Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 02 January and 31 March 2024 - Spring term

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Published 11 July 2024

Last updated 11 July 2024

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 2 January and 31 March 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 26 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Spring 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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	277.259259259259	49648.5185185185	4765287	4812503	47216	257902	209904	47998	48740	5070405	2346000	2377366	4723366	41921	179769	12443	105	0	413	2111	1461	13602	10928	2457	29	1779	34480	0	15063	6819	23857	2259	300	62949	94.913581853915	5.08641814608498	4.13978765009896	0.946630495986021	3.54545642803681	0.245404459801535	0.297076860724143	0.470514682752167	0.134486298431782	0.0445526540779287	0.00207084049499005	0	0.00814530594696085	0.0416337550945141	0.0288142663160043	0.268262594408139	17.2947807852869
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	133.310344827586	27471.3448275862	2896065	2920218	24153	164307	129574	34733	31155	3084525	1425717	1442828	2868545	27520	109024	8032	277	0	179	622	993	10446	7160	1802	36	2745	14212	0	9664	3635	19970	1464	148	35013	94.6731830670849	5.32681693291512	4.20077645666675	1.12604047624837	3.53454745868489	0.260396657508044	0.313305938515655	0.647425454486509	0.117846345871731	0.0474627373744742	0.00898031301415939	0	0.0058031625614965	0.0201651794036359	0.0321929632601454	0.338658302331801	16.2602466074258
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	346.685185185185	72166.962962963	7206734	7251648	44914	426190	349182	77008	83313	7677838	3541925	3593613	7135538	71196	287273	22975	448	3	1188	2955	1978	32362	5904	3023	216	9195	29595	4	22385	12117	38099	4407	398	101071	94.4490884022299	5.5509115977701	4.54792091211093	1.00299068565917	3.74158714992424	0.299237884414857	0.291553429494084	0.496220420383967	0.157817864872898	0.0573989709082166	0.0058349759398414	3.90734995971522e-05	0.0154731058404723	0.0384873971031949	0.025762460734389	0.421498864654347	17.3348412760315
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	71.1206896551724	15255.2586206897	1548656	1557945	9289	97372	74759	22613	18634	1655317	758308	773051	1531359	17297	64140	4735	31	0	475	853	307	4218	1467	3645	2	236	7584	0	6816	1337	13146	1314	81	23146	94.1176221835455	5.88237781645449	4.51629506614141	1.36608275031308	3.87478652125242	0.286047929188186	0.411764030696235	0.794168126105151	0.0807700277348689	0.079380565776827	0.00187275307388253	0	0.0286954100030387	0.0515309152265095	0.018546296570385	0.254815240826984	19.6294910179641
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.9310344827586	11246.0172413793	1217192	1224212	7020	74308	52284	22024	14014	1298520	598073	607105	1205178	12014	45361	3273	4	0	0	331	486	2829	753	2903	10	2009	4248	0	3964	2000	15863	197	46	13698	94.2774851369251	5.72251486307489	4.02643008964051	1.69608477343437	3.49328466253889	0.252056187043711	0.305270615777963	1.22162153836676	0.154021501401596	0.0151711178880572	0.000308043002803191	0	0	0.0254905584819641	0.0374272248405877	0.217863413732557	18.0082205857167

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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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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