Stockport Secondary School Attendance and Free School Meals

This dataset contains data on attendance and free school meal eligibility for secondary schools in Stockport. **Attendance** Data for 2015/16 academic year Tot_Pupil: Distinct count of pupils attending at least one session during the year AuthSess: Sessions missed by a pupil due to authorised absence UnauthSe: Sessions missed by a pupil due to unauthorised absence TotalSess: Total sessions possible (AuthSess + UnauthSe) / TotalSess = overall absence rate  **Free school meals** Snapshot as at October 2016. FSMEntitl: Count of children entitled to free school meals (not necessarily claiming) TotalNOR: Count of children on secondary school roll Dividing FSMEntitl by TotalNOR yields the percentage of children in the area entitled to free school meals.