Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

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 41 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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Primary	31.88	6847.2	315430	318685	3255	14010	9880	4130	5992	332695	152230	157519	309749	5681	7062	939	17	0	0	52	67	1743	608	170	345	119	2183	0	428	311	2675	716	36	8974	95.78893581	4.211064188	2.969686951	1.241377237	2.122664903	0.282240491	0.128646358	0.804039736	0.093479012	0.215212131	0.005109785	0	0	0.015629931	0.020138565	0.523903275	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000033	Calderdale	381	Primary	61	11025.52	512655	518534	5879	26019	18737	7282	6007	544553	251516	255720	507236	5419	15224	1208	19	0	0	318	273	1695	490	49	0	263	5122	4	4276	588	1936	482	81	18755	95.22195268	4.778047316	3.440803742	1.337243574	2.795687472	0.22183332	0.78523119	0.35552095	0.10797847	0.088512964	0.0034891	0	0	0.05839652	0.050132861	0.311264468	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	806	Primary	42.84	11894.92	542919	550121	7202	32451	18466	13985	9201	582572	264022	270452	534474	8445	15508	1138	17	0	0	445	106	1252	596	1531	0	1923	4681	2	6151	756	6468	610	41	14367	94.42970139	5.570298607	3.16973696	2.400561647	2.661988561	0.195340662	1.055835159	1.110249034	0.129769368	0.104708088	0.002918094	0	0	0.076385408	0.018195176	0.214909058	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000065	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	267.44	33134.72	1553220	1565685	12465	72440	53885	18555	11660	1638125	770671	772558	1543229	9991	41627	4230	13	1	410	2467	544	4593	2197	10695	16	2201	8051	0	10709	1669	5474	703	297	43840	95.57787104	4.422128958	3.289431515	1.132697444	2.541136971	0.258222053	0.653735216	0.334162533	0.101884777	0.042914918	0.00079359	6.10454025181229e-05	0.025028615	0.150599008	0.033208699	0.280381534	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000012	Essex	881	Primary	388.48	90118.48	4183458	4225718	42260	191338	138498	52840	42511	4417056	2059607	2085546	4145153	38305	108266	9136	152	14	2185	2183	1171	15391	6274	1257	433	5124	30429	0	22394	4206	23977	2263	443	120927	95.66820072	4.33179928	3.135527374	1.196271906	2.451089595	0.206834598	0.506989271	0.542827621	0.095221795	0.05123322	0.003441206	0.000316953	0.049467338	0.049422058	0.026510871	0.348444756	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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