Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by SEN - Spring term

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, 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 13 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 Spring term

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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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000036	Wakefield	384	Special	EHC plan	2	15894	4	15898	1861	1718	143	3	17759	7952	7940	15892	2	949	207	0	0	0	37	12	513	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	130	8	89.520806351709	10.479193648291007	9.673968128836083	0.8052255194549243	5.343769356382679	1.1656061715186665	0.022523790753983895	0.7320231995044766	0.005630947688495974	0.04504758150796779	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.20834506447435105	0.06757137226195169	2.8886761641984346	27.522935779816514	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000032	Luton	821	Secondary	No SEN	10.827586206896552	1045384	11644	1057028	85619	51915	33704	38259	1142647	498219	513058	1011277	34107	41006	3900	45	0	14	135	2348	4467	4828	2787	207	1281	2985	2343	4629	4152	22321	2602	92.50695971721801	7.493040282781996	4.543397917292042	2.9496423654899546	3.588684869430366	0.34131275888353974	0.40511198996715525	1.9534466900101257	0.36336681407293764	0.22771687143973598	0.00393822414096392	0.0	0.001225225288299886	0.01181467242289176	0.2054877840662952	0.3909343830596851	22.951591636843098	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000035	Medway	887	Primary	SEN support	68.15517241379311	346985	2178	349163	30827	21106	9721	6432	379990	168502	173267	341769	5216	15786	1672	0	1	99	141	510	2897	1204	555	9	301	664	0	776	1216	7319	410	91.88741808994973	8.112581910050265	5.5543566935971995	2.5582252164530646	4.154319850522382	0.44001157925208556	0.20421590041843207	1.9261033185083816	0.32000842127424406	0.10789757625200662	0.0	2.631648201268455E-4	0.0260533171925577	0.03710623963788521	0.13421405826469118	0.7623884839074713	27.535441657579064	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	Secondary	No SEN	8.89655172413793	773047	4624	777671	76194	39683	36511	25874	853865	364062	384811	748873	24174	30492	2715	9	1	1	65	2650	3750	1017	4082	186	383	3037	1	1384	1700	33327	100	91.07657533685068	8.923424663149326	4.647455979575225	4.275968683574102	3.571056314522788	0.31796595480550205	0.16208651250490416	3.9030760131870963	0.1990947046664285	0.011711453215672267	0.001054030789410504	1.1711453215672266E-4	1.1711453215672266E-4	0.0076124445901869725	0.31035351021531504	0.43917949558770997	25.691174695158757	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000007	Stockport	356	Primary	EHC plan	79.06896551724138	62091	627	62718	6519	4991	1528	1844	69237	29685	30859	60544	1547	3680	527	0	0	0	18	52	714	265	0	13	3	346	0	131	297	914	186	90.58451406040123	9.415485939598769	7.208573450611667	2.2069124889871023	5.315077198607681	0.7611537183875673	0.18920519375478428	1.32010341291506	0.4289613934745873	0.26864248884267083	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.02599766021058105	0.07510435171945636	1.0312405216863816	32.1688500727802	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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