Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 by SEN - Academic year 2023 - 2024

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Full 2023/24 academic year 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 broken down by SEN. 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 29 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	sen	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	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000036	Bracknell Forest	867	Primary	EHC plan	27.877005347593585	95812	3889	99701	11217	8423	2794	2396	110918	46347	47523	93870	1942	4441	585	4	0	0	135	558	2700	2738	978	93	107	951	0	438	454	1716	186	89.88712382120124	10.112876178798752	7.59389819506302	2.518977983735733	4.003858706431779	0.5274166501379397	0.3948863124109703	1.5470888404046232	0.40931138318397375	0.16769144773616546	0.0036062676932508697	0.0	0.0	0.12171153464721686	0.5030743432084964	2.4342306929443374	29.69187675070028	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	North Tyneside	392	Secondary	No SEN	13.947916666666666	3037169	55366	3092535	255967	177637	78330	101993	3348502	1447026	1489969	2936995	100174	143107	10374	198	315	69	1154	7509	14911	6856	16540	195	9434	24280	14601	17246	1819	58704	561	92.35577580661442	7.644224193385579	5.304969207126052	2.3392549862595273	4.273761819464346	0.30981017780488107	0.5150362759227858	1.7531421513261751	0.054322798672361554	0.016753760338204964	0.00591309188407234	0.009407191633751451	0.0020606229292979366	0.034463171889997375	0.2242495300883798	0.44530360143132663	21.38961825893759	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	No SEN	148.01063829787233	12004758	97251	12102009	752153	476401	275752	210843	12854162	5831028	5983944	11814972	189786	378395	26066	36787	3	712	4990	1133	28315	17407	1060	569	4204	75068	3	100068	21057	148786	5841	94.14856448829569	5.851435511704302	3.706200373077607	2.1452351386266955	2.9437547153987946	0.20278256956774002	0.7784871545885295	1.1574928027202396	0.16381464618230268	0.04544053513562378	0.28618746208426504	2.3338744291537635E-5	0.005539061978524933	0.0388201113382576	0.008814265760770714	0.2202788482049627	17.824720231359237	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Secondary	No SEN	19.822916666666668	3237323	81111	3318434	280575	209222	71353	74017	3599009	1577713	1590270	3167983	69340	165204	17252	1349	3984	23	1514	5470	14426	8920	7823	704	11383	45723	14381	17852	4677	47024	1800	92.20410396306316	7.795896036936835	5.813322500721727	1.982573536215108	4.590263597562552	0.47935417777504863	0.49602543366799023	1.3065818951828128	0.1299524396854801	0.05001376767882493	0.03748254033263045	0.11069713912913248	6.390648092294295E-4	0.04206713570318941	0.1519862828906513	0.4008325625192935	22.609902822767236	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Special	EHC plan	23.93582887700535	812505	25014	837519	134029	107784	26245	8152	971548	405199	401656	806855	5650	51377	8123	67	859	34	3902	3138	40284	17001	1550	209	314	6453	1037	1861	2502	20095	1787	86.20459308237987	13.795406917620129	11.094047849411455	2.701359068208673	5.288158691078568	0.836088386780684	0.19154998003186668	2.0683486559593556	0.25752716283703947	0.18393326938041146	0.006896210995236469	0.08841560067027053	0.003499569758776715	0.40162709408078656	0.3229897030306274	4.146372593016506	36.63461538461538	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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