Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 4 July 2023

Last updated 4 July 2023

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 12 September 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 24 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 9

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	school_type	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	overall_absence	authorised_absence	unauthorised_absence	late_sessions	possible_sessions	reason_present_am	reason_present_pm	reason_present	reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	reason_i_authorised_illness	reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	reason_s_authorised_study_leave	reason_t_authorised_grt_absence	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_d_aea_dual_registration	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	reason_o_other_unauthorised	reason_n_no_reason_yet	reason_x_not_attending_covid_non_compulsory	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	attendance_perc	overall_absence_perc	authorised_absence_perc	unauthorised_absence_perc	illness_perc	appointments_perc	unauth_hol_perc	unauth_oth_perc	unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	unauth_not_yet_perc	auth_religious_perc	auth_study_perc	auth_grt_perc	auth_holiday_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_other_perc	covid_non_compulsory_perc
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	90.6	29322	264087	264971	884	13056	7144	5912	3328	278027	129185	131958	261143	2944	5692	405	0	0	20	108	23	798	119	58	0	2	763	0	1505	384	3628	395	98	94	35732	95.3040532	4.695946797	2.569534614	2.126412183	2.047283178	0.145669305	0.541314333	1.304909235	0.138116082	0.142072533	0	0	0.007193546	0.038845148	0.008272578	0.287022483	0.035248375
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	96	28874.8	260366	261628	1262	14827	9727	5100	2745	276455	127996	130032	258028	2338	7350	630	17	0	0	165	45	1377	327	136	8	38	889	0	1701	407	2484	508	143	104	34934	94.63674016	5.363259843	3.518474978	1.844784866	2.658660541	0.227885189	0.615290011	0.898518746	0.147221067	0.183755042	0.006149283	0	0	0.059684216	0.016277514	0.498091914	0.051726321
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Primary	83.2	20857.4	194171	194493	322	8874	5221	3653	1999	203367	97185	95191	192376	1795	4391	421	0	0	0	18	0	368	68	10	0	1	253	0	2095	204	1198	156	23	86	25803	95.63646019	4.363539807	2.567279844	1.796259964	2.159150698	0.207014904	1.030157302	0.589082791	0.10031126	0.076708611	0	0	0	0.008850994	0	0.180953645	0.011309603
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	73	18451.2	164697	165725	1028	8111	4868	3243	2610	173836	80120	82226	162346	2351	3745	347	2	0	40	40	37	623	95	80	0	122	811	0	1190	259	1426	368	34	75	23269	95.33410801	4.66589199	2.800340551	1.865551439	2.154329368	0.199613429	0.684553257	0.820313399	0.148991003	0.21169378	0.00115051	0	0.023010194	0.023010194	0.021284429	0.358383764	0.019558664
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	62	24896.6	217278	219713	2435	13836	6139	7697	2343	233549	106515	108605	215120	2158	4927	471	0	0	0	32	18	623	1446	54	193	0	796	0	2478	185	4528	506	68	68	34195	94.0757614	5.924238597	2.62857045	3.295668147	2.109621536	0.201670741	1.061019315	1.938779442	0.079212499	0.21665689	0	0	0	0.013701622	0.007707162	0.266753444	0.029115946

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Table showing first 5 of 53 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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