Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 by sex - Spring term

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Published 13 June 2024

Last updated 13 June 2024

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex. 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 21 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Sex
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring 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	sex	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000030	Walsall	335	Secondary	Male	13.68518519	681731	8262	689993	82086	32492	49594	33969	772079	317760	333205	650965	30766	22413	1565	12	0	0	80	4098	4324	4617	6331	283	352	3008	2	2545	3203	43673	173	89.36818642	10.63181358	4.20837764	6.423435944	2.902941279	0.202699465	0.329629481	5.656545509	0.41485392	0.022407033	0.001554245	0	0	0.010361634	0.530774701	0.560046317	31.83571873	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000024	Nottinghamshire	891	Primary	Female	256.9655172	2730777	24209	2754986	146997	113080	33917	26514	2901983	1346627	1361392	2708019	22758	96853	6881	68	0	419	803	120	7936	2703	245	15	2314	19176	1	9899	3756	19251	1011	94.93460162	5.065398384	3.896645845	1.168752539	3.337476477	0.237113725	0.341111578	0.663373976	0.129428739	0.034838247	0.002343225	0	0.014438403	0.027670734	0.004135103	0.273468177	15.34660822	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	Secondary	Male	13.70689655	624366	9177	633543	74121	30347	43774	33734	707664	284396	307512	591908	32458	18622	1895	60	4	2	276	6026	3462	4166	4831	107	468	4400	36	2060	1276	39845	593	89.52596147	10.47403853	4.288334577	6.18570395	2.631474824	0.26778245	0.2910986	5.630496959	0.18031156	0.08379683	0.0084786	5.65E-04	2.83E-04	0.03900156	0.851534061	0.489215221	28.54383358	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000011	East Sussex	845	Special	Female	11.89655172	32980	605	33585	5421	4483	938	202	39006	16383	16423	32806	174	2833	444	0	0	0	96	68	1042	455	0	1	28	121	0	14	28	865	31	86.10213813	13.89786187	11.49310363	2.404758242	7.262985182	1.138286417	0.035891914	2.217607548	0.071783828	0.079474953	0	0	0	0.246115982	0.174332154	2.67138389	36.44067797	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Special	Male	2.913793103	31935	646	32581	4833	3527	1306	570	37414	15512	15901	31413	522	1745	378	18	0	0	125	6	1255	446	0	7	0	81	112	84	48	1008	166	87.08237558	12.91762442	9.426952478	3.490671941	4.664029508	1.010316994	0.224514887	2.69417865	0.128294221	0.443684182	0.048110333	0	0	0.334099535	0.016036778	3.354359331	34.3575419	202324

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Variables in this data set

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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