Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 8 February 2024

Last updated 8 February 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 Free School Meals eligibility. 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 4 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • School Type
• 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	free_school_meals_flag	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	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	FSM eligible	115.50769230769231	823280	4612	827892	65497	45462	20035	19608	893389	394878	411691	806569	16711	37663	2815	18	0	9	248	1031	3678	339	755	12	542	3719	0	4585	2897	12226	327	92.66870310693326	7.331296893066738	5.088712755585752	2.242584137480985	4.21574476515829	0.315092305815272	0.5132142885126187	1.368496813817945	0.3242708383470134	0.03660219680340814	0.0020147998240408155	0.0	0.0010073999120204077	0.027759464242340125	0.1154032565881156	0.41169076404567334	25.37333695357046	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000010	Enfield	308	Primary	FSM Not eligible	58.55384615384615	1715063	13356	1728419	77571	60248	17323	17510	1805990	843412	855452	1698864	16199	49870	4015	100	0	4	207	142	5910	1491	1716	492	809	10553	11	3160	1311	11807	1045	95.70479349276575	4.295206507234259	3.3360096124563263	0.9591968947779334	2.7613663420063235	0.22231573818238196	0.17497328335151358	0.6537688470035825	0.0725917640739982	0.05786300034883914	0.005537129219984607	0.0	2.2148516879938427E-4	0.011461857485368135	0.007862723492378142	0.3272443369010902	11.690740263090019	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000026	Redbridge	317	Primary	FSM Not eligible	43.676923076923075	1904171	15996	1920167	105324	74562	30762	20256	2025491	935964	949475	1885439	18732	63329	4254	539	94	0	387	156	5803	1095	311	1605	592	12704	0	10557	1524	18268	413	94.8000756359816	5.199924364018403	3.6811815011767517	1.5187428628416517	3.1265999207105835	0.21002314994240903	0.52120695673296	0.9019047727193061	0.07524101563522129	0.0203901177541643	0.02661083164526527	0.0046408500457419954	0.0	0.01910647837981013	0.0077018362461250146	0.28649843420681703	16.0650464617584	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000065	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	FSM eligible	271.15384615384613	756138	6049	762187	65837	47762	18075	17634	828024	364122	377535	741657	14481	37438	3389	25	0	220	1017	1029	4644	1184	2242	9	1004	3852	0	5879	3153	8696	347	92.04890196419427	7.951098035805726	5.7681902940011405	2.1829077418045855	4.521366530438732	0.40928765349796625	0.7100035747756104	1.0502111049921259	0.38078606417205296	0.04190699786479619	0.0030192361574060654	0.0	0.02656927818517338	0.12282252688327876	0.12427176023883367	0.5608533085997508	28.33235466823253	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000059	Dorset	838	Secondary	FSM eligible	27.861538461538462	472345	7749	480094	89681	47882	41799	23684	569775	220484	230143	450627	21718	33308	3381	29	0	12	240	4195	6717	4543	4746	33	550	2225	398	1657	1966	36196	1980	84.26027817998333	15.739721820016673	8.403668114606642	7.33605370541003	5.845816331007854	0.5933921284717651	0.2908165503926989	6.352683076653065	0.3450484840507218	0.34750559431354483	0.005089728401562021	0.0	0.002106094510991181	0.04212189021982361	0.7362555394673337	1.1788864025273134	44.81380180938355	202324

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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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