Secondary School Attendance by LSOA for the Academic Year

Secondary school attendance data for pupils living in Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) is measured based on sessions attended, where a session is a half day at school. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform and was last updated on 2020-10-20 14:53:38.382000. No attendance data is available for the 2019/20 academic year due to school closures from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in secondary school attendance based on LSOA geography.
• Assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on school attendance patterns based on the missing 2019/20 data.
• Model pupil engagement and absenteeism trends based on session-level attendance data.
• Support resource allocation and intervention planning for local education authorities based on LSOA-level attendance rates.

Strengths

• Data is structured at the granular LSOA geography level, allowing for localized analysis.
• Attendance is measured at the session level, providing a detailed unit of analysis.
• The dataset explicitly documents the absence of data for the 2019/20 academic year due to Covid-19, providing important context.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2020-10-20 14:53:38.382000; freshness should be verified for current analyses.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from schools.

Time Range

Covers an academic year, excluding 2019/20.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-10-20 14:53:38.382000.

Geography

Pupils living in Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs).