Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by sex - Spring term

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, 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 13 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Sex
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring 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	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Special	Male	2.913793103448276	31877	646	32523	4812	3521	1291	570	37335	15483	15872	31355	522	1740	378	18	0	0	125	6	1254	446	0	7	0	81	112	84	48	986	173	87.1112896745681	12.888710325431902	9.43082898084907	3.457881344582831	4.660506227400562	1.01245480112495	0.2249899558055444	2.6409535288603188	0.12856568903173965	0.46337217088522836	0.04821213338690237	0.0	0.0	0.3348064818534887	0.016070711128967456	3.3587786259541987	34.63687150837989	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000011	East Sussex	845	Special	Female	10.913793103448276	29917	340	30257	4767	4104	663	182	35024	14881	14873	29754	163	2427	405	0	0	0	96	59	1117	199	0	1	27	113	0	14	19	599	31	86.38933302878027	13.610666971219734	11.717679305619004	1.892987665600731	6.92953403380539	1.1563499314755596	0.039972590223846506	1.7102558245774324	0.05424851530379168	0.08851073549566012	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.27409776153494747	0.16845591594335313	3.1892416628597533	35.97560975609756	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	Secondary	Male	13.706896551724139	624165	9132	633297	74244	30245	43999	33705	707541	284331	307402	591733	32432	18464	1904	56	3	2	280	6031	3505	4142	4838	107	447	4400	36	2052	1273	39879	795	89.50675649891667	10.49324350108333	4.274663941736239	6.2185795593470905	2.60960142239107	0.269101013227502	0.29001852896157254	5.636281148371614	0.17991890222616075	0.11236097978774376	0.007914735683161825	4.2400369731224056E-4	2.826691315414937E-4	0.039573678415809124	0.8523887661633743	0.49537765302646775	28.607519690890175	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000005	Darlington	841	Secondary	Female	6.775862068965517	250050	4030	254080	26481	16083	10398	6957	280561	119810	123776	243586	6464	11709	1308	4	0	4	22	1005	2031	1363	1684	24	280	1527	836	354	493	9148	403	90.56141088747188	9.438589112528113	5.732443211993114	3.7061459005349997	4.1734239612775825	0.46620877456239457	0.12617576926229945	3.2606099921229252	0.17571936227772214	0.1436407768720528	0.001425714906918638	0.0	0.001425714906918638	0.007841431988052509	0.3582108703633078	0.7239067439879385	28.744785741372773	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000016	Barnsley	370	Secondary	Male	9.296296296296296	546428	5368	551796	59253	34971	24282	16656	611049	260563	270492	531055	15373	20524	1446	4	0	40	27	8396	4534	3338	1277	53	502	1430	45	1848	1283	19992	1159	90.30306898464772	9.696931015352288	5.723108948709514	3.973822066642773	3.3588141049244826	0.23664223327425463	0.30243073796045816	3.2717507106631385	0.2099667948069631	0.18967382321221374	6.546119869273986E-4	0.0	0.0065461198692739865	0.004418630911759941	1.3740305605606098	0.7420026871822063	28.21681068342498	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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