Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 6 April 2023

Last updated 6 April 2023

Year-to-date 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 12 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000025	South Gloucestershire	803	Primary	72.6779661	15949.02542	4157643	4186486	28843	251537	194888	56649	40581	4438023	2050565	2074102	4124667	32976	165008	10156	417	2	1789	1106	1048	14820	4297	1662	292	2036	22218	0	25619	7605	20397	3028	542	93	23152	94.33222856	5.667771438	4.391324696	1.276446742	3.718051934	0.228840635	0.577261542	0.459596537	0.171360085	0.068228578	0.009396076	4.51E-05	0.040310742	0.024921006	0.023614118	0.333932474	0.012212645	15.94623401	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000049	Cheshire East	895	Primary	115.4745763	24573.47458	7336595	7397879	61284	423035	347033	76002	60934	7820914	3632967	3650657	7283624	52971	296455	18894	151	20	124	6642	686	23693	6972	3786	614	4188	49509	1	26289	7963	36360	5390	368	124	30832	94.59097747	5.409022526	4.437243524	0.971779002	3.790541617	0.241583017	0.336137183	0.464907299	0.101816744	0.068917776	0.001930721	0.000255725	0.001585492	0.084926135	0.008771353	0.302944132	0.004705332	15.09617631	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000026	Coventry	331	Primary	71.42372881	26629.95763	7723773	7779787	56014	537746	391997	145749	120701	8317533	3766239	3847544	7613783	109990	343959	15048	422	0	58	2329	2378	26854	10528	1214	59	2551	42876	0	37872	10711	86190	10976	949	85	32907	93.5347897	6.465210297	4.712899847	1.752310451	4.135348787	0.18091903	0.455327319	1.036244762	0.128776165	0.131962206	0.00507362	0	0.000697322	0.028001091	0.028590208	0.322860156	0.011409633	21.06604375	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	52.18644068	13277.71186	4374839	4404035	29196	265429	197401	68028	47356	4669464	2152072	2181054	4333126	41713	171635	9827	68	0	94	3803	1153	9522	1612	1132	0	5554	22026	4	25707	5643	35368	1310	1299	60	19152	94.31564308	5.68435692	4.227487352	1.456869568	3.675689544	0.21045242	0.55053428	0.757431688	0.120848988	0.028054612	0.00145627	0	0.002013079	0.081444037	0.024692342	0.203920621	0.027819039	16.76642679	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	Gateshead	390	Primary	39.40650407	7098.845528	2423866	2438486	14620	142212	108574	33638	27395	2580698	1188732	1210068	2398800	25066	94260	5774	40	0	0	1049	491	6464	1480	2533	0	666	12474	0	11129	2329	19069	1111	496	67	14649	94.48939783	5.51060217	4.207156358	1.303445812	3.652500215	0.223737919	0.43123992	0.738908621	0.090246902	0.043050369	0.001549968	0	0	0.040647918	0.01902586	0.250474872	0.019219606	16.54301705	Academic year

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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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