Version: 1.0.5 | Published: 12 Mar 2025 | Updated: 78 days ago
Attendance and Absence linkage data - Scotland
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Associated Media:
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.
Is Part Of:
School education statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Scotland
Geographical Levels:
council area
Temporal
Start Date:
15 September 2007
End Date:
15 September 2022
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Distribution Release Date:
21 June 2023
Provenance
Source:
ELECTRONIC SURVEY
Purpose:
ADMINISTRATIVE
Collection Situation:
Local authority
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access needs approval
Condition of Use:
Application of Statistical Disclosure Control
Resource Creator:
Scottish Government
Access
Access Service:
- Access to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/
- Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Scottish Government
Data Processor:
Not applicable
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Enrichment and Linkage
Linkage Opportunity:
These datasets have been created through the ADR Scotland programme to enable
linkage by using the National Records of Scotland population spine.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/national-records-of-scotland-indexing-team