Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023 by SEN - Autumn term

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN. 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
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2023/24 Autumn term

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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	sen	num_schools	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000028	Southwark	210	Secondary	EHC plan	13.307692307692308	30620	928	31548	4112	2250	1862	1245	35660	14260	15242	29502	1118	1571	242	0	0	0	24	194	219	823	135	4	3	98	0	80	127	1572	83	88.46887268648345	11.531127313516546	6.309590577678071	5.221536735838474	4.405496354458777	0.6786315199102636	0.2243409983174425	4.408300616937745	0.35614133482893995	0.2327537857543466	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.06730229949523275	0.5440269209197981	0.6141334828939988	31.907894736842106	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000033	Southend-on-Sea	882	Secondary	EHC plan	10.907692307692308	24285	422	24707	2920	1944	976	750	27627	11516	12041	23557	728	1224	94	0	0	0	0	60	566	307	363	0	15	56	44	42	22	906	6	89.43062945669091	10.56937054330908	7.0365946356824844	3.5327759076265974	4.4304484743186014	0.3402468599558403	0.15202519274622653	3.2794005863828866	0.07963224381945198	0.02171788467803236	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2171788467803236	2.0487204546277193	25.76419213973799	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Special	SEN support	5.6923076923076925	2109	54	2163	820	738	82	9	2983	1096	1006	2102	7	295	99	0	0	0	0	17	327	47	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	70	10	72.51089507207509	27.489104927924906	24.740194435132416	2.748910492792491	9.889373114314449	3.3188065705665437	0.0	2.3466309084813943	0.0670465973851827	0.3352329869259135	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5698960777740529	10.962118672477372	51.85185185185185	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Secondary	No SEN	11.76923076923077	1353932	11126	1365058	80869	61587	19282	38850	1445927	648110	668374	1316484	37448	49200	4601	1730	1	0	102	1143	4810	3730	3686	274	357	6762	3	3248	1402	10788	3844	94.4071173717622	5.592882628237802	4.259343659811318	1.3335389684264836	3.4026614068345085	0.3182041693667799	0.22463098067883094	0.7460957572546885	0.09696201813784514	0.2658502123551189	0.11964642751674186	6.91597846917583E-5	0.0	0.0070542980385593455	0.07904963390267973	0.3326585643673574	16.31522368312247	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	EHC plan	176.26153846153846	105978	1087	107065	13233	11189	2044	2676	120298	51257	52323	103580	2398	6064	734	8	0	10	192	667	3514	499	6	4	14	570	0	289	278	1356	121	88.99981712081664	11.000182879183361	9.301069011953649	1.6991138672297128	5.040815308650185	0.6101514572145839	0.24023674541555137	1.1272007847179504	0.23109278624748542	0.10058355084872567	0.006650152122229795	0.0	0.008312690152787244	0.1596036509335151	0.5544564331909092	2.921079319689438	32.25806451612903	202324

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 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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