Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 7 December 2023

Last updated 7 December 2023

Year-to-date 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 47 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1596.22	297990.16	27281101	27516660	235559	1437357	1081150	356207	266439	28954017	13456397	13604369	27060766	220335	860917	74105	1156	18	3136	20074	9821	111920	41723	9462	1075	22696	170055	10	139516	46104	149454	21133	1881	405858	95.03572509	4.964274905	3.734024194	1.230250711	2.973393985	0.255940307	0.481853692	0.516177082	0.159231792	0.072988145	0.003992538	6.21675396543423e-05	0.010830967	0.069330622	0.0339193	0.386543947	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1470.82	457097.22	42290143	42668455	378312	2125192	1479165	646027	654208	44793647	20584859	21097257	41682116	608027	1181946	106395	10654	225	1619	13679	6411	158203	62673	16065	29017	21984	264623	15	144708	46181	382743	72395	1784	694551	95.25559506	4.744404938	3.302175864	1.442229073	2.638646503	0.237522522	0.32305474	0.854458223	0.103097209	0.161618901	0.023784623	0.000502303	0.003614352	0.030537813	0.014312297	0.35318178	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	672.88	133909.12	12371772	12459266	87494	696021	478088	217933	146010	13155287	6065977	6174030	12240007	131765	402928	31138	379	1	3115	8703	2930	28894	9252	16569	128	12158	65955	1	105094	14245	88293	10301	860	214259	94.70919183	5.290808175	3.634189053	1.656619122	3.062859822	0.23669571	0.798872727	0.671159816	0.10828346	0.078303119	0.002880971	7.60150652737565e-06	0.023678693	0.066155911	0.022272414	0.21963793	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2275.8	534201.3	49288332	49720757	432425	2552463	1925895	626568	497336	52273220	24276041	24585775	48861816	426516	1533955	128457	4164	91	4948	26246	14944	213077	61219	14239	7324	34729	329134	19	223987	70820	294822	36939	2596	716998	95.11707333	4.882926669	3.684286141	1.198640528	2.934494948	0.24574151	0.428492831	0.564001988	0.135480462	0.070665247	0.007965838	0.000174085	0.00946565	0.050209266	0.028588252	0.407621723	Academic year
202324	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2227.58	482368.96	44509944	44763106	253162	2358298	1636097	722201	603908	47121404	21756832	22217120	43973952	535992	1355738	114426	2081	15	5437	25492	11674	121196	38438	22025	2100	24893	187720	11	309386	67916	305227	39672	2428	633583	94.99527221	5.004727788	3.47208882	1.532638968	2.877117159	0.242832323	0.656572117	0.64774598	0.144129831	0.08419104	0.004416252	3.18326678042106e-05	0.011538281	0.054098558	0.024774304	0.257199467	Academic year

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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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