Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 22 February 2024

Last updated 22 February 2024

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 6 2024
• 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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	264	47572.17172	8515800	8585551	69751	454294	355168	99126	85590	9039845	4194899	4247023	8441922	73878	299859	20741	281	10	1440	6637	2528	23672	15749	4091	118	3198	50686	0	43390	11712	39290	4734	302	64083	94.97453773	5.025462273	3.928916923	1.09654535	3.317081211	0.229439775	0.479986106	0.434631346	0.129559744	0.052368155	0.00310846	0.000110621	0.015929477	0.0734194	0.027965081	0.261862897	13.89190712	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	130.8829787	26835.74468	4645395	4683239	37844	245403	189297	56106	48842	4928642	2287023	2315287	4602310	43085	153847	12485	360	1	297	999	1583	19725	9475	2640	122	4667	23580	0	17722	5757	29165	3462	147	35013	95.02087999	4.979120009	3.840753701	1.138366309	3.121488637	0.253315213	0.359571663	0.59174515	0.116807023	0.070242472	0.007304243	2.02895645494236e-05	0.006026001	0.020269275	0.032118381	0.400211661	13.69664903	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	317.7340426	66842.71277	11658234	11730793	72559	660578	522183	138395	131517	12391371	5730938	5814831	11545769	112465	420263	34832	1660	41	2671	5523	3846	53347	10069	5329	616	9845	52025	4	46088	19052	64004	9251	403	102783	94.66904832	5.330951676	4.214085754	1.116865922	3.391577897	0.281098839	0.371936245	0.51652073	0.153752155	0.074656791	0.013396419	0.000330875	0.021555323	0.044571339	0.031037728	0.430517333	14.35905906	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	183.4949495	37853.38384	6529377	6573978	44601	379126	303953	75173	77593	6953104	3206166	3254709	6460875	68502	244807	16308	487	5	1727	7105	3544	29969	4177	375	86	3084	37252	2	22709	9091	39359	4014	194	46071	94.54738488	5.45261512	4.371472079	1.081143041	3.520830409	0.234542731	0.326602335	0.566063732	0.130747361	0.057729613	0.007004066	7.19103295449054e-05	0.024837828	0.102184578	0.050970042	0.431016133	15.11627907	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.5106383	11090.8617	1944439	1953847	9408	112650	75177	37473	21766	2066497	954980	970871	1925851	18588	62981	5153	13	1	0	1284	692	5053	685	4195	11	1658	7051	3	12890	3178	20704	701	47	13879	94.54874602	5.451253982	3.637895434	1.813358548	3.04771795	0.249359181	0.623760886	1.001888703	0.153786819	0.03392214	0.000629084	4.83910695249013e-05	0	0.062134133	0.03348662	0.244520074	16.47018913	Academic year

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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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