Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 16 May 2024

Last updated 16 May 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 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 18 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 Spring 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_indicator	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Special	FSM Not eligible	4	23647	116	23763	3414	3298	116	169	27177	11707	11786	23493	154	1867	442	0	0	0	6	2	981	26	0	0	34	54	2	50	15	50	1	87.43790705375869	12.562092946241307	12.135261434301063	0.4268315119402436	6.86977959303823	1.6263752437723076	0.18397909997424292	0.18397909997424292	0.05519372999227287	0.003679581999484859	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.02207749199690915	0.007359163998969718	3.609669941494646	32.83018867924528	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000002	Bury	351	Secondary	FSM eligible	11.775862068965518	264049	3759	267808	47696	22023	25673	17608	315504	118997	130677	249674	14375	14794	1118	9	18	68	68	2373	3575	2165	3749	45	122	1185	242	806	3233	21458	176	84.8826005375526	15.117399462447386	6.980260155180283	8.137139307267102	4.689005527663674	0.3543536690501547	0.255464273036158	6.8011816015010895	1.0247096708758052	0.055783761854049395	0.0028525787311729804	0.005705157462345961	0.02155281707997363	0.02155281707997363	0.7521299254526091	1.1331076626603784	42.33844103930713	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000057	Northumberland	929	Secondary	FSM eligible	28.32758620689655	394115	7584	401699	74216	40526	33690	22377	475915	180759	191989	372748	21367	20868	2300	8	0	105	63	5849	11331	5148	2001	22	334	1882	198	1024	1010	31520	136	84.40561865038924	15.59438134961075	8.51538615088829	7.0789951987224615	4.384816616412595	0.48327957723543075	0.21516447264742652	6.623031423678598	0.21222277087295	0.02857653152348634	0.0016809724425580197	0.0	0.02206276330857401	0.013237657985144407	1.2290009770652321	2.3808873433281152	42.816901408450704	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000010	Kingston upon Hull, City of	810	Secondary	Unknown	3.1666666666666665	22539	50	22589	1899	967	932	839	24488	10628	11116	21744	795	726	18	0	0	0	0	163	60	22	277	2	10	14	2	130	44	754	4	92.24518131329631	7.754818686703692	3.948872917347272	3.80594576935642	2.9647174126102582	0.07350539039529566	0.5308722639660242	3.07905913100294	0.17967984318850047	0.01633453119895459	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6656321463573995	0.24501796798431885	25.925925925925924	202324
202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000008	Croydon	306	Special	FSM Not eligible	4	24036	60	24096	2315	2015	300	94	26411	11906	12046	23952	84	1319	249	0	0	0	32	2	413	55	0	3	0	2	0	58	10	232	0	91.23471280905683	8.765287190943168	7.629396842224831	1.135890348718337	4.9941312331982886	0.9427889894362197	0.21960546741887849	0.8784218696755139	0.037863011623944565	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.12116163719662262	0.007572602324788914	1.5637423800689105	24.4	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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