Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - daily

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Published 7 November 2024

Last updated 7 November 2024

Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, 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 43 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024 Week 37 to 2024 Week 43

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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	education_phase	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				2024-09-09	Primary	2424	531495	984719	987207	2488	38285	20970	17315	12336	1025492	481499	492254	973753	10966	14728	2375	35	0	164	87	93	2894	21	11	562	502	0	124	1801	0	61	9075	1370	5712	1158	2434	621976	96.2666700471579	3.73332995284215	2.04487211991902	1.68845783292312	1.43618867821494	0.231596150920729	0.884941081939206	0.557000932235454	0.133594411267957	0.112921407480507	0.00341299590830548	0	0.0159923236846314	0.0090688176992117	0.00204779754498329	0.00107265585689601	0.0548029628705051	0.282206004532459
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				2024-09-09	Primary	850	169687	313457	314320	863	12689	6309	6380	2634	327009	154333	156777	311110	2347	4441	700	16	1	114	23	27	816	24	10	137	66	0	113	660	0	24	3741	287	1935	417	858	210650	96.1196786632784	3.88032133672162	1.92930469803583	1.95101663868579	1.35806659755542	0.214061386689663	1.14400521086576	0.591726833206425	0.0877651685427618	0.127519426070842	0.00489283169576372	0.000305801980985233	0.0348614258323165	0.00825665348660129	0.00733924754364559	0.00305801980985233	0.0418948713949769	0.24953441648395
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				2024-09-09	Primary	1952	424599	799147	801203	2056	29698	18780	10918	6851	830901	394221	399172	793393	5754	12246	1880	29	4	249	71	105	3156	30	26	984	754	0	76	1101	0	125	3978	1097	4666	1177	1982	509476	96.4258076473611	3.57419235263888	2.26019706318803	1.31399528945085	1.4738217910437	0.226260408881443	0.478757397090628	0.561559078638731	0.132025355607948	0.141653458113542	0.00349018715827758	0.000481405125279666	0.0299674690486592	0.0126368845385912	0.0036105384395975	0.00312913331431783	0.118425660818798	0.379828643845657
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				2024-09-09	Primary	1734	551725	1005792	1008764	2972	50947	26924	24023	14349	1059711	490326	502158	992484	13308	17554	2475	15	35	74	46	17	5671	44	542	451	1324	33	98	1457	0	60	7796	1041	12162	3024	1778	683165	95.1923684853701	4.80763151462993	2.54069269829227	2.26693881633766	1.65648936360951	0.233554242618978	0.735672272912143	1.14767139342708	0.0982343299258005	0.285360820072642	0.00141548025829684	0.00330278726935929	0.00698303594093107	0.00160421095940308	0.00415207542433739	0.0511460199997924	0.0425587730994582	0.535145902986758
2024	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				2024-09-09	Primary	2572	605540	1138442	1143023	4581	43199	28202	14997	9692	1186222	561629	568641	1130270	8172	18959	2726	36	12	202	167	92	4506	43	80	1379	613	4	126	3729	0	109	5301	1520	6624	1552	2592	708427	96.3582702057456	3.64172979425436	2.37746391484899	1.26426587940537	1.59826744066456	0.229805213526642	0.446880937969453	0.558411494644341	0.128137903360416	0.130835543431162	0.00303484507958881	0.0010116150265296	0.0170288529465817	0.00775571520339363	0.00362495384506441	0.00674410017686403	0.116251426798694	0.379861442461866

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Table showing first 5 of 57 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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