Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024 by sex - Autumn term

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Sex
• Time period: 2024/25 Autumn 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	education_phase	sex	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	pa_perc	academic_year
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	Unknown	4.114285714285714	63632	609	64241	3478	2659	819	1336	67719	30622	31887	62509	1123	2088	198	6	0	20	0	6	310	6	0	25	175	0	25	409	0	0	216	213	159	231	94.86407064487071	5.135929355129284	3.9265198836367934	1.209409471492491	3.0833296416072296	0.292384707	0.31896513533867893	0.23479378017986088	0.31453506401453063	0.34111549195942054	0.008860143	0	0.029533809	0.008860143	0.008860143	0	0.036917261	0.4577740368286596	17.233009708737864	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000010	Enfield	308	Special	Male	6.928571428571429	80895	2571	83466	10904	8454	2450	1760	94370	39016	40354	79370	1525	4697	884	6	4	0	0	290	2234	40	2	297	1870	2	17	482	200	0	328	235	1846	41	88.44548056	11.554519444738794	8.958355409558122	2.5961640351806716	4.9772173360178025	0.9367383702447811	0.3475680830772491	1.956130126099396	0.24901981561937053	0.04344601	0.006357953	0.004238635	0	0.30730104906220196	0.042386352	0.002119318	0.3147186605912896	2.367277736568825	34.35326842837274	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Special	Female	3.942857142857143	22380	985	23365	3408	2194	1214	219	26773	11008	11203	22211	169	1264	253	0	0	0	0	0	160	7	0	510	924	0	16	45	0	0	199	50	957	8	87.27075785306091	12.729242146939079	8.194823143	4.534419004220671	4.721174317	0.9449818847346207	0.7432861464908677	3.574496694430956	0.18675531318866023	0.029880850110185635	0	0	0	0	0.026145743846412432	0	1.9049041945243341	0.5976170022037127	35.24229074889868	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000020	Kensington and Chelsea	207	Secondary	Unknown	1	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000036	Bracknell Forest	867	Primary	Female	28.771428571428572	527630	4220	531850	24943	19466	5477	4484	556793	260189	263535	523724	3906	16246	1132	44	1	4	0	31	1537	73	113	285	326	0	589	3138	0	167	2431	578	2334	134	95.52023822138568	4.479761778614314	3.4960928028908413	0.9836689757234736	2.917780934745947	0.20330715364596896	0.4366075004534899	0.41918630442552257	0.10380877633159899	0.024066395	0.007902398	1.7959995905120934E-4	7.183998362048374E-4	0.005567599	0.013110797010738282	0.020294795372786653	0.051185988	0.27604513706170875	12.937484914313298	202425

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 54 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_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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