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Attendance and Absence linkage data - Scotland

Summary

Abstract

Attendance, authorised and unauthorised absence and temporary exclusions of children attending publicly funded local authority schools and one grant-aided mainstream school in Scotland.

Keywords

ADR Administrative Data Research Absence Administrative Attendance Children Education Publicly funded schools

Publisher

Documentation

Description

Attendance, authorised and unauthorised absence and temporary exclusions, from the Attendance and Absence survey in publicly funded (local authority and mainstream grant-aided) schools in Scotland. Data is collected by Local Authorities as part of the Attendance and Exclusions survey and uploaded to Scottish Government.
  • Associated media
  • Is part of
    • School education statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    council area

Temporal

  • Start date
    15/09/2007
  • End date
    15/09/2022
  • Frequency
    Irregular
  • Distribution release date
    21/06/2023

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Electronic survey
  • Collection situation
    Local authority

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    Access needs approval

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Application of Statistical Disclosure Control
  • Resource creator
    Scottish Government
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Csv

Enrichment and linkage

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