Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 11 July 2024

Last updated 11 July 2024

Weekly 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 26 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 9

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	116.8	11941.2	112932	114537	1605	3858	2692	1166	606	118395	56294	56083	112377	555	1769	305	5	0	0	54	5	554	237	19	0	169	1199	0	895	51	187	33	121	15393	96.74141644	3.258583555	2.273744668	0.984838887	1.494150935	0.25761223	0.755944085	0.157945859	0.043076143	0.027872799	0.004223151	0	0	0.045610034	0.004223151	0.467925166
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	400.6	85753.4	818121	825930	7809	26358	20574	5784	4148	852288	406680	408025	814705	3416	14391	1958	15	2	179	797	96	3136	762	143	13	101	6933	0	2734	732	1933	385	421	105418	96.90738342	3.09261658	2.413972742	0.678643839	1.688513742	0.22973455	0.320783585	0.226801269	0.085886461	0.045172524	0.001759968	0.000234662	0.02100229	0.093512991	0.011263798	0.36795074
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	298	46844	428476	433189	4713	14592	11016	3576	2369	447781	212632	213886	426518	1958	7679	1101	2	0	110	266	100	1758	892	66	1	289	3530	1	1252	411	1681	232	308	54462	96.74126414	3.258735855	2.46013118	0.798604675	1.714900811	0.245879124	0.279600966	0.375406728	0.09178594	0.051811042	0.000446647	0	0.02456558	0.059404039	0.022332345	0.392602634
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	31	6731.4	61644	61892	248	2820	1388	1432	534	64712	30368	30790	61158	486	1176	103	0	0	0	8	2	99	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	475	65	30	8486	95.64223019	4.357769811	2.14488812	2.212881691	1.81728273	0.15916677	1.304240326	0.734021511	0.074174805	0.100445049	0	0	0	0.012362468	0.003090617	0.152985536
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	220	58069	539996	543347	3351	27254	13232	14022	5806	570601	265206	269681	534887	5109	9546	1204	6	0	20	159	24	2273	766	206	3	19	2556	7	5469	697	6778	1078	222	71208	95.22363263	4.776367374	2.318958432	2.457408943	1.672972883	0.211005589	0.958463094	1.187870333	0.122151906	0.188923609	0.001051523	0	0.003505076	0.027865356	0.004206091	0.398351913

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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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