Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 25 January 2024

Last updated 25 January 2024

Year-to-date local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 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 2 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	262.4177215	47218.65823	6715346	6767631	52285	350934	269536	81398	66216	7118565	3308764	3349470	6658234	57112	225716	15909	261	10	1110	6000	1995	18535	12317	3125	106	2256	37606	0	37928	9104	30290	4076	302	64083	95.0701581	4.929841899	3.786381103	1.143460796	3.1708076	0.223486054	0.532804013	0.425507107	0.127890944	0.057258731	0.003666469	0.000140478	0.01559303	0.08428665	0.028025311	0.260375511	14.39444277	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	130.027027	26627.7027	3616630	3647635	31005	185970	140204	45766	37300	3833605	1781212	1802982	3584194	32436	111935	9598	289	1	247	875	1193	16066	7544	1931	104	3718	19639	0	15552	4864	22282	3068	147	35013	95.14895249	4.851047513	3.657236465	1.193811047	2.919836551	0.250364865	0.405675598	0.581228374	0.126877965	0.080029111	0.007538596	2.60851078814849e-05	0.006443022	0.022824469	0.031119534	0.419083343	13.70003901	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	311.7297297	65677.21622	8994328	9053780	59452	500999	385573	115426	98306	9554779	4424956	4485417	8910373	83955	305900	26244	1556	11	2249	4794	3190	41629	8076	4165	522	7511	43343	0	41341	14351	50045	9689	402	103202	94.75656109	5.243438912	4.035394225	1.208044686	3.201539251	0.274668833	0.432673534	0.52376931	0.15019709	0.101404753	0.016285044	0.000115126	0.023537959	0.050173845	0.033386434	0.435687733	14.34776575	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	181.1518987	37258.91139	5071368	5106541	35173	290042	230211	59831	59872	5396583	2490601	2527890	5018491	52877	184061	12647	439	7	1524	5987	2759	22786	3322	347	75	1314	30462	0	19468	6995	30038	3330	194	46071	94.62545096	5.374549043	4.265866012	1.108683031	3.410695249	0.234351996	0.360746791	0.556611471	0.129619057	0.061705713	0.008134777	0.000129712	0.028240092	0.110940571	0.051124943	0.422230141	15.35030176	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	61.54054054	13204.55405	1734200	1744667	10467	107422	75464	31958	19910	1852089	850491	865318	1715809	18391	65005	4616	182	0	496	893	256	4016	1374	3918	7	310	8776	0	16352	1519	12311	1776	81	23146	94.19995475	5.800045246	4.074534215	1.725511031	3.509820532	0.249232083	0.882894936	0.664708877	0.082015497	0.09589172	0.009826742	0	0.02678057	0.048215825	0.01382223	0.216836232	19.0764076	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

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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