Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Academic year 2023 to 2024 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 29 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	290.8238342	51901.48705	18182887	18400084	217197	1009967	751543	258424	178034	19410051	8962866	9067321	18030187	152700	612739	46429	9136	12	3419	18957	6010	54784	66765	8774	706	9510	140216	0	128832	25334	95306	8952	300	64172	94.79668034	5.203319662	3.871926972	1.331392689	3.156812932	0.239200814	0.663738596	0.491013651	0.130520007	0.046120435	0.047068398	6.1823639721503e-05	0.017614585	0.097665895	0.03096334	0.282245523	12.74354348	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	138.0106952	28176.19786	9651215	9778388	127173	535118	395961	139157	100960	10313506	4758593	4803680	9562273	88942	317123	27186	2084	1	886	2877	3626	42177	36492	5920	913	13509	76257	2	55144	12018	65157	6838	148	34908	94.81148312	5.188516883	3.839247294	1.349269589	3.074832167	0.263596104	0.534677538	0.631763825	0.116526814	0.066301411	0.020206514	9.69602383515363e-06	0.008590677	0.027895461	0.035157782	0.408949197	13.53967037	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	351.9946809	73210.07979	25305120	25598749	293629	1472875	1120573	352302	280679	27071624	12459952	12607104	25067056	238064	877491	79071	8104	14	6587	15218	7967	126120	39839	10811	2006	32312	219461	11	145419	42615	146298	17970	398	100960	94.55934007	5.440659932	4.139289907	1.301370025	3.241368157	0.292080741	0.537163932	0.540410875	0.15741575	0.066379468	0.029935404	5.17146662497972e-05	0.02433175	0.056213842	0.029429339	0.465875265	13.79398796	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	74.90909091	16069.31551	5404817	5460120	55303	351137	233269	117868	63611	5811257	2649509	2696004	5345513	59304	197152	15562	1086	3	1486	3044	1325	13611	15067	13513	8	1219	39009	0	63063	4307	45391	5107	81	23109	93.95764118	6.042358822	4.014088518	2.028270304	3.392587869	0.2677906	1.085186905	0.781087465	0.074114774	0.087881159	0.018687867	5.16239429782575e-05	0.02557106	0.052381094	0.022800575	0.234217829	17.25762752	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.88235294	11207.92513	3888936	3929121	40185	234554	145748	88806	45150	4163675	1911463	1938666	3850129	38807	120613	10466	192	3	1	2667	1757	10049	7622	9042	286	5657	26616	4	33316	6343	48200	947	46	13685	94.36665926	5.633340739	3.500465334	2.132875405	2.896791897	0.25136448	0.800158514	1.157631179	0.152341381	0.02274433	0.004611311	7.20517331443977e-05	2.40172443814659e-05	0.064053991	0.042198298	0.241349289	15.85014409	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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