Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 by sex - Academic year 2023 - 2024

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Full 2023/24 academic year 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 broken down by sex. 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 29 2024 (End of 23/24 AY)
• Number of rows: 1,311
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised appointments absence rate
  • Authorised exclusions absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised illness absence rate
  • Authorised other absence rate
  • Authorised religious observance absence rate
  • Authorised study leave absence rate
  • Authorised traveller absence rate
  • Morning sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Persistent absence rate
  • Sessions marked as absence
  • Sessions marked as approved education off site
  • Sessions marked as approved educational activity
  • Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
  • Sessions marked as approved interview
  • Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
  • Sessions marked as approved work experience
  • Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
  • Sessions marked as authorised absence
  • Sessions marked as authorised excluded
  • Sessions marked as authorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as authorised illness
  • Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
  • Sessions marked as authorised other
  • Sessions marked as authorised study leave
  • Sessions marked as authorised traveller absence
  • Sessions marked as dual registration
  • Sessions marked as late
  • Sessions marked as late before registers closed
  • Sessions marked as no reason yet
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised other
  • Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
  • Total possible sessions
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised holiday absence rate
  • Unauthorised late absence rate
  • Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
  • Unauthorised other absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Sex
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	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_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	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000019	Sheffield	373	Secondary	Female	29.588541666666668	4494963	65270	4560233	536004	198406	337598	200103	5096237	2103975	2199124	4303099	191864	122003	15082	3331	6601	6	640	21270	29473	14765	40014	986	6504	27316	15699	31904	8239	291928	5527	89.48235727655523	10.51764272344477	3.8931862862735778	6.624456437171192	2.3939820695152125	0.29594385033506093	0.6260305397884752	5.728305021921076	0.16166830545753663	0.10845257000410304	0.065361952	0.1295269431150867	1.1773392799432207E-4	0.012558286	0.4173667747398718	0.5783286766294425	29.37237394957983	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000001	Bolton	350	Secondary	Male	18.661458333333332	3273334	54631	3327965	302410	178385	124025	167608	3630375	1521153	1594310	3115463	157871	120570	9861	2445	2241	273	776	24280	17939	13128	16048	360	3926	23631	13586	21348	9737	86470	6470	91.67000654	8.329993457976105	4.913679716282753	3.4163137416933513	3.3211445098646832	0.27162483214543953	0.5880384257824606	2.3818476052749373	0.26820920703784046	0.17821850359811314	0.067348414	0.061729160210722035	0.007519884	0.021375202	0.6688014323589161	0.49413628068725685	26.127802889302494	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Special	Female	3.8548387096774195	45067	287	45354	4930	3860	1070	536	50284	22201	22482	44683	384	2510	520	0	0	0	247	55	528	191	0	1	0	75	20	69	152	807	42	90.19568848938032	9.804311511	7.676398059024739	2.1279134515949405	4.991647443	1.0341261633919339	0.13722058706546814	1.6048842574178663	0.3022830323761037	0.083525575	0	0	0	0.49120992761116855	0.1093787288203007	1.0500357966748868	32.88590604026846	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	Female	58.711229946524064	2388654	28020	2416674	137993	88404	49589	27370	2554667	1174902	1190639	2365541	23113	73384	5772	834	4	149	2829	391	5041	3820	544	4	4484	19712	0	22167	4257	22295	870	94.59839579874793	5.401604201252062	3.4604901539026414	1.9411140473494195	2.8725465980497655	0.22593942772189093	0.8677060454454534	0.8727164832050518	0.1666361995516441	0.034055319	0.032646133527383416	1.565761799874504E-4	0.005832463	0.11073850329612431	0.015305321593773279	0.1973251308291844	13.79819965067849	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000043	Brighton and Hove	846	Primary	Male	40.096256684491976	1986001	24070	2010071	131673	103586	28087	26992	2141744	972817	989465	1962282	23719	79224	6110	645	0	186	2460	893	14068	3942	1468	540	3259	16329	0	10302	3273	13580	932	93.85206635340171	6.147933646598287	4.836525747241501	1.311407899356786	3.6990415287728133	0.2852815275775256	0.4810098685930718	0.6340627077745986	0.15281938457630792	0.043515938	0.030115644073241243	0	0.008684511	0.11485966576771081	0.041694992492099896	0.6568478772439656	16.17166617166617	202324

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 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
auth_holiday_perc	Authorised holiday rate
auth_other_perc	Authorised other absence rate
auth_religious_perc	Authorised religious observance absence rate
auth_study_perc	Authorised study leave absence rate
authorised_absence	Sessions marked as authorised absence
authorised_absence_perc	Authorised absence rate
illness_perc	Authorised illness absence rate
late_sessions	Sessions marked as late
overall_absence	Sessions marked as absence
overall_absence_perc	Overall absence rate
overall_attendance	Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
pa_perc	Persistent absence rate
possible_sessions	Total possible sessions
present_sessions	Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
reason_b_aea_education_off_site	Sessions marked as approved education off site
reason_c_authorised_other	Sessions marked as authorised other
reason_d_aea_dual_registration	Sessions marked as dual registration
reason_e_authorised_excluded	Sessions marked as authorised excluded
reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
reason_h_authorised_holiday	Sessions marked as authorised holiday
reason_i_authorised_illness	Sessions marked as authorised illness
reason_j_aea_interview	Sessions marked as approved interview
reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	Sessions marked as late before registers closed
reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
reason_n_no_reason_yet	Sessions marked as no reason yet
reason_o_other_unauthorised	Sessions marked as unauthorised other
reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
reason_present	Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
reason_present_am	Morning sessions
reason_present_pm	Afternoon sessions
reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
reason_s_authorised_study_leave	Sessions marked as authorised study leave
reason_t_authorised_grt_absence	Sessions marked as authorised traveller absence
reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
reason_w_aea_work_experience	Sessions marked as approved work experience
school_type	School Type
sex	Sex
unauth_hol_perc	Unauthorised holiday absence rate
unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	Unauthorised late absence rate
unauth_not_yet_perc	Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
unauth_oth_perc	Unauthorised other absence rate
unauthorised_absence	Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
unauthorised_absence_perc	Unauthorised absence rate

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