Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 27 June 2024

Last updated 27 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. 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 24 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	time_period	time_identifier	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
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	275.3518519	49223.38889	4710545	4756561	46016	255427	207907	47520	48247	5011988	2318977	2350071	4669048	41497	178011	12299	103	0	413	2087	1449	13545	10321	2457	29	1735	33931	0	14997	6750	23494	2279	299	63382	94.90367894	5.096321061	4.148194289	0.948126771	3.551704433	0.245391649	0.299222584	0.46875611	0.134677098	0.045470979	0.002055073	0	0.008240243	0.041640164	0.028910684	0.270252044	17.33579838
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	133.3103448	27451.48276	2895592	2919745	24153	164309	129564	34745	31155	3084054	1425429	1442643	2868072	27520	109014	8032	277	0	179	622	993	10446	7159	1802	36	2745	14213	0	9664	3635	19982	1464	148	35013	94.6723047	5.3276953	4.201093755	1.126601545	3.53476301	0.260436426	0.313353787	0.647913428	0.117864343	0.047469986	0.008981684	0	0.005804049	0.020168259	0.03219788	0.338710023	16.2774678
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	344.7592593	71952.55556	7187069	7231658	44589	425027	348063	76964	83206	7656685	3532108	3583877	7115985	71084	286355	22906	448	3	1188	2955	1925	32283	5892	3023	216	8965	29512	4	22349	12122	38033	4460	400	102135	94.44894233	5.551057671	4.5458707	1.005186971	3.739934449	0.299163411	0.291888722	0.496729329	0.158319168	0.058249752	0.005851096	3.91814473234827e-05	0.015515853	0.038593726	0.025141429	0.421631555	17.3316822
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	190.5	38745.11111	3495390	3523152	27762	218261	178968	39293	42041	3741413	1715398	1742551	3457949	37441	147281	9168	110	6	735	3406	1739	16523	1850	147	38	3057	22815	2	9903	4600	23521	1269	194	46071	94.16634838	5.833651618	4.783433425	1.050218193	3.93650741	0.245041111	0.264686096	0.628666229	0.122948202	0.033917667	0.002940066	0.000160367	0.019644984	0.091035125	0.046479766	0.441624595	19.39386222
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	71.12068966	15240.18966	1548633	1557922	9289	97395	74719	22676	18633	1655317	758296	773042	1531338	17295	64101	4734	31	0	475	853	307	4218	1467	3645	2	236	7584	0	6815	1338	13106	1417	81	23146	94.11623272	5.883767278	4.513878611	1.369888668	3.872430477	0.285987518	0.411703619	0.791751671	0.080830439	0.085602939	0.001872753	0	0.02869541	0.051530915	0.018546297	0.254815241	19.64820359

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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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