Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 2023

Daily 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 28 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • 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	attendance_date	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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				12/09/2022	Primary	726	161309	293948	295030	1082	13044	7856	5188	2372	308074	145218	146580	291798	2150	6210	580	10	0	74	250	26	679	126	312	0	109	847	0	3270	222	1567	129	27	859	208041	95.76595234	4.234047664	2.550036679	1.684010984	2.015749463	0.188266455	1.061433292	0.508644027	0.072060609	0.041873056	0.003245973	0	0.024020203	0.081149334	0.008439531	0.220401592	0.008764128
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				12/09/2022	Primary	2242	525257	950887	953344	2457	41084	25251	15833	11172	994428	467898	472930	940828	10059	19837	1971	13	2	131	612	65	2538	624	457	11	207	1615	0	8203	1113	5711	806	82	2432	632835	95.86857973	4.131420274	2.539248694	1.59217158	1.99481511	0.198204395	0.824896322	0.5743	0.111923639	0.08105162	0.001307284	0.000201121	0.013173402	0.061542917	0.006536421	0.255222098	0.008245946
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				12/09/2022	Primary	1618	415182	760225	762490	2265	32937	19373	13564	7805	795427	378620	374551	753171	7054	14506	1446	16	2	107	478	65	2665	490	263	2	72	1701	0	5963	751	5738	1112	88	1770	504724	95.85920518	4.140794818	2.435547197	1.705247622	1.82367458	0.181789152	0.749660245	0.721373552	0.094414698	0.139799127	0.002011498	0.000251437	0.013451894	0.06009351	0.008171712	0.335040173	0.01106324
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				12/09/2022	Primary	1476	480817	862153	865967	3814	45716	28046	17670	10762	911683	421545	430524	852069	10084	21078	2160	8	15	29	345	29	3965	1008	307	250	37	2518	1	5836	678	9143	2013	412	1792	702381	94.98553774	5.014462264	3.076288578	1.938173685	2.311987829	0.236924457	0.640134784	1.002870515	0.074367955	0.220800432	0.000877498	0.001645309	0.00318093	0.037842101	0.00318093	0.434909941	0.045191146
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				12/09/2022	Primary	1579	348852	640406	642661	2255	29841	17362	12479	6089	672502	315369	319580	634949	5457	13153	1439	12	0	88	459	77	2076	613	776	0	62	1580	0	6563	632	4590	694	58	1765	465788	95.56268978	4.437310224	2.581702359	1.855607864	1.955830615	0.213977059	0.975907878	0.682525851	0.093977416	0.103196719	0.001784381	0	0.013085463	0.068252585	0.01144978	0.308697967	0.00862451

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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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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