Scottish School Attendance and Absence Trends with Pupil Characteristics

Scottish Government National Statistics on trends in school attendance and types of absence. The data includes pupil characteristics and is designated as official National Statistics. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in school attendance over time based on the description of trends.
• Model relationships between pupil characteristics and absence types based on the described features.
• Compare rates of different types of absence across pupil groups based on the description.

Strengths

• Designated as official National Statistics by the Scottish Government.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:21.065362

Geography

Scotland