Reasons for absence and attendance
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Pupil attendance in schools
- API data set ID
- 63629501-d3ca-c471-9780-ec4cb6fdf172
How do I use this ID? - Release
- Week 7 2025
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of sessions
- Number of sessions (scaled)
- Percent of sessions
- Filters
- Attendance reason
- Attendance status
- Attendance type
- Time period
- 2024 Week 37 to 2025 Week 8
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | time_frame | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | la_name | old_la_code | reference_date | education_phase | attendance_status | attendance_type | attendance_reason | session_count | session_percent | session_scaled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2024-09-09 | All schools | Attendance | Present | All present | 13191141 | x | x | |||||
| 2024 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2024-09-09 | All schools | Attendance | Approved educational activity | All approved educational activity | 50672 | x | x | |||||
| 2024 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2024-09-09 | All schools | Attendance | Overall attendance | Overall attendance | 13241813 | 95.35 | 782553718.5 | |||||
| 2024 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2024-09-09 | All schools | Absence | Overall absence | Overall absence | 648080 | 4.65 | 38124581.5 | |||||
| 2024 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2024-09-09 | All schools | Absence | Authorised | All authorised | 363142 | 2.6 | 21377213.2 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| attendance_reason | Attendance reason |
| attendance_status | Attendance status |
| attendance_type | Attendance type |
| education_phase | Education phase |
| reference_date | Reference date |
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- Reasons for absence and attendance
- API data set ID
- 63629501-d3ca-c471-9780-ec4cb6fdf172
- API data set version
- 1.0
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