Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023 - Autumn term

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Published 22 February 2024

Last updated 22 February 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 11 September and 15 December  2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by Free School Meals eligibility. 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 6 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.9384615	11633.01538	1399362	1417450	18088	72808	55354	17454	11637	1490258	692877	695996	1388873	10489	45532	3721	74	0	24	1190	185	4628	3585	569	10	3131	11358	4	12096	1148	3514	696	121	15417	95.11440301	4.885596991	3.714390394	1.171206596	3.055309886	0.249688309	0.811671536	0.235798097	0.077033641	0.046703323	0.004965583	0	0.001610459	0.079851945	0.012413958	0.310550254	14.79962403
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	371.2923077	78880.29231	9557709	9663004	105295	483007	392131	90876	78861	10146011	4732973	4760242	9493215	64494	313907	23686	742	3	1196	10196	2482	39919	14337	1132	222	5659	85074	3	37221	14367	34045	5243	423	105836	95.23943942	4.760560579	3.864878522	0.895682057	3.093895719	0.233451353	0.366853535	0.335550592	0.141602448	0.051675481	0.007313219	2.95682707223558e-05	0.011787884	0.100492696	0.024462816	0.393445266	13.16807054
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	280.0615385	43924.98462	5177526	5229016	51490	269784	215241	54543	42553	5498800	2560860	2582496	5143356	34170	171914	14077	168	1	581	4191	2091	22218	10164	711	177	6440	34708	1	19949	8383	24635	1576	309	55847	95.09376591	4.906234087	3.914326762	0.991907325	3.126391213	0.256001309	0.362788245	0.448006838	0.152451444	0.028660799	0.003055212	1.81857859896705e-05	0.010565942	0.076216629	0.038026479	0.404051793	13.4922969
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	29.35384615	6515.707692	773998	781787	7789	47123	30607	16516	9978	828910	378162	386732	764894	9104	26885	1642	9	0	19	505	99	1448	904	1457	0	638	6247	0	7788	874	7012	842	30	8884	94.31506436	5.684935638	3.692439469	1.99249617	3.243416052	0.19809147	0.939547116	0.845930197	0.105439674	0.101579182	0.001085763	0	0.002292167	0.060923381	0.011943396	0.17468724	19.10028396
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	204.1230769	53797.36923	6428716	6474573	45857	363724	230661	133063	95987	6838297	3135078	3210200	6345278	83438	189501	15816	475	1	279	2389	1132	21068	8894	2417	63	2481	34400	19	47851	12549	67434	5229	221	72429	94.68107337	5.318926627	3.373076659	1.945849968	2.771172413	0.231285655	0.699750245	0.986122714	0.183510602	0.076466407	0.006946174	1.46235239563301e-05	0.004079963	0.034935599	0.016553829	0.308088403	16.54945657

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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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