Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 by FSM - Academic year 2023 - 2024

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Published 8 August 2024

Last updated 8 August 2024

Full 2023/24 academic year 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 broken down by Free School Meals eligibility. 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:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	free_school_meals_indicator	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	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000032	West Sussex	938	Primary	FSM eligible	219.48128342245988	2823527	36308	2859835	290676	203270	87406	75532	3150511	1352529	1409478	2762007	61520	157548	11953	910	30	758	1858	2637	27553	10358	2601	258	3739	21953	0	19036	14012	50503	3855	90.77368718915757	9.226312810842431	6.451969220231257	2.7743435906111737	5.000712582815931	0.3793987705486507	0.6042194424967886	1.6030097974582536	0.4447532479651714	0.12236110269096029	0.028884203229253922	9.522264800852941E-4	0.02405958906348843	0.058974559999949216	0.08370070759949735	0.8745565401930037	32.05246439184343	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000013	North Lincolnshire	813	Primary	FSM Not eligible	58.81283422459893	2542941	24582	2567523	117141	80972	36169	17877	2684664	1259698	1267235	2526933	16008	67975	5893	257	0	197	2003	321	4326	3984	1441	64	2702	17831	1	19684	1869	13352	1264	95.63666067709032	4.363339322909683	3.016094379035887	1.347244943873796	2.531974206083145	0.21950605364395695	0.7332016222514252	0.4973434291963538	0.06961765047693119	0.04708224194908562	0.00957289254819225	0.0	0.007337975999976161	0.07460896410128046	0.011956803532956079	0.16113748312638007	9.509461251054597	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000001	Bolton	350	Primary	Unknown	6.734375	233302	1003	234305	13801	9431	4370	1684	248106	115389	116449	231838	1464	7678	641	461	0	135	7	69	440	183	62	0	30	790	0	2252	220	1776	122	94.43745818319589	5.562541816804107	3.8011978751017708	1.7613439417023369	3.0946450307529845	0.2583573150185808	0.9076765576003805	0.715823075620904	0.08867177738547233	0.04917253109558012	0.1858076789759216	0.0	0.054412227031994394	0.002821374734992302	0.027810693816352688	0.17734355477094466	13.573232323232324	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000038	Reading	870	Secondary	FSM Not eligible	7.925133689839572	1502924	27542	1530466	105883	73854	32029	43468	1636349	720692	742342	1463034	39890	53568	4984	693	3318	0	283	1822	9186	9412	980	463	2579	11520	3568	5146	3578	22567	738	93.52931434553386	6.470685654466131	4.513340369322192	1.9573452851439392	3.273629280795234	0.3045805020811575	0.3144805906319495	1.3791067797884191	0.21865751132551797	0.045100403398052616	0.042350378800610385	0.20276848031807396	0.0	0.017294599135025596	0.11134544036754995	0.561371687824541	17.561521252796418	202324
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	896	Secondary	FSM Not eligible	18.78125	4159697	77384	4237081	339413	253195	86218	133710	4576494	1985492	2051158	4036650	123047	197161	17593	144	6038	4	1185	6639	24431	19985	9963	421	5478	35596	15904	16839	10663	56926	1790	92.58355850570328	7.416441494296726	5.532510257852408	1.8839312364443175	4.3081232052309035	0.38442091260252936	0.3679454184797358	1.2438779554829527	0.23299495203096518	0.03911291045066376	0.0031465134664221124	0.1319350577101161	8.740315184505868E-5	0.025893183734098636	0.14506738127483615	0.5338366006816572	21.128589984124694	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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