Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - weekly

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

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 include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024 Week 37 to 2025 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	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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000003	Manchester	352	Primary	135	43974.2	394031	395642	1611	17498	9410	8088	7067	413140	190620	197172	387792	6239	6498	1019	3	0	4	0	33	1229	4	3	617	102	0	21	1487	1	0	3413	828	3242	605	137	53315	95.76463184	4.235368156	2.277678269	1.957689887	1.572832454	0.246647626	0.826112214	0.784721886	0.200416324	0.146439464	0.000726146	0	0.000968195	0.007987607	0.000968195	0.000726146	0.149344048	0.297477853
2024	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000057	Northumberland	929	Primary	126	16587.6	155496	155650	154	5505	3288	2217	994	161155	76839	77772	154611	885	2446	353	0	0	6	2	12	385	0	0	84	73	0	0	68	0	13	1379	109	663	66	127	21484	96.584034	3.415965995	2.040271788	1.375694207	1.517793429	0.219043778	0.855697931	0.411405169	0.067636747	0.040954361	0	0	0.003723124	0.007446247	0	0	0.052123732	0.238900437
2024	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000003	Cambridgeshire	873	Primary	208.8	43824.6	413877	415401	1524	14159	10592	3567	2921	429560	204630	206808	411438	2439	6670	1020	6	5	253	18	47	1725	24	33	791	277	0	78	1036	0	133	1110	482	1362	613	209	51677	96.70383648	3.296163516	2.465778937	0.83038458	1.552751653	0.237452277	0.258403948	0.317068628	0.112207841	0.142704162	0.001396778	0.001163982	0.058897476	0.010941428	0.005587112	0.00768228	0.184141913	0.401573703
2024	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	896	Primary	128	23417.4	222030	223106	1076	7605	5390	2215	1837	230711	109472	110974	220446	1584	3715	616	10	1	140	50	19	649	0	11	179	93	0	43	920	0	20	1274	253	616	72	125	26929	96.70366823	3.296331774	2.336256182	0.960075592	1.61023965	0.267000707	0.552206007	0.267000707	0.109661004	0.031207875	0.004334427	0.000433443	0.060681979	0.008235411	0	0.00476787	0.077586244	0.281304316
2024	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000026	Redbridge	317	Primary	51.8	22367.6	207308	207612	304	10674	6228	4446	1840	218286	102018	103575	205593	1715	4444	454	8	0	0	0	12	847	10	349	104	102	0	1	201	0	0	1609	125	2597	115	52	28787	95.11008493	4.889915066	2.853137627	2.036777439	2.03586121	0.207984021	0.737106365	1.189723574	0.057264323	0.052683177	0.003664917	0	0	0.005497375	0.004581146	0.15988199	0.047643917	0.388023052

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Variables in this data set

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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