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 8 February 2024

Last updated 8 February 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 4 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	E12000007	London	E09000028	Southwark	210	Secondary	EHC plan	8.738461538461538	23870	909	24779	3488	1872	1616	944	28267	11130	11876	23006	864	1352	191	0	0	0	12	169	148	824	135	5	3	77	0	66	80	1356	114	87.66052287119255	12.339477128807443	6.622563413167297	5.716913715640145	4.78296246506527	0.6756995790143984	0.23348781264371882	4.797113241589132	0.28301553047723493	0.4032971309300598	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.04245232957158524	0.5978703081331588	0.5235787313828846	32.21757322175732	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000033	Southend-on-Sea	882	Secondary	EHC plan	8	14694	476	15170	1479	1000	479	391	16649	7068	7252	14320	374	732	68	0	0	0	0	19	181	369	141	0	15	48	44	32	17	430	0	91.1165835785933	8.883416421406691	6.006366748753679	2.877049672653012	4.396660460087693	0.4084329389152501	0.19220373596011772	2.582737701964082	0.10210823472881253	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.11412096822631991	1.087152381524416	21.27659574468085	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	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	EHC plan	169.27692307692308	102075	1012	103087	12886	10866	2020	2590	115973	49370	50384	99754	2321	5715	718	8	0	10	192	659	3564	450	6	4	14	544	0	275	269	1334	142	88.8887930811482	11.111206918851801	9.36942219309667	1.7417847257551329	4.927871142421081	0.6191096203426659	0.23712415820923835	1.15026773473136	0.2319505402119459	0.12244229260258853	0.0068981573297232975	0.0	0.008622696662154122	0.16555577591335915	0.5682357100359567	3.073129090391729	32.53388946819604	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000025	South Gloucestershire	803	Secondary	No SEN	15.553846153846154	1220717	9825	1230542	96023	66334	29689	36295	1326565	589606	597188	1186794	33923	53163	4280	19	2	235	150	3562	4923	1219	6779	48	801	6140	1617	4207	2372	22376	734	92.76153072031902	7.23846927968098	5.000433450302096	2.2380358293788847	4.007568419187903	0.32263779008190324	0.3171348558118147	1.6867624277739877	0.1788076724472604	0.05533087334582173	0.0014322705634477013	1.5076532246817908E-4	0.017714925390011044	0.011307399185113432	0.268513039315827	0.37110884125542287	22.297979797979796	202324

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Variables in this data set

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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