Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 11 September and 15 December 2023 - Autumn term

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 11 September and 15 December  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: 2023/24 Autumn 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	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000064	Westmorland and Furness	943	Primary	113.9384615	11635.98462	1399516	1417464	17948	72950	55506	17444	11638	1490414	692881	696146	1389027	10489	45538	3723	70	0	24	1192	185	4774	3445	568	10	3131	11358	4	12094	1149	3533	668	121	15417	95.10538683	4.894613175	3.724200122	1.170413053	3.055392663	0.249796365	0.811452388	0.23704823	0.077092674	0.044819761	0.004696682	0	0.001610291	0.079977778	0.012412658	0.320313685	14.82525848
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	374.2615385	79504.21538	9629625	9736131	106506	486515	395253	91262	79062	10222646	4768408	4796673	9565081	64544	316180	23835	744	3	1196	10293	2487	40515	14359	1132	222	5676	86246	3	37764	14518	34007	4973	423	105674	95.24081143	4.75918857	3.866445145	0.892743425	3.092936995	0.233158812	0.36941512	0.332663383	0.142018025	0.048646896	0.007277959	2.93E-05	0.011699515	0.100688217	0.024328339	0.396325961	13.16999218
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	284.0461538	44643.56923	5251932	5304324	52392	273765	218750	55015	43010	5578089	2597979	2619429	5217408	34524	174435	14202	168	1	581	4628	2118	22617	10247	711	177	6534	35433	1	20287	8486	24776	1466	307	55313	95.09213639	4.907863607	3.921593937	0.98626967	3.127146232	0.254603324	0.363690863	0.444166452	0.152130954	0.026281402	0.003011784	1.79E-05	0.010415753	0.082967482	0.037969993	0.40546144	13.51393569
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	29.35384615	6537.446154	774086	781875	7789	47117	30621	16496	9979	828992	378217	386764	764981	9105	26899	1643	9	0	19	505	99	1447	904	1457	0	638	6247	0	7788	874	6993	841	30	8486	94.31635046	5.683649541	3.693763028	1.989886513	3.244784027	0.198192504	0.93945418	0.843554582	0.105429244	0.101448506	0.001085656	0	0.00229194	0.060917355	0.011942214	0.174549332	19.08533851
202324	202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	206.1230769	54684.12308	6521614	6568324	46710	368623	233717	134906	96613	6936947	3181195	3256564	6437759	83855	191861	16054	487	1	279	2375	1151	21509	8953	2452	63	2486	35189	19	48687	12758	68405	5056	221	72208	94.68609173	5.313908265	3.369162255	1.94474601	2.765784429	0.231427456	0.70185054	0.986096621	0.183913759	0.072885089	0.007020379	1.44E-05	0.004021942	0.034236963	0.016592314	0.310064355	16.51470376

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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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