Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 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 13 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	275.9919355	49429.3871	11124639	11222485	97846	593611	468452	125159	111106	11816096	5479548	5549229	11028777	95862	396422	27504	344	10	1528	8022	3376	31246	22733	5325	136	4034	70943	0	52319	15244	52297	5299	299	63690	94.97625104	5.023748961	3.964524323	1.059224637	3.35493212	0.232767235	0.442777378	0.442591191	0.129010462	0.044845607	0.002911283	8.46E-05	0.012931513	0.067890444	0.028571196	0.264435902	13.3986611	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	134.0894309	27379.96748	6196320	6249316	52996	334445	259116	75329	64485	6583761	3051835	3087616	6139451	56869	212570	16786	518	1	396	1388	2141	25315	14038	3495	138	6250	32570	0	23577	7616	39562	4574	148	35013	94.92015278	5.079847218	3.935683571	1.144163647	3.228701649	0.254960652	0.358108382	0.600902736	0.115678561	0.069473968	0.007867843	1.52E-05	0.006014799	0.021082175	0.032519406	0.384506667	13.38705838	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	333.0588235	69920.67227	15448931	15552019	103088	883377	704970	178407	171961	16435396	7596609	7705226	15301835	147096	570769	46902	1963	13	3219	7115	4828	70161	13667	6843	720	15969	72728	4	59074	24865	82938	11530	400	102530	94.62515537	5.374844634	4.28933991	1.085504724	3.472803454	0.285371889	0.359431559	0.504630372	0.151289327	0.070153466	0.011943734	7.91E-05	0.019585777	0.043290712	0.029375623	0.426889623	13.92965754	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	70.52845528	15288.45528	3374541	3395161	20620	212676	156726	55950	39970	3607837	1653297	1684089	3337386	37155	135368	9638	217	1	914	1692	580	8316	3115	7973	7	563	16935	0	24728	2815	25227	3180	81	23146	94.10516606	5.894833941	4.344043259	1.550790682	3.752054209	0.267140672	0.685396818	0.69922782	0.078024589	0.088141454	0.006014684	2.77E-05	0.025333739	0.046897906	0.016076114	0.230498218	18.08997929	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	187.6451613	38681.89516	8405831	8468717	62886	499203	403376	95827	98893	8967920	4128343	4189750	8318093	87738	327708	21337	520	11	1989	8980	4441	38389	5337	474	112	4350	53085	2	28555	11155	52189	3928	194	46071	94.43345837	5.566541628	4.497988385	1.068553243	3.654225283	0.237925851	0.318412742	0.581952114	0.124387818	0.043800569	0.005798446	0.000122659	0.022179056	0.100134702	0.049520959	0.428070277	15.31664951	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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