Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by FSM - Spring term

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Published 27 June 2024

Last updated 27 June 2024

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, 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 24 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring 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	free_school_meals_indicator	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000008	Croydon	306	Special	FSM Not eligible	6.741379310344827	30397	843	31240	3479	2830	649	282	34719	14923	15257	30180	217	1758	348	0	0	0	34	20	670	785	0	7	7	15	29	68	65	509	7	89.97955010224949	10.020449897750511	8.151156427316456	1.8692934704340562	5.063509893718137	1.0023330165039317	0.19585817563869926	1.4660560500014401	0.18721737377228606	0.02016187102163081	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.09792908781934963	0.057605345776088016	1.9297790834989486	27.878787878787882	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000032	West Sussex	938	Special	Unknown	8.775862068965518	37167	1216	38383	4089	3939	150	122	42472	18857	18197	37054	113	2301	393	2	0	0	202	91	940	945	130	5	19	162	85	14	9	122	5	90.37248069316254	9.627519306837446	9.27434545112074	0.35317385571670745	5.4176869466942925	0.9253155019777736	0.03296289320022603	0.2872480693162554	0.02119043134300245	0.011772461857223583	0.004708984742889433	0.0	0.0	0.4756074590318327	0.2142588058014692	2.213222829158034	30.136986301369863	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000010	Kingston upon Hull, City of	810	Secondary	Unknown	3.5344827586206895	22545	50	22595	1894	972	922	838	24489	10632	11119	21751	794	734	21	0	0	0	0	157	60	22	277	2	10	14	2	130	44	744	4	92.2659153089142	7.734084691085793	3.9691289966923926	3.7649556943934006	2.9972640777491932	0.08575278696557638	0.5308505859773777	3.038098738208992	0.1796725060231124	0.01633386418391931	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.641104169218833	0.24500796275878967	25.925925925925924	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000057	Northumberland	929	Secondary	FSM eligible	28.32758620689655	394143	7542	401685	74168	40495	33673	22347	475853	180789	192015	372804	21339	20842	2301	8	0	105	63	5837	11337	5106	2081	22	334	1882	198	1024	1008	31527	114	84.41367397074306	15.586326029256933	8.509981023551392	7.0763450057055435	4.379924052175777	0.48355269379409194	0.21519250692966105	6.625365396456469	0.21183012400888512	0.023956978310528673	0.001681191460387977	0.0	0.0220656379175922	0.01323938275055532	1.2266393192855778	2.382458448302312	42.79523293607801	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000016	Havering	311	Secondary	Unknown	2.6551724137931036	98	8	106	28	14	14	14	134	37	47	84	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	79.1044776119403	20.8955223880597	10.44776119402985	10.44776119402985	7.462686567164178	0.0	0.0	5.970149253731343	0.0	4.477611940298507	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9850746268656714	83.33333333333334	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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