Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 27 June 2024

Last updated 27 June 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 24 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	891	51	191	33	121	15393	96.74141644	3.258583555	2.273744668	0.984838887	1.494150935	0.25761223	0.752565564	0.16132438	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	398.6	85430.4	815054	822863	7809	26317	20537	5780	4137	849180	405157	406491	811648	3406	14366	1957	15	2	179	797	96	3125	762	143	13	101	6933	0	2732	731	1931	386	422	105636	96.90089263	3.099107374	2.418450741	0.680656633	1.691749688	0.230457618	0.321722132	0.227395841	0.086083045	0.045455616	0.00176641	0.000235521	0.021079159	0.093855249	0.011305024	0.368002073
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	294	46539.2	425840	430545	4705	14473	10932	3541	2349	445018	211330	212568	423898	1942	7615	1094	2	0	110	264	100	1747	1210	66	1	289	3204	1	1242	407	1662	230	307	54520	96.747772	3.252228	2.456529848	0.795698152	1.711166739	0.245832753	0.279089835	0.373468039	0.091456975	0.051683303	0.00044942	0	0.024718101	0.059323443	0.022471001	0.39256839
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	31	6725.4	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	219	57722	537418	540591	3173	27090	13192	13898	5663	567681	264074	268331	532405	5013	9516	1202	6	0	20	159	24	2265	766	206	3	19	2378	7	5447	650	6721	1080	222	71468	95.22795373	4.772046272	2.323840326	2.448205947	1.676293552	0.211738635	0.959517757	1.183939572	0.114500926	0.190247692	0.001056932	0	0.003523105	0.028008688	0.004227726	0.398991687

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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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