Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 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 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 10 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 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	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	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000033	Southend-on-Sea	882	Secondary	EHC plan	8	14698	254	14952	1475	1000	475	390	16427	7069	7256	14325	373	732	68	0	0	0	0	19	181	147	363	0	15	48	44	28	17	430	0	91.02088025811165	8.979119741888354	6.087538808059902	2.8915809338284535	4.456078407499848	0.41395263894807327	0.17045108662567726	2.6176416874657575	0.10348815973701832	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.11566323735313813	1.1018445242588422	21.58273381294964	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000028	Southwark	210	Secondary	EHC plan	8.738461538461538	23871	909	24780	3477	1880	1597	944	28257	11130	11877	23007	864	1370	191	0	0	0	12	169	138	824	135	5	3	77	0	66	80	1350	101	87.69508440386453	12.304915596135471	6.653218671479634	5.6516969246558375	4.84835615953569	0.675938705453516	0.23357044272215732	4.777577237498673	0.2831156881480695	0.35743355628693774	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.04246735322221042	0.5980818912127969	0.4883745620554199	31.799163179916317	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Special	SEN support	2.6923076923076925	423	4	427	37	35	2	1	464	212	210	422	1	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	92.02586206896551	7.974137931034483	7.543103448275862	0.43103448275862066	6.4655172413793105	0.8620689655172413	0.0	0.43103448275862066	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.21551724137931033	14.285714285714285	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000059	Dorset	838	Secondary	EHC plan	27.338461538461537	74124	4285	78409	18256	9860	8396	2943	96665	35264	36270	71534	2590	5321	1009	0	0	10	95	743	2682	3700	1089	10	71	344	160	208	353	7520	315	81.11415714064036	18.885842859359645	10.200175865101123	8.685666994258522	5.504577665132158	1.0438111001913826	0.21517612372627115	7.779444473180572	0.36517870997775825	0.32586768737392025	0.0	0.0	0.01034500594837842	0.09827755650959501	0.7686339419645166	2.7745305953550923	44.121212121212125	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Secondary	No SEN	8.815384615384616	1022511	7368	1029879	64183	48436	15747	30898	1094062	489432	503361	992793	29718	37968	3731	1541	2	0	65	871	4258	1110	2580	145	313	5798	2	2814	1180	8231	3522	94.1335134571898	5.866486542810188	4.427171403448799	1.439315139361389	3.4703700521542653	0.34102272083300583	0.25720662997161037	0.752333962791871	0.10785494789143577	0.32191959870647185	0.14085124974635807	1.8280499642616232E-4	0.0	0.005941162383850275	0.0796115759435937	0.3891918373912996	17.666666666666668	202324

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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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