Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 11 July 2024

Last updated 11 July 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. 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 26 2024
• Number of rows: 493
• 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	116.9384615	11955.04615	1436650	1454803	18153	75378	57535	17843	12163	1530181	710862	714797	1425659	10991	47180	3799	77	0	80	1199	209	4991	3594	526	9	3189	11357	4	12492	1172	3587	592	121	15393	95.07391609	4.926083908	3.760012704	1.166071203	3.083295375	0.248271283	0.816374011	0.234416713	0.076592246	0.038688234	0.005032084	0	0.00522814	0.078356743	0.013658515	0.326170564	14.91008991
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	396.0307692	84710.78462	10250650	10367100	116450	514380	418481	95899	84008	10881480	5075401	5106269	10181670	68980	334581	25362	779	3	1294	10996	2542	42924	14820	1318	221	6151	95256	2	40462	15028	35423	4986	421	105418	95.27288567	4.727114326	3.845809577	0.881304749	3.074774755	0.233074913	0.371842801	0.325534762	0.138106213	0.045820973	0.007158953	2.75697791109298e-05	0.011891765	0.10105243	0.023360793	0.3944684	13.01773787
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	297	45859.13846	5349710	5402927	53217	279463	223548	55915	44282	5682390	2645873	2668237	5314110	35600	178322	14463	170	1	622	4671	2127	23172	10140	715	177	6578	36321	1	20779	8682	25056	1398	308	54462	95.08194615	4.918053847	3.934048877	0.98400497	3.138151376	0.254523185	0.365673599	0.440941224	0.152787823	0.024602324	0.002991699	1.75982289142421e-05	0.010946098	0.082201327	0.037431433	0.40778616	13.52820018
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30.35384615	6595.169231	774184	781848	7664	47043	30625	16418	9977	828891	378265	386814	765079	9105	26905	1644	9	0	20	506	100	1441	904	1469	0	514	6246	0	7791	872	7017	738	30	8486	94.3245855	5.6754145	3.694695684	1.980718816	3.245903261	0.198337296	0.939930582	0.846552804	0.105200804	0.089034626	0.001085788	0	0.002412862	0.061045421	0.012064312	0.173846742	19.07039307
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	219.1076923	57276.81538	6896857	6945101	48244	388911	247427	141484	103344	7334012	3362755	3444563	6807318	89539	203455	16898	515	1	276	2563	1201	22518	8951	2797	60	2554	36660	19	50490	13805	72281	4908	222	71208	94.69715894	5.302841064	3.373692326	1.929148739	2.774129631	0.23040595	0.688436288	0.985558791	0.18823258	0.066921079	0.007022077	1.36351017696726e-05	0.003763288	0.034946766	0.016375757	0.307035222	16.46721898

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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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