Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - year to date

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Published 7 November 2024

Last updated 7 November 2024

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, 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 43 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25

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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	education_phase	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	time_identifier
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2258.85714285714	490926.8	31564465	31755136	190671	1499541	986132	513409	403821	33254677	15457013	15750935	31207948	356517	775463	84064	1236	460	4267	1518	8547	86077	870	3657	19973	26854	44	17961	143844	5	1963	257626	47304	181950	26529	2434	621976	95.4907365360969	4.50926346390314	2.96539340917369	1.54387005472944	2.33189154115074	0.252788502501468	0.774706066157251	0.547141083342954	0.142247660381726	0.0797752448475142	0.00371677042600654	0.00138326407440373	0.0128312778380016	0.0257016479215841	0.0026161733581114	0.0109969493915097	0.0600607246914472	0.258841786374891	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	845.914285714286	167454.6	10735347	10814857	79510	537598	341444	196154	118765	11352455	5274798	5354555	10629353	105994	274560	27181	171	19	2728	705	2800	26970	548	115	5647	6680	7	11340	60594	3	886	109752	12771	65044	8587	858	210650	95.2644780358081	4.73552196419189	3.00766662365101	1.72785534054088	2.4185077148511	0.239428387956614	0.966768861889345	0.572950960827416	0.112495491063387	0.0756400267607315	0.00150628212135613	0.000167364680150681	0.0240300446026873	0.0246642686537846	0.0048271497222407	0.00101299674828044	0.0497425446742577	0.237569759140204	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1930.37142857143	416632.942857143	27136924	27362839	225915	1277910	940428	337482	268338	28640749	13384081	13525699	26909780	227144	709864	69640	1917	291	6576	1620	11781	97207	1305	1857	38370	30508	56	25377	165827	5	4142	138520	41194	134755	23013	1982	509476	95.5381404306151	4.46185956938487	3.28353144675092	1.17832812263394	2.47851060040364	0.243150065663436	0.48364656943853	0.47050096350483	0.143830037405796	0.0803505522847884	0.00669326071046536	0.00101603488093136	0.0229602933917685	0.0411337007981181	0.00455644508458909	0.00648376898243827	0.133969960073321	0.33940104010548	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1665.8	525140.6	33563047	33848843	285796	1610310	1118185	492125	532883	35459153	16325339	16746149	33071488	491559	835575	89700	4219	923	1723	834	4569	136578	1228	26092	16744	44614	1224	18096	219410	26	2426	117444	41324	279902	53455	1778	683165	95.4586901723231	4.54130982767693	3.15344531777169	1.38786450990524	2.35644376502733	0.252967125300483	0.331209264925194	0.789364596497835	0.116539726710336	0.150750921771877	0.0118981973427284	0.00260299505743975	0.00485911211697583	0.0128852485562754	0.00346313968638788	0.0735832578967693	0.0472205300560902	0.385169944696649	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2527.74285714286	591447.085714286	38244236	38606026	361790	1844620	1369397	475223	390539	40450646	18838802	19073407	37912209	332027	1039317	102135	2398	438	6236	2778	11625	137965	1633	9964	54908	42208	326	25524	289448	13	4271	188705	58512	195820	32186	2592	708427	95.4398256087183	4.56017439128166	3.38535260969627	1.17482178158539	2.56934586409325	0.252492877369622	0.466506764811618	0.48409610071493	0.144650347487652	0.0795685685711917	0.00592821187577573	0.00108280100149698	0.0154163174551032	0.0287387252109645	0.00403701834576387	0.0246324867098538	0.135740724635152	0.341069954729524	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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