Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 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 28 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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	725	160826.2	1463347	1472989	9642	66542	42289	24253	10599	1539531	723672	729976	1453648	9699	33973	2967	18	0	372	1377	176	3279	838	1607	0	1649	7155	0	15106	900	7604	643	127	859	208041	95.67777459	4.322225405	2.746875509	1.575349896	2.206711005	0.19272103	0.981207913	0.493916654	0.058459362	0.041765966	0.001169187	0	0.024163203	0.089442824	0.011432053	0.212986942	0.008249266
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2241.6	523019.2	4744956	4767342	22386	203527	133492	70035	44623	4970869	2346353	2358315	4704668	40288	106563	10437	61	10	637	3017	466	11949	4180	2279	28	1357	16821	0	36778	4335	25794	3128	352	2432	632835	95.90560524	4.094394763	2.68548618	1.408908583	2.143749916	0.209963288	0.739870634	0.518903234	0.087208092	0.062926623	0.00122715	0.000201172	0.012814661	0.060693613	0.009374618	0.240380505	0.007081257
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1617.6	413979.8	3790822	3808832	18010	171297	111145	60152	32816	3980129	1894843	1866370	3761213	29609	87107	7285	67	13	530	2325	506	12890	3816	1243	12	525	13657	0	26273	3207	26441	4231	422	1770	504724	95.69619477	4.303805228	2.792497429	1.511307799	2.188547155	0.183034268	0.660104233	0.664325202	0.080575278	0.106303087	0.001683363	0.000326623	0.013316151	0.058415192	0.012713156	0.32385885	0.010602671
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1476.2	479205.2	4311601	4343887	32286	220979	145732	75247	50040	4564866	2110284	2154330	4264614	46987	111149	10795	49	42	157	1407	295	19757	9789	1524	5925	446	16125	1	23225	3053	40759	8210	2076	1792	702381	95.15913501	4.840864989	3.192470491	1.648394498	2.434879797	0.236480107	0.508777257	0.892884917	0.066880386	0.179851939	0.001073416	0.000920071	0.003439312	0.030822372	0.006462402	0.432805695	0.045477786
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1580.8	348374.2	3205049	3223941	18892	149708	92859	56849	25871	3373649	1583721	1598267	3181988	23061	72070	7181	53	0	474	2420	475	9951	3807	3889	9	697	14379	0	30133	2810	21032	2874	235	1765	465788	95.56243106	4.437568935	2.752479585	1.68508935	2.136262545	0.212855576	0.893187169	0.623419923	0.083292601	0.085189657	0.001570999	0	0.014050069	0.071732418	0.01407971	0.294962517	0.006965751

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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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