Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024 by sex - Summer term

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 01 April and 19 July 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 29 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Sex
• Time period: 2023/24 Summer 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	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000052	Cornwall	908	Primary	Female	232.640625	1917126	55994	1973120	121271	80720	40551	21720	2094391	946629	951807	1898436	18690	61745	6431	206	3	229	2552	383	9171	10240	800	148	3507	42099	0	20146	3030	15231	2144	94.20972492719841	5.790275072801592	3.854103651132955	1.9361714216686379	2.9481123629732937	0.30705823315703706	0.9619025291839011	0.7272281059267348	0.1446721266468391	0.10236865991116273	0.009835794748927016	1.4323972935330602E-4	0.010933966007302362	0.12184926310321233	0.01828693878077207	0.4378838526330565	18.34110082001062	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000038	Reading	870	Secondary	Male	6.9375	356630	13948	370578	35774	21849	13925	15297	406352	168555	174192	342747	13883	11180	1047	511	5757	0	58	748	2530	5280	403	87	1298	4929	2354	1283	1414	10635	593	91.19630271291885	8.803697287081151	5.376865377800528	3.426831909280624	2.751309209749183	0.25765838484860415	0.31573611056423984	2.6171890380753635	0.34797417017758003	0.14593259046344056	0.12575304169783832	1.4167519785801472	0.0	0.014273339370791827	0.18407685947159114	0.6226129070362642	28.32525578890684	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000029	Suffolk	935	Secondary	Female	43.640625	1786763	69566	1856329	230683	135709	94974	61874	2087012	859865	871974	1731839	54924	90934	9869	270	3118	114	1642	7369	22390	10231	3896	236	3176	35062	20861	12320	6950	74767	937	88.94673341600335	11.053266583996642	6.502550057210979	4.550716526785663	4.357138339405811	0.47287701268607946	0.5903176407227174	3.5824901821359916	0.3330119807648447	0.04489672316210927	0.012937156087267348	0.14940019511147995	0.005462354792401769	0.07867707516775178	0.35308853039656696	1.0728256473848736	32.79030910609858	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000001	City of London	201	Primary	Female	1	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Special	Female	7.666666666666667	33151	480	33631	6167	4987	1180	595	39798	16095	16569	32664	487	3372	636	254	1	0	192	6	526	245	0	0	0	235	0	121	108	944	7	84.50424644454495	15.495753555455046	12.530780441228204	2.9649731142268454	8.472787577265189	1.5980702547866728	0.30403537866224434	2.3719784913814763	0.27137042062415195	0.017588823558972812	0.6382230262827278	0.0025126890798532592	0.0	0.4824363033318257	0.015076134479119553	1.3216744560028142	45.61933534743202	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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