Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - year to date

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Published 24 October 2024

Last updated 24 October 2024

Year to date 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 41 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25

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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	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	time_identifier
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1625.4	323727.88	15247654	15365760	118106	676423	467954	208469	145892	16042183	7520597	7602743	15123340	124314	354048	37755	749	15	3690	931	4186	48805	267	498	17010	10291	20	10417	96392	4	982	88986	21578	86601	11304	1647	392550	95.78347286	4.21652714	2.917021954	1.299505186	2.206981431	0.235348269	0.554700068	0.539833014	0.134507878	0.070464225	0.004668941	9.35034839086426e-05	0.023001857	0.026093706	0.001664362	0.003104316	0.106032951	0.304229169	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2410.32	524881.12	24274128	24415423	141295	1083698	716076	367622	300531	25499121	11889689	12119121	24008810	265318	555740	64277	738	389	3470	1225	6228	65049	665	3468	14827	20329	41	12385	107131	5	1404	179890	35213	133428	19091	2434	624865	95.75005742	4.249942576	2.808237978	1.441704598	2.179447676	0.252075356	0.705475299	0.523265096	0.138094956	0.074869247	0.002894217	0.001525543	0.013608312	0.024424371	0.002607933	0.013600469	0.058147102	0.255102911	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1726.24	545964.84	25049268	25250091	200823	1151438	794133	357305	381684	26401529	12193359	12503137	24696496	352772	579334	66064	3149	898	1215	662	3016	103735	861	23312	11887	36499	1178	12151	149203	14	1778	77423	28912	208975	41995	1777	683611	95.63874501	4.361254986	3.007905338	1.353349649	2.194319882	0.250227932	0.293251955	0.791526127	0.109508809	0.159062757	0.01192734	0.003401318	0.004602006	0.011423581	0.003261175	0.088297916	0.045023908	0.39291285	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1946.6	420120.52	19600614	19759814	159200	869932	638567	231365	185890	20629746	9668659	9774320	19442979	157635	473998	50107	1429	278	5176	1371	7881	69399	838	1500	26590	21618	38	15938	118491	3	3112	91059	28255	95841	16210	1983	510954	95.78311822	4.216881778	3.095370151	1.121511627	2.297643413	0.24288714	0.441396612	0.464576733	0.136962423	0.078575858	0.006926891	0.001347569	0.025089984	0.038202118	0.004062096	0.007271054	0.128891553	0.336402591	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1749.48	379202.8	17549599	17665690	116091	830394	517186	313208	199816	18496084	8627890	8748176	17376066	173533	394360	45676	401	28	2521	969	5130	51350	537	388	15826	12795	8	10160	91906	5	1217	151874	26283	122720	12331	1767	464210	95.51043345	4.489566548	2.796191886	1.693374662	2.132126995	0.246949571	0.82111435	0.663491796	0.142100349	0.066668166	0.002168026	0.000151383	0.013629912	0.027735601	0.002903317	0.002097741	0.085564058	0.277626334	Academic year

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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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