Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Daily 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 29 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • 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	attendance_date	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	11/09/2023	Primary	120	12405	23978	23995	17	710	454	256	141	24705	11860	11991	23851	127	330	49	0	0	0	13	0	62	17	4	0	0	0	0	188	14	49	5	121	16223	97.12608784	2.873912164	1.837684679	1.036227484	1.335761991	0.198340417	0.760979559	0.198340417	0.056668691	0.020238818	0	0	0	0.052620927	0	0.250961344
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	11/09/2023	Primary	405	87019	166330	167596	1266	5286	4029	1257	892	172882	82644	82964	165608	722	2787	378	0	0	51	161	8	644	85	30	1	14	1166	0	524	170	468	95	421	104293	96.94242316	3.057576844	2.330491318	0.727085527	1.612082229	0.218646244	0.30309691	0.270704874	0.098332967	0.054950776	0	0	0.02949989	0.093127104	0.004627434	0.372508416
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	11/09/2023	Primary	301	47710	86888	87482	594	2823	2006	817	553	90305	43050	43394	86444	444	1361	241	0	0	24	51	10	319	77	15	0	1	516	0	243	109	387	78	307	55473	96.87392725	3.126072753	2.221360943	0.90471181	1.507114778	0.266873374	0.26908809	0.428547699	0.120702065	0.086373955	0	0	0.026576602	0.056475278	0.011073584	0.353247328
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	11/09/2023	Primary	31	6744	12434	12476	42	565	265	300	104	13041	6130	6209	12339	95	216	21	0	0	0	4	2	22	17	16	0	0	25	0	184	9	99	8	30	8587	95.66751016	4.33248984	2.032052757	2.300437083	1.6563147	0.161030596	1.410934744	0.759144237	0.069013112	0.061344989	0	0	0	0.030672494	0.015336247	0.168698719
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	11/09/2023	Primary	221	58659	109632	110156	524	4625	2139	2486	1002	114781	53983	54774	108757	875	1492	242	0	0	4	35	6	360	150	44	1	2	371	0	1276	127	831	252	222	71753	95.97058747	4.029412533	1.863548845	2.165863688	1.299866703	0.210836288	1.111682247	0.72398742	0.11064549	0.219548532	0	0	0.003484897	0.030492852	0.005227346	0.313640759

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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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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