Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 25 January 2024

Last updated 25 January 2024

Weekly 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 2 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 2

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.8	11619.4	109875	111480	1605	3755	2609	1146	580	115235	54838	54504	109342	533	1714	300	4	0	0	51	5	535	236	25	0	170	1199	0	882	47	178	39	121	15417	96.7414414	3.258558598	2.264069076	0.994489521	1.487395323	0.260337571	0.765392459	0.154466959	0.040786219	0.033843884	0.003471168	0	0	0.044257387	0.00433896	0.464268668
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	374.6	79701.8	762608	768699	6091	24907	19325	5582	3910	793606	379138	380271	759409	3199	13551	1841	13	2	177	776	93	2872	719	132	13	89	5270	0	2614	711	1872	385	423	105836	96.86154087	3.138459135	2.435087436	0.703371698	1.707522373	0.231979093	0.32938259	0.235885313	0.089591057	0.048512738	0.001638092	0.000252014	0.022303259	0.097781519	0.011718661	0.361892425
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	279	44675.4	413490	418095	4605	14077	10578	3499	2232	432172	205246	206399	411645	1845	7388	1071	2	0	110	262	97	1648	1218	66	0	289	3097	1	1166	387	1651	295	310	56472	96.74273206	3.25726794	2.447636589	0.80963135	1.709504549	0.247817998	0.269799987	0.382023824	0.08954768	0.06825986	0.000462779	0	0.025452829	0.060624011	0.022444767	0.381329656
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30	6637.4	61618	61866	248	2815	1380	1435	537	64681	30352	30777	61129	489	1172	105	0	0	0	8	2	93	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	458	85	30	8884	95.64787186	4.352128137	2.133547719	2.218580418	1.811969512	0.162335153	1.304865416	0.708090475	0.074210355	0.131414171	0	0	0	0.012368393	0.003092098	0.143782564
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	205	54137.4	500299	503456	3157	25470	12159	13311	5334	528926	245758	249817	495575	4724	8788	1133	6	0	20	151	21	2040	759	170	3	21	2367	7	5322	610	6292	1087	220	72429	95.18458159	4.815418414	2.298809285	2.516609129	1.661480056	0.214207659	1.006189902	1.189580395	0.115328042	0.20551079	0.001134374	0	0.003781247	0.028548417	0.00397031	0.385687223

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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