Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 30 May 2024

Last updated 30 May 2024

Year-to-date local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 20 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	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	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	281.0196078	50252.29412	13997123	14119733	122610	738768	577417	161351	138312	14858501	6894450	6983252	13877702	119421	480701	35017	5227	11	1943	10568	4293	39605	28801	6744	161	5144	88504	0	68946	18891	67257	6257	299	63382	95.02797759	4.972022413	3.886105335	1.085917079	3.23519176	0.235669803	0.464017198	0.452649968	0.127139339	0.042110574	0.035178515	7.40E-05	0.013076689	0.071124268	0.028892551	0.266547749	12.32718019	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	135.2312925	27856.7551	7544396	7609942	65546	401893	308549	93344	78010	8011835	3716308	3759141	7475449	68947	251449	20835	597	1	694	1679	2527	30766	16263	4364	175	8231	40875	2	30612	9063	48533	5136	148	35013	94.9837584	5.016241598	3.851165183	1.165076415	3.138469527	0.260052784	0.382084753	0.605766344	0.113120153	0.064105164	0.007451476	1.25E-05	0.008662185	0.020956497	0.031540839	0.38400691	12.9269837	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	335.972973	70298.2973	19223269	19354211	130942	1076430	850690	225740	211079	20430641	9456585	9586563	19043148	180121	682266	59051	2537	13	4078	9135	5811	87798	17147	8443	815	19755	93221	4	78367	30958	102961	13454	400	102135	94.731296	5.268704002	4.163794959	1.104909043	3.339425327	0.289031558	0.383575826	0.503953841	0.151527306	0.06585207	0.012417623	6.36E-05	0.019960216	0.044712254	0.028442573	0.429736884	13.41124238	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	72.73469388	15550.55102	4120941	4145706	24765	255310	182993	72317	48003	4401016	2019385	2056856	4076241	44700	156864	11782	219	3	1010	2215	800	10100	3481	10098	7	815	20462	0	34275	3303	31213	3526	81	23146	94.19883954	5.801160459	4.157971705	1.643188755	3.564267887	0.26771091	0.778797441	0.709222598	0.075050852	0.080117864	0.004976124	6.82E-05	0.022949246	0.050329288	0.018177621	0.229492463	17.06262183	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	188.8954248	38941.04575	10500237	10578618	78381	621142	498670	122472	120796	11199760	5157704	5235406	10393110	107127	400473	27222	3204	11	2243	11147	5606	48763	6474	555	151	5025	66729	2	37338	13669	67234	4231	194	46071	94.45397044	5.546029558	4.452506125	1.093523433	3.575728408	0.24305878	0.333382144	0.600316435	0.122047258	0.037777595	0.028607756	9.82E-05	0.020027215	0.099528918	0.050054644	0.435393258	14.66715795	Academic year

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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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