Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 7 March 2024

Last updated 7 March 2024

Year-to-date 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. 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 8 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	267.1442308	48165.625	9065749	9140423	74674	480774	375640	105134	91627	9621197	4464540	4522192	8986732	79017	316844	22184	297	10	1496	6903	2637	25269	16876	4408	118	3320	54360	0	45688	12610	42337	4499	300	63749	95.00297104	4.997028956	3.9042959	1.092733056	3.293186908	0.230574221	0.474868148	0.440038802	0.131064773	0.046761333	0.003086934	0.000103937	0.015549001	0.071747829	0.027408232	0.262638838	13.92923132	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	131.030303	26879.49495	4897928	4937794	39866	262181	202508	59673	51497	5199975	2411251	2441190	4852441	45487	165106	13277	380	1	297	1125	1662	20660	10162	2747	124	4958	24622	0	19000	6010	31094	3569	148	35013	94.95803345	5.041966548	3.894403338	1.147563209	3.17513065	0.255328151	0.365386372	0.597964413	0.115577479	0.068634945	0.007307727	1.9230861686835e-05	0.005711566	0.021634719	0.031961692	0.397309602	14.12767756	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	306.4848485	64418.62626	11727291	11799927	72636	664298	526041	138257	131935	12464225	5764873	5849702	11614575	112716	423330	35166	1667	41	2675	5543	3838	53781	10059	5370	616	9856	52101	4	46402	19219	64401	8235	402	102586	94.67036258	5.329637422	4.220406804	1.109230618	3.396360383	0.282135472	0.37228147	0.516686757	0.154193301	0.06606909	0.013374277	0.000328941	0.021461423	0.044471277	0.030792127	0.431482904	14.67825849	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	183.5384615	37927.52885	6875553	6922479	46926	399560	320101	79459	81957	7322039	3375677	3427461	6803138	72415	257552	17242	497	9	1767	7493	3652	31888	4374	372	92	3540	38918	2	23839	9542	41877	4201	194	46071	94.5430501	5.456949902	4.371746722	1.085203179	3.517490142	0.235480854	0.325578708	0.571930852	0.130318891	0.057374729	0.006787727	0.000122917	0.024132622	0.102334882	0.049876817	0.435507104	15.19144319	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	65.25252525	14043.10101	2481739	2495821	14082	158519	115968	42551	29408	2654340	1215456	1239036	2454492	27247	100074	6947	206	1	840	1410	360	6130	2528	5649	7	366	11181	0	19905	2161	18069	2416	81	23146	94.02793161	5.972068386	4.368995683	1.603072704	3.770202762	0.261722311	0.749903931	0.680734194	0.081413835	0.091020743	0.007760875	3.76741487526089e-05	0.031646285	0.05312055	0.013562694	0.230942532	19.70245001	Academic year

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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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