Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 30 May 2024

Last updated 30 May 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 20 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	274.3518519	48986.40741	4710062	4756029	45967	255372	207801	47571	48225	5011401	2318864	2349721	4668585	41477	177959	12282	103	0	412	2086	1445	13514	10326	2401	29	1735	33877	0	14981	6748	23476	2366	299	63382	94.90417949	5.09582051	4.146565002	0.949255508	3.551082821	0.245081166	0.298938361	0.468451836	0.134652964	0.047212346	0.002055313	0	0.008221254	0.041625086	0.028834252	0.26966511	17.3339302
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	133.3103448	27420.94828	2895279	2919433	24154	164405	129578	34827	31166	3083838	1425400	1442372	2867772	27507	109013	8011	277	0	179	632	994	10471	7160	1799	36	2745	14213	0	9652	3659	19967	1549	148	35013	94.66881853	5.331181469	4.20184199	1.129339479	3.534978167	0.259773698	0.31298661	0.647472403	0.11865085	0.050229616	0.008982314	0	0.005804455	0.020493943	0.032232562	0.339544425	16.28780051
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	341.7592593	71436.94444	7142336	7186724	44388	422765	345437	77328	83001	7609489	3510209	3561232	7071441	70895	284253	22754	448	3	1188	2947	1886	31958	5856	3027	216	8866	29446	4	22173	12106	37860	5189	400	102135	94.44423929	5.555760709	4.53955581	1.016204899	3.735507075	0.299021393	0.291386189	0.497536694	0.15909084	0.068191176	0.005887386	3.94E-05	0.015612086	0.038727962	0.024784844	0.419975638	17.35099338
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	71.12068966	15213.7069	1548479	1557768	9289	97396	74701	22695	18644	1655164	758287	772891	1531178	17301	64092	4729	31	0	475	853	307	4214	1467	3645	2	236	7584	0	6815	1343	13095	1442	81	23146	94.11562842	5.884371579	4.513208359	1.37116322	3.872244684	0.285711869	0.411741676	0.791160272	0.081139996	0.087121276	0.001872926	0	0.028698063	0.051535679	0.018548011	0.254597128	19.65444112
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	187.5	38453.37037	3479019	3506671	27652	216762	177499	39263	41808	3723433	1707351	1734357	3441708	37311	146128	9100	111	6	635	3319	1734	16466	1874	147	38	3044	22694	2	9895	4497	23531	1340	194	46071	94.17843694	5.821563058	4.767079198	1.054483859	3.924550274	0.244398113	0.265749377	0.63197055	0.120775639	0.035988294	0.00298112	0.000161142	0.017054154	0.089138169	0.046569926	0.4422263	19.35673712

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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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