.8	12385.2	117750	119370	1620	3965	2764	1201	659	123335	58650	58492	117142	608	1829	313	5	0	0	56	5	556	250	19	0	171	1199	0	927	51	190	33	121	16223	96.78517858	3.214821421	2.241050797	0.973770625	1.482952933	0.253780354	0.751611465	0.154051972	0.041350793	0.026756395	0.004053999	0	0	0.045404792	0.004053999	0.450804719
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	406.6	87238.6	831477	840229	8752	26869	20996	5873	4262	867098	413281	414668	827949	3528	14692	1993	15	2	179	832	96	3187	762	143	13	104	7873	0	2760	734	1991	388	421	104293	96.90127298	3.098727018	2.421410267	0.677316751	1.694387486	0.229847145	0.318303121	0.229616491	0.084650178	0.044746961	0.001729908	0.000230654	0.020643572	0.095952245	0.011071413	0.367547843
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	301	47223.6	431673	436386	4713	14685	11099	3586	2395	451071	214207	215483	429690	1983	7741	1109	2	0	110	268	100	1769	892	66	1	289	3530	1	1260	412	1682	232	307	55473	96.74441496	3.255585041	2.460588244	0.794996797	1.716137814	0.245859299	0.279335182	0.372890299	0.091338171	0.051433145	0.000443389	0	0.024386405	0.05941415	0.022169459	0.392177728
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	31	6736.4	61644	61892	248	2820	1388	1432	534	64712	30368	30790	61158	486	1176	103	0	0	0	8	2	99	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	499	41	30	8587	95.64223019	4.357769811	2.14488812	2.212881691	1.81728273	0.15916677	1.304240326	0.771108913	0.074174805	0.063357646	0	0	0	0.012362468	0.003090617	0.152985536
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	221	58393.2	542948	546299	3351	27418	13300	14118	5837	573717	266653	271157	537810	5138	9594	1218	6	0	20	159	24	2279	766	206	3	19	2556	7	5545	699	6796	1078	222	71753	95.22098875	4.779011255	2.318216124	2.460795131	1.672253045	0.212299792	0.966504392	1.184556149	0.121837073	0.187897517	0.001045812	0	0.003486039	0.027714012	0.004183247	0.397234176

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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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