Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Autumn 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 13 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	269.7037037	48264.03704	4645441	4691074	45633	252213	204693	47520	47614	4943287	2288002	2316582	4604584	40857	175329	12130	103	0	412	2006	1428	13285	10427	2393	29	1725	33452	0	14849	6757	22901	3013	299	63690	94.89786856	5.102131436	4.140827753	0.961303683	3.546810048	0.245383284	0.300387172	0.46327474	0.136690425	0.060951347	0.002083634	0	0.008334535	0.040580286	0.028887661	0.268748305	17.3216713
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	132.137931	26978.01724	2848581	2872244	23663	162343	127775	34568	30649	3034587	1403405	1418167	2821572	27009	107561	7881	277	0	179	629	992	10255	6929	1752	34	2720	13980	0	9410	3640	19731	1787	148	35013	94.650244	5.349755996	4.210622401	1.139133595	3.544502102	0.259705851	0.31009162	0.6502038	0.119950425	0.05888775	0.009128096	0	0.005898661	0.020727697	0.032689786	0.337937255	16.36033899
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	331.2962963	69421.27778	6949347	6991702	42355	412575	335908	76667	81519	7404277	3415023	3464537	6879560	69787	276593	22063	439	3	1178	2873	1866	30893	5670	3005	209	8449	28023	4	21363	11732	36989	6583	400	102530	94.4278827	5.572117305	4.536675222	1.035442083	3.735584177	0.297976426	0.288522431	0.499562618	0.158448961	0.088908073	0.005929006	4.05E-05	0.015909724	0.038801898	0.02520165	0.417231824	17.29215832
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	69.18965517	14969.77586	1523866	1533085	9219	95972	73543	22429	18454	1629057	746588	760162	1506750	17116	63080	4669	29	0	475	849	295	4146	1469	3445	2	234	7514	0	6649	1338	12533	1909	81	23146	94.10873898	5.891261018	4.514452226	1.376808792	3.872178813	0.286607528	0.408150237	0.76934079	0.082133406	0.117184359	0.001780171	0	0.029157973	0.05211604	0.018108636	0.254503065	19.76040273
202324	202324	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	186.5	38242.53704	3476587	3503970	27383	216656	176563	40093	41858	3720626	1707179	1732090	3439269	37318	145606	9080	111	6	625	3280	1704	16151	1858	137	38	3042	22443	2	9886	4540	23377	2290	194	46071	94.17689389	5.823106112	4.74551863	1.077587481	3.913481226	0.244044954	0.265707975	0.628308247	0.122022477	0.061548782	0.002983369	0.000161263	0.016798248	0.088157208	0.045798745	0.434093618	19.36549393

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Variables in this data set

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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