Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 2 May 2024

Last updated 2 May 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 16 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	114.8	11722.6	110867	112473	1606	3779	2627	1152	584	116252	55291	55039	110330	537	1724	300	5	0	0	51	5	542	237	19	0	170	1199	0	890	47	181	34	121	15417	96.74930324	3.250696762	2.259746069	0.990950693	1.482985239	0.258060076	0.765578227	0.155696246	0.040429412	0.029246809	0.004301001	0	0	0.043870213	0.004301001	0.466228538
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Primary	392.6	83917.8	802114	808645	6531	25927	20208	5719	4079	834572	398736	400023	798759	3355	14124	1918	15	2	179	797	94	3079	754	133	13	99	5665	0	2707	724	1914	374	423	105674	96.89337768	3.106622317	2.421360889	0.685261427	1.692364469	0.229818398	0.324357874	0.22933911	0.086751053	0.044813389	0.001797328	0.000239644	0.02144812	0.095498052	0.011263258	0.36893162
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Primary	290	45966.4	422322	427027	4705	14351	10859	3492	2303	441378	209611	210812	420423	1899	7564	1089	2	0	110	264	100	1730	1210	66	1	289	3204	1	1208	404	1650	230	306	55055	96.74859191	3.25140809	2.460249491	0.791158599	1.713723838	0.246727295	0.273688313	0.373829235	0.091531522	0.05210953	0.000453126	0	0.024921949	0.059812678	0.022656317	0.391954289
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	30	6691.4	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	476	65	30	8486	95.64102168	4.358978321	2.144722407	2.214255914	1.817142327	0.159154473	1.304139561	0.73550999	0.074169075	0.100437289	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	212	56405	520228	523391	3163	26320	12775	13545	5494	549711	255622	259743	515365	4863	9176	1176	6	0	20	157	24	2216	756	182	3	19	2378	7	5371	631	6463	1080	221	72208	95.21202959	4.787970406	2.323948402	2.464022004	1.669240747	0.213930593	0.977058855	1.175708691	0.114787588	0.196466871	0.001091483	0	0.003638275	0.028560462	0.00436593	0.403120913

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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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