Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 11 July 2024

Last updated 11 July 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 26 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	284.1348315	50940.05618	16474952	16646830	171878	902432	681860	220572	162595	17549262	8117378	8217802	16335180	139772	559627	42056	8959	11	2774	15903	5331	47143	43394	7880	329	7961	120194	0	106717	22823	83148	7884	300	62949	94.85772108	5.142278917	3.885405552	1.256873366	3.188891932	0.239645405	0.608099645	0.473797702	0.130051053	0.044924966	0.05105058	6.26806984817937e-05	0.015806933	0.090619195	0.030377346	0.268632379	12.60554212	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	135.7383721	27981.05233	8835238	8933671	98433	483476	362927	120549	91838	9417147	4355730	4398400	8754130	81108	292892	24875	2016	1	823	2461	3196	36662	21735	5336	223	11727	64746	2	45591	10730	58028	6200	148	35013	94.86600347	5.133996528	3.853895453	1.280101075	3.110198874	0.264145818	0.484127518	0.616195117	0.113941091	0.06583735	0.021407758	1.06189273672801e-05	0.008739377	0.02613318	0.033938092	0.389311115	13.60305932	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	343.2716763	71530.19653	22774914	23004595	229681	1305311	1008994	296317	250956	24309906	11210675	11350585	22561260	213654	798399	70996	7191	13	5587	12129	7022	107656	23064	9852	972	29466	176173	6	116344	37302	126651	16020	398	101071	94.63053868	5.369461322	4.150546695	1.218914627	3.284253752	0.292045555	0.478586795	0.520985149	0.153443621	0.065899062	0.029580534	5.34761426062281e-05	0.022982401	0.049893241	0.028885344	0.442848278	13.54584176	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	72.88372093	15625.03488	4828030	4874971	46941	310724	211105	99619	56085	5185695	2366840	2409005	4775845	52185	178903	13947	1068	3	1404	2775	1097	11908	12858	11989	7	1103	32973	0	53272	3900	38025	4422	81	23146	94.00805485	5.991945149	4.070910457	1.921034693	3.449932941	0.268951413	1.027287567	0.73326719	0.075206891	0.085273044	0.020595118	5.78514548194601e-05	0.027074481	0.053512596	0.021154349	0.229631708	17.47319969	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.84302326	11197.30233	3583048	3611530	28482	214473	135835	78638	41111	3826003	1760833	1786809	3547642	35406	112875	9670	160	3	1	2349	1477	9300	1686	8161	37	5391	21364	4	28785	5705	43189	959	46	13698	94.39433268	5.605667324	3.55031086	2.055356465	2.950206782	0.252744182	0.752351736	1.128828179	0.149111227	0.025065323	0.00418191	7.8410811491784e-05	2.6136937163928e-05	0.061395665	0.038604256	0.243073516	15.61829288	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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