Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 21 November 2024

Last updated 21 November 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 45 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	2529.1	591211.6	43543576	43948914	405338	2107615	1559057	548558	445783	46056529	21442099	21722927	43165026	378550	1181303	117021	3008	452	6815	2843	12769	157612	1820	10474	64940	47551	327	30381	321918	13	5148	220011	67233	228955	32359	2592	708427	95.42385185	4.57614815	3.385094435	1.191053716	2.564898019	0.25408124	0.477697744	0.497117358	0.145979303	0.070259311	0.006531104	0.000981403	0.014797033	0.027724625	0.003951666	0.022741618	0.141000639	0.342214239	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1747.95	416608.7	30708615	30909700	201085	1515785	1037399	478386	385514	32425485	15049107	15318102	30367209	341406	821827	69698	936	77	3583	1147	10658	96470	568	2048	30247	23955	64	11063	164224	3	1776	192047	44108	218004	24227	1767	499749	95.32532821	4.67467179	3.199332254	1.475339536	2.534509507	0.214948211	0.592271789	0.67232302	0.136028806	0.074715922	0.002886618	0.000237468	0.01104995	0.032869208	0.001751709	0.00631602	0.093281565	0.297512898	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1726.375	374486	27504956	27704531	199575	1361448	853420	508028	329776	29065979	13511429	13708683	27220112	284844	659396	72029	875	29	3408	1156	8304	79846	755	519	27103	20227	8	16960	160219	6	2155	243955	44932	202053	17088	1766	462881	95.31600845	4.683991549	2.936147446	1.747844103	2.268617892	0.247812055	0.839314581	0.695152914	0.154586226	0.058790382	0.003010392	9.97730026571615e-05	0.011725048	0.028569483	0.002597539	0.001785593	0.093246472	0.27470604	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1501.25	296757.65	22227531	22409447	181916	1060508	731900	328608	220644	23469955	10957337	11082442	22039779	187752	561523	56193	1215	19	4514	1264	6360	73010	437	626	26739	15142	19	17249	147984	8	1514	147078	32892	133219	15419	1651	390943	95.48142295	4.518577049	3.118455063	1.400121986	2.392518435	0.239425257	0.626665028	0.567615064	0.140145134	0.06569676	0.005176831	8.09545651024895e-05	0.0192331	0.027098475	0.001861955	0.00266724	0.113928638	0.311078568	Academic year
202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1851.65	334759.7	24464305	24693326	229021	1183425	877582	305843	228764	25876751	12075040	12199614	24274654	189651	667094	67631	1152	76	3471	1656	8956	88672	429	2031	36414	27965	39	22321	174386	11	4299	134279	39113	111277	21174	1881	396640	95.42668629	4.573313705	3.391391755	1.18192195	2.577966608	0.261358159	0.518917541	0.430026938	0.151151124	0.081826347	0.004451873	0.0002937	0.013413585	0.034610218	0.001657859	0.007848744	0.140720912	0.342670531	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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