Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023 - Spring term

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Published 13 July 2023

Last updated 13 July 2023

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023, 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 26 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23 Spring term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202223	202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000016	Leicester	856	Primary	66.98305085	23141.30508	2373198	2386880	13682	166949	101617	65332	34140	2553829	1160407	1183563	2343970	29228	86251	4960	62	1	105	1217	333	8492	1326	1402	35	1104	11215	2	24244	4912	33832	2344	196	81	34256	93.46279645	6.537203548	3.979005642	2.558197906	3.377320878	0.194218172	0.949319629	1.324755886	0.192338641	0.091783749	0.002427727	3.92E-05	0.004111473	0.047653935	0.013039244	0.332520306	0.00767475	20.7353624
202223	202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	304.2033898	64922.88136	6935541	6975563	40022	413034	324229	88805	79650	7388597	3410648	3457513	6868161	67380	265893	20467	561	3	1162	3291	2411	30255	5649	3750	117	6748	27505	3	24986	12270	45086	6463	182	402	102116	94.40984533	5.590154667	4.388235006	1.201919661	3.598694042	0.277007935	0.33816975	0.610210572	0.166066711	0.087472628	0.007592781	4.06E-05	0.015726937	0.044541609	0.032631364	0.409482342	0.002463255	16.9250292
202223	202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	58.40677966	15771.67797	1687920	1699100	11180	91313	65874	25439	18527	1790413	829073	842671	1671744	16176	56576	3996	19	2	120	912	441	3712	952	494	0	1982	8246	0	6882	2351	15615	591	96	59	17854	94.89989181	5.100108187	3.679262829	1.420845358	3.15994131	0.223188728	0.384380587	0.872145142	0.131310485	0.033009144	0.001061208	0.000111706	0.006702364	0.050937968	0.024631188	0.207326466	0.005361891	15.21235968
202223	202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000012	Hackney	204	Primary	36.74576271	9851.966102	984025	990928	6903	62319	45213	17106	23071	1053247	473666	488078	961744	22281	36892	2219	108	0	86	1049	103	4612	2091	420	68	16	4728	0	4463	790	9885	1968	144	58	18971	94.08315428	5.916845716	4.292725258	1.624120458	3.502692151	0.210681825	0.423737262	0.938526291	0.075006148	0.186850758	0.010254005	0	0.008165226	0.099596771	0.009779283	0.437883991	0.013672007	19.40445671
202223	202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	Gateshead	390	Primary	46.44067797	9692.389831	999719	1004650	4931	49556	37386	12170	10611	1054206	490558	499453	990011	9708	32059	2490	20	0	0	274	152	2064	459	987	3	367	4102	0	3182	903	7540	545	327	67	14649	95.29921097	4.70078903	3.546365701	1.154423329	3.041056492	0.236196721	0.30183854	0.71523023	0.085656883	0.051697676	0.001897162	0	0	0.025991125	0.014418434	0.195787161	0.031018605	14.03967102

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 54 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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