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 2 May 2024

Last updated 2 May 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 16 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	E12000006	East of England	E06000032	Luton	821	Secondary	No SEN	10.827586206896552	1045819	11648	1057467	85589	52012	33577	38336	1143056	498222	513433	1011655	34164	41095	3902	45	2	14	135	2363	4456	4834	2789	207	1281	2985	2341	4650	4172	22729	2026	92.51226536582635	7.487734634173654	4.550258255063619	2.937476379110035	3.5951869374728793	0.341365602385185	0.40680421606640443	1.9884415111770553	0.36498649235033104	0.17724415951624417	0.00393681499419101	1.7496955529737825E-4	0.0012247868870816478	0.011810444982573033	0.20672652958385243	0.38983216920255875	22.93275569787154	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000035	Medway	887	Primary	SEN support	68.20689655172414	348327	2125	350452	30870	21183	9687	6444	381322	169073	174027	343100	5227	15855	1678	0	1	99	141	512	2897	1147	555	9	305	664	0	774	1217	7329	367	91.90447967859184	8.095520321408154	5.555147618023613	2.540372703384541	4.157903294328678	0.44004804338590486	0.2029780605367642	1.9219976817492828	0.3191528419550931	0.09624411914340111	0.0	2.6224555624904935E-4	0.025962310068655885	0.03697662343111596	0.13426972479951327	0.7597253764534959	27.480916030534353	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	No SEN	23.82758620689655	1520703	16630	1537333	170683	115728	54955	50773	1708016	732374	742847	1475221	45482	90901	6328	100	3	52	403	6283	11658	2251	2408	307	1366	9502	3204	3005	5291	45481	1178	90.00694372886436	9.993056271135634	6.775580556622421	3.2174757145132125	5.322022744517615	0.3704883326619891	0.17593512004571388	2.6627970698166763	0.30977461569446657	0.06896890895635638	0.005854746091371509	1.7564238274114528E-4	0.003044467967513185	0.023594626748227182	0.36785369692087194	0.6825462993320905	30.037735849056602	202324
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	E12000007	London	E09000007	Camden	202	Special	EHC plan	2.8275862068965516	23985	246	24231	4727	3344	1383	808	28958	11383	12048	23431	554	2288	366	1	0	0	128	29	532	219	93	0	0	27	0	48	254	1050	31	83.67635886456247	16.32364113543753	11.547758823123145	4.775882312314386	7.901098142136888	1.2638994405691	0.16575730368119346	3.625941018026107	0.8771323986463153	0.10705159196077077	0.0034532771600248634	0.0	0.0	0.4420194764831825	0.10014503764072104	1.8371434491332277	46.59498207885305	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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