Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024 by SEN - Summer term

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN. 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:
  • School Type
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2023/24 Summer 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	sen	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	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000023	Lewisham	209	Primary	EHC plan	58.34375	75077	1530	76607	6787	4310	2477	2842	83394	35240	37311	72551	2526	2588	531	54	0	0	112	115	910	223	135	126	85	1096	0	304	316	1684	173	91.86152480993837	8.138475190061635	5.168237523083195	2.9702376669784396	3.1033407679209537	0.6367364558601338	0.3645346187975154	2.0193299278125525	0.3789241432237331	0.2074489771446387	0.06475285991797972	0.0	0.0	0.13430222797803198	0.13789960908458643	1.09120560232151	28.415300546448087	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000030	Surrey	936	Primary	SEN support	287.296875	1159791	28122	1187913	97284	64275	33009	24869	1285197	562165	577345	1139510	20281	44095	5485	569	0	1057	934	1465	10670	3962	733	1462	1882	20816	0	9755	4588	17772	894	92.43042117278519	7.569578827214817	5.0011788076069275	2.5684000196078887	3.4309915133633213	0.42678282006571755	0.7590276043283637	1.382823022462704	0.3569880726456722	0.06956132017114887	0.04427336820736432	0.0	0.08224420069452387	0.07267368348976849	0.11399030654444416	0.8302229152417878	23.69937073473367	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000022	Lambeth	208	Primary	SEN support	49.640625	246353	4805	251158	20156	11446	8710	10189	271314	114596	123080	237676	8677	8630	1039	236	0	0	46	156	1338	395	443	452	192	3765	1	1192	1512	5583	423	92.57096943025425	7.429030569745756	4.2187281157625485	3.2103024539832075	3.1808163235218236	0.38295111936722764	0.439343343874625	2.0577633295738518	0.5572878657201619	0.1559079148145691	0.08698408486108347	0.0	0.0	0.01695452501529593	0.05749795439969924	0.4931555319666512	26.864406779661014	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000018	Nottingham	892	Secondary	SEN support	18.89855072463768	247846	9101	256947	52370	19178	33192	14953	309317	113361	120949	234310	13536	8492	1077	393	590	0	1	5064	3561	5033	6189	51	296	2900	821	1989	1417	28589	1197	83.06914912533098	16.93085087466903	6.200111859354643	10.730739015314386	2.7454035827322776	0.34818648829517934	0.6430296427289803	9.242621647048175	0.45810608534286834	0.3869816401943637	0.1270541224698287	0.19074283017098964	0.0	3.2329293249320275E-4	1.6371554101455787	1.151246132608295	45.3646024184683	202324
202324	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000051	Shropshire	893	Primary	EHC plan	110.59420289855072	75575	1715	77290	8469	6811	1658	1091	85759	37320	37471	74791	784	3760	635	16	0	0	224	272	1904	660	285	6	70	979	0	584	307	684	83	90.1246516400611	9.875348359938899	7.9420235777003	1.9333247822385986	4.384379482036871	0.740447066780163	0.6809780897631735	0.7975839270513883	0.35797992047481897	0.09678284494921816	0.018656933966114342	0.0	0.0	0.26119707552560084	0.31716787742394387	2.2201751419676072	29.369627507163326	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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