Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - year to date

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Published 19 December 2024

Last updated 19 December 2024

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, 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 49 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	time_identifier
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2538.6	594517.5167	65772354	66334057	561703	3358358	2578249	780109	734541	69692415	32340962	32806442	65147404	624950	2017396	180308	3849	564	8614	2908	20135	222817	2867	12372	106419	64054	340	54204	434946	22	8137	276714	109591	349524	44280	2592	708427	95.18117144	4.818828563	3.699468586	1.119359976	2.894713865	0.25871969	0.397050382	0.501523731	0.157249537	0.063536326	0.005522839	0.00080927	0.012360025	0.028891236	0.004113791	0.017752291	0.152698109	0.31971485	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1747.716667	417588.3667	45915704	46212652	296948	2496556	1788007	708549	632312	48709208	22454218	22901871	45356089	559615	1463035	105871	2161	89	4360	1183	17173	142257	1047	2390	48439	33149	70	15725	244902	5	3097	240149	72697	361728	33975	1767	499749	94.87457074	5.125429262	3.670778223	1.454651038	3.003610734	0.217353154	0.493025877	0.742627554	0.149246935	0.069750672	0.004436533	0.000182717	0.00895108	0.035256168	0.002149491	0.00490667	0.099445263	0.292053609	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1737.283333	376616.8333	41388629	41678592	289963	2182369	1456718	725651	542590	43860961	20289052	20630134	40919186	469443	1164680	110224	1278	53	4325	1283	13153	115985	1114	660	43963	31704	12	25556	229228	9	3454	303112	73147	323497	25895	1766	462881	95.02434751	4.975652494	3.3212177	1.654434795	2.655390975	0.251303203	0.691074689	0.737551099	0.166770172	0.059038834	0.002913753	0.000120836	0.009860705	0.029987943	0.002539844	0.001504755	0.100232642	0.26443789	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1546.016667	306202.9667	34238817	34501194	262377	1782928	1301569	481359	377334	36284122	16847231	17069225	33916456	322361	1037254	88102	1620	27	5418	1392	10646	111926	960	732	43492	23328	23	28519	208096	14	2397	182154	54973	220107	24125	1651	390943	95.08620327	4.913796729	3.587158592	1.326638137	2.858699461	0.242811442	0.502021242	0.606620714	0.151507042	0.066489138	0.004464763	7.44127141894187e-05	0.014932151	0.029340658	0.002645785	0.002017411	0.119865102	0.308471017	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1848.166667	335356.9	36808196	37123434	315238	1896820	1462631	434189	376712	39020254	18144014	18351143	36495157	313039	1145716	103488	1508	92	4758	1750	14127	128616	717	2263	59596	41866	45	36192	230342	13	6780	170146	63673	171182	29188	1881	396640	95.13888351	4.861116486	3.748389234	1.112727252	2.936208462	0.265216111	0.436045342	0.438700373	0.163179358	0.074802178	0.00386466	0.000235775	0.012193667	0.036204275	0.001837507	0.005799552	0.152730938	0.329613436	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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