Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 10 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2024 Week 9

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.8	11625.6	109958	111563	1605	3757	2614	1143	581	115320	54838	54586	109424	534	1714	300	4	0	0	51	5	540	236	21	0	170	1199	0	882	47	180	34	121	15417	96.74210891	3.257891086	2.266736039	0.991155047	1.486298994	0.260145682	0.764828304	0.156087409	0.040756157	0.029483177	0.003468609	0	0	0.044224766	0.004335761	0.468262227
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	378.6	80524.2	769759	776005	6246	25168	19589	5579	3923	801173	382689	383863	766552	3207	13689	1861	13	2	179	782	93	2970	724	132	13	89	5420	0	2618	716	1866	379	423	105674	96.85860607	3.141393931	2.44503996	0.696353971	1.708619736	0.232284413	0.326770872	0.232908498	0.089368963	0.047305638	0.001622621	0.000249634	0.022342241	0.097606884	0.01160798	0.370706452
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	285	45634.6	420645	425350	4705	14297	10818	3479	2277	439647	208789	209976	418765	1880	7545	1084	2	0	110	264	100	1713	1210	66	1	289	3204	1	1190	397	1649	243	307	55313	96.74807289	3.251927114	2.460610444	0.79131667	1.716149547	0.246561446	0.270671698	0.375073639	0.090299718	0.055271616	0.00045491	0	0.025020073	0.060048175	0.022745521	0.389630772
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30	6674.4	61648	61896	248	2821	1388	1433	534	64717	30370	30792	61162	486	1176	103	0	0	0	8	2	99	62	81	0	30	156	0	844	48	466	75	30	8486	95.64102168	4.358978321	2.144722407	2.214255914	1.817142327	0.159154473	1.304139561	0.720058099	0.074169075	0.115889179	0	0	0	0.012361512	0.003090378	0.152973716
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	207	55469	510677	513846	3169	26013	12527	13486	5366	539859	250969	254961	505930	4747	8998	1148	6	0	20	151	24	2180	760	178	3	21	2378	7	5330	619	6458	1079	221	72208	95.18151962	4.818480381	2.320420702	2.498059679	1.666731498	0.212648117	0.987294831	1.196238277	0.114659569	0.199867002	0.001111401	0	0.003704671	0.027970266	0.004445605	0.403809143

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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