Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 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 10 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	270.6403509	48470.87719	10024406	10108126	83720	530112	416245	113867	100863	10638238	4936958	5000360	9937318	87088	351700	24735	305	10	1508	7250	2952	27785	18607	4886	130	3692	61291	0	47927	13775	47276	4889	300	63749	95.01691916	4.983080845	3.912725021	1.070355824	3.305998606	0.232510309	0.450516336	0.444396901	0.129485729	0.045956859	0.002867016	9.40E-05	0.01417528	0.068150384	0.027748956	0.26118047	13.5430457	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	134.0091743	27334.43119	5485395	5531367	45972	293081	226187	66894	57758	5824448	2700482	2734031	5434513	50882	184872	14855	412	1	305	1166	1851	22724	12526	3056	132	5675	27639	0	20865	6876	34899	4254	148	35013	94.96808968	5.03191032	3.883406634	1.148503687	3.174069028	0.255045628	0.358231372	0.599181244	0.118054106	0.073036964	0.007073632	1.72E-05	0.005236548	0.020019064	0.031779836	0.39014856	13.85129376	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	311.2293578	65654.92661	13179709	13262712	83003	742711	588777	153934	147143	14005423	6480038	6573965	13054003	125706	474411	39573	1710	41	2824	6165	4130	59923	11501	5954	652	12531	58315	4	50666	21437	71987	9844	402	102586	94.69697559	5.303024407	4.203921581	1.099102826	3.38733789	0.282554836	0.36175987	0.513993758	0.153062139	0.07028706	0.012209556	0.000292744	0.020163618	0.044018663	0.029488577	0.427855696	14.29130564	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	186.6140351	38601.84211	7704787	7758111	53324	447146	360779	86367	90805	8205257	3783635	3840629	7624264	80523	291803	19423	513	11	1851	7913	4079	35185	4896	434	102	4006	44318	2	25319	10282	47193	3573	194	46071	94.55049367	5.449506335	4.396925045	1.05258129	3.55629324	0.236714097	0.308570469	0.575155659	0.125309908	0.043545254	0.006252089	0.00013406	0.022558708	0.096438174	0.049712032	0.428810457	15.0396916	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	66.40366972	14441.76147	2817707	2833847	16140	177390	130096	47294	33280	3011237	1380218	1406579	2786797	30910	112209	7913	210	1	878	1445	400	7040	2667	6175	7	413	13053	0	21475	2370	20711	2738	81	23146	94.10906548	5.890934523	4.32035074	1.570583783	3.726342364	0.262782371	0.713162066	0.687790433	0.078705197	0.090926088	0.006973878	3.32E-05	0.029157453	0.047986924	0.013283577	0.233790964	18.77364125	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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