Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 2024

Daily 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 18 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • 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	attendance_date	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	11/09/2023	Primary	117	11957	22999	23018	19	695	443	252	135	23713	11377	11501	22878	121	326	46	0	0	0	11	0	60	19	4	0	0	0	0	184	14	49	5	121	15393	97.06911821	2.930881795	1.868173576	1.062708219	1.374773331	0.193986421	0.775945684	0.206637709	0.059039346	0.021085481	0	0	0	0.046388057	0	0.253025766
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	11/09/2023	Primary	391	83707	160476	161296	820	5084	3857	1227	860	166380	79747	80038	159785	691	2655	365	0	0	51	155	8	623	83	28	1	14	722	0	510	169	452	96	422	105636	96.94434427	3.055655728	2.318187282	0.737468446	1.595744681	0.219377329	0.306527227	0.271667268	0.101574708	0.057699243	0	0	0.030652723	0.093160236	0.00480827	0.374444044
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	11/09/2023	Primary	291	46534	85081	85673	592	2732	1933	799	535	88405	42164	42489	84653	428	1310	231	0	0	24	47	10	311	139	15	0	1	452	0	233	107	381	78	307	54520	96.90967705	3.090322946	2.186527911	0.903795034	1.481816639	0.261297438	0.263559753	0.430971099	0.121033878	0.088230304	0	0	0.027147786	0.053164414	0.011311577	0.351790057
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	11/09/2023	Primary	30	6704	12434	12476	42	565	265	300	104	13041	6130	6209	12339	95	216	21	0	0	0	4	2	22	17	16	0	0	25	0	184	9	95	12	30	8486	95.66751016	4.33248984	2.032052757	2.300437083	1.6563147	0.161030596	1.410934744	0.728471743	0.069013112	0.092017483	0	0	0	0.030672494	0.015336247	0.168698719
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	11/09/2023	Primary	215	57420	106702	107199	497	4532	2095	2437	986	111731	52546	53298	105844	858	1460	236	0	0	4	35	6	354	148	40	1	2	346	0	1240	128	816	253	222	71468	95.94382938	4.056170624	1.875039157	2.181131468	1.306709866	0.211221595	1.109808379	0.730325514	0.114560865	0.22643671	0	0	0.003580027	0.031325237	0.005370041	0.316832392

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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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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