Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 4 April 2024

Last updated 4 April 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 broken down by Free School Meals eligibility. 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 12 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24 Autumn term

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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	free_school_meals_flag	num_schools	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	FSM eligible	119.55384615384615	840912	4957	845869	66632	46211	20421	19983	912501	403385	420521	823906	17006	38334	2861	18	0	9	248	1041	3700	636	746	12	553	3756	0	4807	2977	12336	301	92.69787101603177	7.302128983968236	5.064213628259037	2.237915355709199	4.200981697554304	0.31353390297654465	0.5267939432395142	1.3518889294367897	0.326246217812364	0.03298626522053127	0.0019726005779719695	0.0	9.863002889859847E-4	0.0271780524076138	0.11408206675937889	0.4054790076942381	25.283371116148817	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000010	Enfield	308	Primary	FSM Not eligible	58.33846153846154	1715449	13367	1728816	77610	60421	17189	17519	1806426	843584	855654	1699238	16211	49957	4020	100	0	4	207	142	5991	1490	1716	492	817	10557	11	3152	1308	11811	918	95.70367122705275	4.296328772947245	3.344781352792752	0.9515474201544929	2.765515996780383	0.22253886956897212	0.17448818827895524	0.653832484696301	0.07240816950154615	0.05081857767769064	0.005535792775347564	0.0	2.2143171101390258E-4	0.011459091044969458	0.007860825740993543	0.3316493451710726	11.639191704333953	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000065	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	FSM eligible	275.10769230769233	770079	6251	776330	67430	48612	18818	18122	843760	370667	384575	755242	14837	38129	3470	25	0	229	1026	1036	4697	1173	2242	9	1025	4044	0	5887	3285	9324	322	92.00839101166208	7.991608988337916	5.761353939508865	2.230255048829051	4.518939034796625	0.4112543851332132	0.6977102493600076	1.1050535697354698	0.3893287190670333	0.03816251066654025	0.002962927846781075	0.0	0.02714041907651465	0.12159855883189531	0.12278372997060776	0.5566748838532284	28.356698944934237	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000015	Wirral	344	Special	FSM Not eligible	11.923076923076923	77757	948	78705	10111	8575	1536	901	88816	38305	38706	77011	746	5196	605	0	6	0	487	250	2031	408	126	3	99	395	43	84	155	1114	183	88.61578994775716	11.384210052242839	9.654791929382094	1.729418122860746	5.850297243739867	0.6811835705278328	0.09457755359394704	1.254278508376869	0.17451810484597371	0.20604395604395606	0.0	0.006755539542424789	0.0	0.5483246261934787	0.2814808142676995	2.286750135110791	33.3767926988266	202324
202324	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000059	Dorset	838	Secondary	FSM eligible	27.861538461538462	472840	7816	480656	89311	47851	41460	23680	569967	220695	230441	451136	21704	33111	3369	27	0	12	240	4174	6918	4612	4720	33	550	2223	398	1631	1976	35951	1902	84.33049632698032	15.669503673019666	8.39539833007876	7.274105342940908	5.809283695371837	0.5910868523967177	0.2861569178566478	6.307558156875749	0.3466867380041301	0.33370353020438026	0.004737116359368174	0.0	0.002105385048608077	0.042107700972161544	0.7323230994075096	1.2137544805225564	44.488851493479174	202324

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 49 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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