Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 20 April 2023

Last updated 20 April 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 13 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	E12000002	North West	E08000015	Wirral	344	Primary	86	20466	262883	263565	682	11373	8156	3217	2094	274938	129561	131420	260981	1902	6617	567	1	0	0	314	42	560	141	276	0	5	536	0	1745	192	1039	241	55	90	27052	95.86343103	4.136568972	2.96648699	1.170081982	2.406724425	0.206228313	0.634688548	0.377903382	0.069833926	0.087656126	0.000363718	0	0	0.114207567	0.015276171	0.203682285	0.02000451
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000001	Bolton	350	Primary	85	21589.2	245712	246530	818	10938	6595	4343	1906	257468	121688	122349	244037	1675	5303	558	0	0	12	201	23	461	245	54	0	50	523	0	2506	231	1353	253	37	97	30293	95.75170507	4.248294934	2.561483369	1.686811565	2.059673435	0.216725962	0.97332484	0.525502198	0.089719888	0.098264639	0	0	0.004660773	0.078067954	0.008933149	0.179051377	0.014370718
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	195.4	51597.2	635030	639376	4346	29577	17137	12440	5900	668953	313124	316626	629750	5280	13190	1263	0	2	2	269	70	2197	1549	183	8	15	2774	0	5966	620	4378	1476	144	222	73890	95.57861315	4.421386854	2.561764429	1.859622425	1.971737925	0.188802502	0.89184143	0.654455545	0.092682147	0.220643304	0	0.000298975	0.000298975	0.040212093	0.010464113	0.328423671	0.021526176
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000011	Greenwich	203	Primary	46	14321.4	187296	188856	1560	8905	4802	4103	2712	197761	91080	93617	184697	2599	3575	407	0	0	0	36	11	675	1049	30	333	14	164	0	895	113	2759	336	98	63	25494	95.49708992	4.502910078	2.428183514	2.074726564	1.807737623	0.205803976	0.452566482	1.39511835	0.057139679	0.169902053	0	0	0	0.018203791	0.00556227	0.34132109	0.049554766
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000016	Havering	311	Primary	35	11300	127039	127377	338	5856	4057	1799	822	133233	62864	63397	126261	778	3303	249	0	0	60	22	20	360	36	20	11	14	276	1	552	44	604	599	43	59	24414	95.60469253	4.395307469	3.045041394	1.350266075	2.479115534	0.186890635	0.41431177	0.453341139	0.033024851	0.449588315	0	0	0.045033888	0.016512426	0.015011296	0.270203328	0.032274286

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Variables in this data set

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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