Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - weekly

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Published 10 October 2024

Last updated 10 October 2024

Weekly 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 39 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024 Week 37 to 2024 Week 39

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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	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
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2407	526275.8	4848764	4871338	22574	186742	111244	75498	53592	5058080	2379345	2421784	4801129	47635	80747	12074	143	14	734	500	652	13703	101	54	2522	2463	5	879	18968	1	258	37978	5957	26374	5189	2434	624865	96.30804574	3.691954259	2.199332553	1.492621706	1.596396261	0.238707177	0.750838263	0.521423149	0.117771961	0.102588334	0.00282716	0.000276785	0.014511435	0.012890267	0.001996805	0.001067599	0.049860817	0.270913074
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	843.6	167749.6	1551926	1558167	6241	63357	34555	28802	13189	1621524	764714	775402	1540116	11810	25379	3691	47	0	515	155	187	3880	36	37	628	518	0	445	5149	0	129	16941	1379	8680	1802	859	212529	96.09274978	3.907250216	2.131019954	1.776230262	1.565132554	0.22762537	1.044757894	0.535298892	0.085043453	0.111130023	0.002898508	0	0.031760245	0.011532361	0.002220134	0.002281804	0.038728998	0.239281071
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1940	421017	3948321	3967073	18752	143708	97398	46310	29742	4110781	1952066	1971077	3923143	25178	65433	9495	96	167	1145	315	796	14666	183	320	4782	4193	4	1018	13015	0	522	17089	4564	19789	4868	1983	510954	96.50411929	3.49588071	2.369330791	1.126549918	1.591741326	0.230978006	0.415711759	0.481392709	0.111025131	0.11842032	0.002335323	0.004062488	0.027853588	0.019363717	0.004451709	0.007784409	0.11632826	0.356769188
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1754.2	420021	3926647	3940928	14281	162850	97489	65361	38037	4103778	1932684	1960058	3892742	33905	71070	8463	76	16	603	315	699	13009	39	41	3158	1825	8	642	11611	0	195	27138	4132	28601	5490	1767	502370	96.03170542	3.968294581	2.375591467	1.592703114	1.731818826	0.206224606	0.661293082	0.696943158	0.100687708	0.133779166	0.001851952	0.000389885	0.014693777	0.017033085	0.000950344	0.000999079	0.07695348	0.317000578
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1741	379615	3535041	3550923	15882	145680	81463	64217	34119	3696603	1741685	1763572	3505257	29784	57597	8813	49	3	525	397	637	10531	139	18	2754	2360	4	923	12423	0	172	31754	4335	24521	3607	1767	464210	96.05908452	3.940915484	2.203725961	1.737189522	1.558106186	0.238408074	0.859004876	0.663338746	0.117269829	0.097576072	0.001325541	8.12E-05	0.014202228	0.017232037	0.003760209	0.000486934	0.074500832	0.284883175

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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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