Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - weekly

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Published 19 December 2024

Last updated 19 December 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 49 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 49

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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	E12000008	South East				Primary	2582.6	607827	5710233	5742681	32448	217388	152764	64624	44462	5960069	2820315	2852047	5672362	37871	104115	14310	136	275	937	656	791	21225	225	2337	7757	4790	36	1069	25918	1	634	23062	6591	29793	5178	2592	708427	96.35259256	3.647407438	2.563124689	1.084282749	1.746875749	0.240097891	0.386941829	0.499876763	0.110585968	0.086878189	0.002281853	0.004614041	0.015721295	0.013271658	0.003775124	0.039210955	0.1301495	0.356120038
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1763.8	423830.2	3949861	3964452	14591	163586	98786	64800	38292	4128038	1943172	1972469	3915641	34220	71744	8557	60	20	604	255	703	13163	41	61	3578	1703	8	646	12038	0	196	27679	4072	28612	4437	1767	499749	96.03719733	3.962802668	2.393049676	1.569752992	1.737968497	0.207289758	0.670512239	0.693113775	0.098642503	0.107484476	0.001453475	0.000484492	0.014631648	0.017029882	0.000993208	0.0014777	0.086675559	0.318868189
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1761.2	383019.6	3560391	3576289	15898	146003	82375	63628	34313	3722292	1753257	1777131	3530388	30003	58180	8827	51	3	517	370	642	10524	123	18	3120	2230	5	899	12553	0	211	32004	4310	24438	2876	1766	462881	96.07760487	3.922395126	2.213018216	1.709376911	1.563015475	0.237138838	0.859792837	0.656530976	0.115788874	0.077264223	0.001370124	8.06E-05	0.013889292	0.017247438	0.003304416	0.000483573	0.083819324	0.282729028
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1642.4	327197.6	3099185	3117776	18591	118978	76798	42180	24002	3236754	1531385	1547437	3078822	20363	53670	7343	388	6	720	166	508	10540	39	56	3362	2726	2	919	14764	1	179	17917	3639	18268	2356	1651	390943	96.32415686	3.675843144	2.372685722	1.303157423	1.658142695	0.226863086	0.553548401	0.564392598	0.11242745	0.072788973	0.011987318	0.000185371	0.022244508	0.015694736	0.001204911	0.001730128	0.103869494	0.32563488
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1872	342128	3195718	3214872	19154	118610	84928	33682	22704	3333482	1580739	1596048	3176787	18931	59697	8145	86	46	516	346	416	11168	29	76	4403	2723	3	564	15384	0	480	12445	3773	13897	3567	1881	396640	96.44185869	3.558141307	2.547726371	1.010414935	1.790830129	0.244339102	0.373333349	0.416891407	0.113184952	0.107005228	0.002579885	0.001379938	0.01547931	0.012479443	0.000869961	0.002279898	0.132084109	0.335025058

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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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