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 25 July 2024

Last updated 25 July 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 28 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	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	Secondary	No SEN	8.89655172413793	781504	4660	786164	77434	40134	37300	26199	863598	367976	389010	756986	24518	30847	2734	9	1	1	65	2665	3812	1041	4197	187	393	3038	1	1396	1681	34165	58	91.03355959601573	8.966440403984262	4.647301174852188	4.319139229132073	3.571916563030484	0.31658248397981464	0.16164928589459449	3.9561231035736535	0.1946507518544508	0.006716087809374268	0.0010421515566270416	1.1579461740300463E-4	1.1579461740300463E-4	0.007526650131195301	0.3085926553790074	0.4414090815402537	25.446644133268954	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	No SEN	27.810344827586206	1879588	20462	1900050	203742	137789	65953	64028	2103792	903138	918553	1821691	57897	107640	7729	105	3	70	489	7228	14525	2730	3099	352	1908	12212	3260	3549	6131	55067	1206	90.31548746263888	9.684512537361108	6.549554328564801	3.1349582087963066	5.116475393004632	0.3673842280985953	0.168695384334573	2.6175116171180424	0.2914261485926365	0.05732505875105523	0.0049909877022063015	1.4259964863446575E-4	0.0033273251348042016	0.02324374272741792	0.3435700867766395	0.6904199654718718	28.74010279205445	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	83.6671270718232	16.332872928176794	11.546961325966851	4.785911602209945	7.91781767955801	1.2638121546961325	0.16574585635359115	3.663674033149171	0.8770718232044198	0.07941988950276244	0.0034530386740331495	0.0	0.0	0.44198895027624313	0.10013812154696132	1.8197513812154695	46.59498207885305	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	North Tyneside	392	Primary	EHC plan	46.810344827586206	28498	781	29279	2466	1959	507	549	31745	13870	14119	27989	509	1375	131	0	0	0	2	50	401	680	862	0	1	100	0	112	40	282	73	92.23184753504489	7.768152464955111	6.171050559143172	1.5971019058119387	4.331390770200032	0.41266341156087577	0.35281146637265715	0.8883288706882974	0.12600409513309183	0.2299574736178926	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.006300204756654591	0.1575051189163648	1.2631910537092454	24.846625766871167	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000025	Birmingham	330	Primary	SEN support	266.2037037037037	1343125	6078	1349203	119618	80495	39123	37322	1468821	639824	670640	1310464	32661	64142	5216	25	0	0	169	2710	8233	385	647	9	256	5427	1	8430	4661	25009	1023	91.85618941994974	8.143810580050257	5.480245720887705	2.6635648591625527	4.366903795629284	0.35511474849556207	0.5739297028024517	1.7026581183139402	0.31732934101568533	0.06964769703047546	0.0017020453819764285	0.0	0.0	0.011505826782160658	0.18450171940624485	0.5605175851924775	28.32258864368956	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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