Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 - Spring term

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 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. 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 18 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring 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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	272.3518519	48465.5	4661575	4707521	45946	252980	205549	47431	47717	4960501	2295301	2325265	4620566	41009	175987	12183	103	0	412	2054	1428	13382	10342	2401	29	1733	33842	0	14966	6708	23218	2539	299	63382	94.9001119	5.099888096	4.143714516	0.95617358	3.547766647	0.245600192	0.301703396	0.468057561	0.135228276	0.051184346	0.002076403	0	0.008305613	0.041407108	0.028787415	0.269771138	17.35036855
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	133.3103448	27407.13793	2894586	2918517	23931	164388	129552	34836	31166	3082905	1425348	1441730	2867078	27508	108992	8007	277	0	179	632	993	10471	6941	1799	36	2744	14210	0	9643	3658	19952	1583	148	35013	94.66775655	5.332243452	4.202270261	1.129973191	3.535366805	0.259722567	0.312789398	0.647181798	0.118654321	0.051347674	0.008985032	0	0.005806212	0.020500145	0.03220988	0.339647183	16.28203362
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	335.8518519	70260.44444	7029473	7072799	43326	416823	340778	76045	81882	7489622	3454427	3504921	6959348	70125	280353	22381	440	3	1188	2937	1889	31587	5787	3026	212	8570	28753	4	21690	11757	37375	5223	400	102135	94.43465905	5.565340948	4.550002657	1.015338291	3.743219618	0.29882683	0.28960073	0.499023849	0.156977215	0.069736497	0.005874796	4.01E-05	0.015861949	0.039214262	0.025221567	0.421743581	17.36605121
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	70.12068966	15115.94828	1538804	1548025	9221	96885	74381	22504	18639	1644910	753541	767970	1521511	17293	63835	4705	29	0	475	863	307	4167	1447	3614	2	236	7536	0	6669	1346	12854	1635	81	23146	94.1100121	5.889987902	4.521888736	1.368099167	3.880759434	0.286033886	0.405432516	0.78144093	0.081828185	0.099397535	0.001763014	0	0.02887696	0.052464876	0.018663635	0.25332693	19.74183751
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.93103448	11240.93103	1217119	1224139	7020	74286	52188	22098	14012	1298425	598074	607032	1205106	12013	45302	3273	4	0	0	331	482	2796	753	2779	10	2009	4248	0	3961	1999	15896	242	46	13698	94.27876081	5.721239194	4.019331113	1.701908081	3.488996284	0.252074629	0.305061902	1.22425246	0.153955754	0.018637965	0.000308066	0	0	0.025492424	0.037121898	0.215337813	17.9895539

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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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