Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Spring 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. 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
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	283.8888889	50579.37037	4853239	4902241	49002	263145	214651	48494	49111	5165386	2389688	2421325	4811013	42226	183595	12689	105	0	413	2139	1475	14235	11064	2567	29	1835	36074	0	15201	6885	24136	2272	300	64172	94.90560822	5.094391784	4.155565528	0.938826256	3.554332629	0.245654439	0.294285848	0.467264208	0.133291104	0.043985096	0.002032762	0	0.00799553	0.041410264	0.028555465	0.275584438	17.29392881
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	135.2413793	27581.55172	2906329	2930490	24161	164890	129901	34989	31286	3095380	1430737	1447951	2878688	27641	109298	8065	277	0	179	622	993	10466	7162	1802	36	2745	14218	0	9896	3645	19994	1454	148	34908	94.67302884	5.326971163	4.19660914	1.130362023	3.531004271	0.260549593	0.319702266	0.645930387	0.11775614	0.046973231	0.008948821	0	0.005782812	0.020094463	0.032080068	0.338116806	16.23022274
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	352.7222222	73303.59259	7327706	7373435	45729	433500	355686	77814	84800	7806935	3601384	3653942	7255326	72380	292328	23396	452	3	1188	3057	1990	33272	5963	3023	216	9323	30223	4	22713	12420	38404	4277	398	100960	94.44724466	5.552755339	4.556026149	0.99672919	3.744465658	0.29968227	0.290933638	0.491921606	0.159089323	0.054784624	0.005789724	3.84273725860405e-05	0.01521724	0.039157493	0.025490157	0.42618518	17.24786609
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	73.03448276	15681.77586	1592143	1601435	9292	100582	76939	23643	19350	1702017	779487	794662	1574149	17994	66031	4851	37	0	476	883	324	4337	1470	3874	2	236	7584	0	7007	1356	13908	1372	81	23109	94.0904233	5.909576696	4.520460136	1.38911656	3.879573471	0.28501478	0.411688015	0.817148125	0.07967018	0.080610241	0.002173891	0	0.027966818	0.051879623	0.019036238	0.254815316	19.77788567
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.93103448	11247.03448	1217195	1224215	7020	74307	52263	22044	14014	1298522	598075	607106	1205181	12014	45340	3273	4	0	0	331	486	2829	753	2903	10	2009	4248	0	3964	2000	15883	197	46	13685	94.27757096	5.722429039	4.024806665	1.697622374	3.491662059	0.252055799	0.305270146	1.223159869	0.154021264	0.015171095	0.000308043	0	0	0.025490519	0.037427167	0.217863078	18.00822059

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 52 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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