Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - weekly

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Published 24 October 2024

Last updated 24 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 41 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 41

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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	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1631.2	325664.4	3089766	3108364	18598	118863	76339	42524	24058	3227227	1527002	1542416	3069418	20348	53538	7291	388	6	718	162	508	10488	41	52	3147	2791	2	866	14761	1	177	17865	3710	18337	2612	1647	392550	96.31686894	3.68313106	2.365467319	1.31766374	1.658947449	0.225921511	0.553571224	0.568196783	0.114959375	0.080936358	0.012022706	0.000185918	0.022248203	0.015741068	0.001270441	0.00161129	0.097514058	0.324984886
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2415.6	528326.8	4893284	4915991	22707	187778	112311	75467	53992	5103769	2400522	2444748	4845270	48014	81307	12197	139	14	738	489	635	13879	104	55	2754	2451	5	949	19019	1	282	38563	5978	26440	4486	2434	624865	96.32079743	3.679202566	2.200550221	1.478652345	1.593077586	0.238980252	0.755578867	0.518048525	0.117129126	0.087895828	0.002723477	0.000274307	0.014459902	0.012441786	0.00203771	0.001077635	0.053960122	0.271936289
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1729	549002.4	5025142	5048308	23166	232799	135753	97046	64477	5281107	2456037	2509262	4965299	59843	90607	12728	103	315	293	186	223	25265	222	3556	2255	8360	205	398	13875	2	326	28551	4634	51175	12686	1777	683611	95.59185224	4.408147761	2.570540608	1.837607153	1.715681958	0.241010076	0.540625289	0.969020321	0.087746755	0.240214788	0.001950349	0.005964659	0.005548079	0.0042226	0.004203664	0.067334368	0.042699381	0.478403486
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1949.6	422673.6	3966736	3985651	18915	144074	98228	45846	29829	4129725	1960845	1980607	3941452	25284	65835	9534	98	167	1181	309	797	14795	168	302	5042	4239	4	1038	13079	0	555	17250	4545	19771	4280	1983	510954	96.51129312	3.488706875	2.378560316	1.110146559	1.594173946	0.23086283	0.417703358	0.478748585	0.110055754	0.103638862	0.002373039	0.004043853	0.028597546	0.019299106	0.004068067	0.007312836	0.122090454	0.3582563
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1752.4	380987.6	3546739	3562609	15870	145956	81983	63973	34208	3708565	1746821	1770047	3516868	29871	57868	8807	51	3	527	395	643	10589	125	18	2957	2314	5	944	12422	0	185	31906	4337	24542	3188	1767	464210	96.06435373	3.935646267	2.210639425	1.725006842	1.560387913	0.237477299	0.86033277	0.6617654	0.116945503	0.085963169	0.001375195	8.0893822812867e-05	0.014210348	0.017338243	0.003370576	0.000485363	0.079734345	0.28552823

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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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