Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024 - Autumn term

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25 Autumn 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	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	pa_perc
202425	202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000003	Manchester	352	Primary	134.1285714	43042.37143	5395285	5419913	24628	296274	197089	99185	116850	5716187	2597164	2696794	5293958	101327	157268	14594	516	73	65	0	1653	13966	128	528	8298	4194	1	347	20085	1	0	31667	15523	47793	4202	137	53315	94.81692954	5.183070463	3.447910294	1.735160169	2.751274582	0.255310052	0.553988174	0.836099309	0.271562144	0.073510541	0.009026996	0.001277075	0.001137122	0.028917878	0.002239255	0.009236927	0.145166699	0.244323707	16.08556744
202425	202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000057	Northumberland	929	Primary	125.2571429	16239.44286	2107436	2118703	11267	109038	72842	36196	20646	2227741	1037291	1052099	2089390	18046	60495	5371	93	0	101	42	531	4992	40	57	1120	1321	0	328	9371	0	247	18266	2600	14646	684	127	21484	95.10544538	4.894554618	3.26976969	1.624784928	2.715531114	0.24109625	0.819933736	0.657437287	0.116710156	0.030703749	0.004174633	0	0.004533741	0.023835805	0.001795541	0.002558646	0.050275144	0.2240835	15.06899499
202425	202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000003	Cambridgeshire	873	Primary	206.4	42874.8	5575378	5619215	43837	294277	240311	53966	58828	5913492	2744685	2781423	5526108	49270	187037	15259	269	10	1921	96	2627	20426	342	297	12027	3560	6	2820	34851	1	2599	18806	9558	22206	3396	209	51677	95.02363409	4.97636591	4.063774839	0.912591071	3.162885821	0.258037045	0.318018524	0.375514163	0.161630387	0.057427997	0.00454892	0.000169105	0.032485036	0.044423836	0.005783385	0.005022413	0.203382367	0.345413505	14.3273928
202425	202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	896	Primary	127.4714286	23166.72857	3015748	3040561	24813	156213	118580	37633	36081	3196774	1481860	1502776	2984636	31112	93030	9211	162	23	1707	182	684	10304	86	331	2860	1466	6	2982	19974	1	384	19368	4969	11942	1354	125	26929	95.11341746	4.886582536	3.709364503	1.177218033	2.910121266	0.288134225	0.605860783	0.373564099	0.155437951	0.042355199	0.005067609	0.000719475	0.053397581	0.02139657	0.002690212	0.010354188	0.089465192	0.322324944	14.23393459
202425	202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000026	Redbridge	317	Primary	51.38571429	22189.55714	2881078	2899451	18373	164736	117253	47483	37500	3064187	1409489	1437480	2846969	34109	95307	7173	359	2	0	0	242	10682	101	1754	1633	841	3	921	16608	0	0	18993	3391	24014	1085	52	28787	94.62382681	5.37617319	3.826561499	1.549611691	3.110351947	0.234091457	0.61983815	0.783698906	0.11066557	0.035409066	0.011715995	6.52701679107705e-05	0	0.00789769	0.003296143	0.057241937	0.053293092	0.348607967	17.73028678

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Table showing first 5 of 57 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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