Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 8 February 2024

Last updated 8 February 2024

Weekly 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 4 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 4

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.8	11622.4	109926	111531	1605	3753	2609	1144	580	115284	54838	54555	109393	533	1714	300	4	0	0	51	5	535	236	25	0	170	1199	0	882	47	178	37	121	15417	96.74456126	3.255438743	2.263106762	0.99233198	1.486763124	0.260226918	0.765067139	0.154401305	0.040768884	0.032094653	0.003469692	0	0	0.044238576	0.004337115	0.464071337
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	375.6	79883.2	764246	770337	6091	24941	19359	5582	3918	795278	379953	381086	761039	3207	13566	1847	13	2	177	776	93	2885	719	132	13	89	5270	0	2614	711	1872	385	423	105836	96.86386396	3.136136043	2.43424312	0.701892923	1.705818594	0.232245831	0.328690093	0.235389386	0.089402699	0.048410744	0.001634649	0.000251484	0.022256368	0.097575942	0.011694024	0.362766228
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	279	44740.6	413503	418101	4598	14098	10601	3497	2235	432199	205250	206408	411658	1845	7389	1071	2	0	110	262	98	1669	1210	66	1	289	3097	1	1166	390	1655	286	309	55847	96.73807667	3.261923327	2.452805305	0.809118022	1.709629129	0.247802517	0.269783132	0.382925458	0.090236211	0.066173221	0.00046275	0	0.025451239	0.060620224	0.02267474	0.386164707
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30	6645.4	61620	61868	248	2818	1386	1432	535	64686	30355	30778	61133	487	1174	103	0	0	0	8	2	99	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	465	75	30	8884	95.64357048	4.356429521	2.14265838	2.213771141	1.814921312	0.159230745	1.304764555	0.718857249	0.074204619	0.115944718	0	0	0	0.012367437	0.003091859	0.153047027
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	206	54549.8	503734	506882	3148	25579	12247	13332	5337	532461	247472	251538	499010	4724	8851	1141	6	0	20	151	23	2055	745	178	3	21	2372	7	5324	613	6308	1087	221	72429	95.19608009	4.803919912	2.300074559	2.503845352	1.662281369	0.214287995	0.999885438	1.184687705	0.115125803	0.204146407	0.001126843	0	0.003756144	0.028358885	0.004319565	0.385943759

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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