Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023 - Autumn term

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Published 25 January 2024

Last updated 25 January 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 11 September and 15 December  2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by Free School Meals eligibility. 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: 2023/24 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.4923077	11574.61538	1391096	1409065	17969	72613	55082	17531	11596	1481678	689372	691262	1380634	10462	45330	3694	86	0	24	1196	183	4569	3579	573	10	3119	11257	4	12075	1134	3471	851	121	15417	95.09927258	4.900727419	3.717541868	1.18318555	3.059369175	0.249311929	0.814954396	0.234261425	0.076534848	0.057434881	0.00580423	0	0.001619785	0.080719293	0.012350862	0.308366595	14.85816815
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	369.5538462	78605.15385	9522447	9627504	105057	481360	390016	91344	78655	10108864	4715942	4742149	9458091	64356	312541	23576	739	3	1186	10195	2482	39294	14476	1094	221	5649	84708	3	37119	14299	33846	6080	423	105836	95.23823844	4.761761559	3.858158543	0.903603016	3.091751952	0.233221062	0.367192595	0.334815069	0.141450117	0.060145235	0.007310416	2.96769251223481e-05	0.011732278	0.100852084	0.024552709	0.388708365	13.16729056
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	278.0615385	43682.58462	5154217	5205210	50993	268572	213749	54823	42459	5473782	2549750	2570377	5120127	34090	170938	13992	168	1	592	4157	2079	21822	9803	711	175	6353	34661	1	19695	8369	24788	1971	310	56472	95.09348381	4.906516189	3.904960044	1.001556145	3.122849978	0.25561851	0.359806072	0.452849602	0.152892461	0.036008011	0.003069176	1.82689043882274e-05	0.010815191	0.075943836	0.037981052	0.398664032	13.48480378
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	29.35384615	6496.707692	773891	781685	7794	47191	30498	16693	9998	828876	378150	386631	764781	9110	26772	1652	9	0	19	510	102	1434	912	1456	0	707	6175	0	7780	888	6934	1091	30	8884	94.30662729	5.693372712	3.679440592	2.01393212	3.229916176	0.199306048	0.938620493	0.836554563	0.107133033	0.131624031	0.001085808	0	0.002292261	0.061529107	0.012305821	0.173005371	19.18995666
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	204.1230769	53346.30769	6383144	6428674	45530	361676	228754	132922	95881	6790350	3112553	3187215	6299768	83376	187920	15730	473	0	279	2369	1116	20867	9353	2296	63	2495	33600	19	47442	12505	67299	5676	220	72429	94.67367661	5.326323385	3.36881015	1.957513236	2.767456758	0.231652271	0.698667963	0.991097661	0.184158401	0.083589211	0.006965768	0	0.004108772	0.034887745	0.016435088	0.307303747	16.53287882

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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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