Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 9 February 2023

Last updated 9 February 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 4 2023
• Number of rows: 40,745
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised appointments absence rate
  • Authorised exclusions absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised illness absence rate
  • Authorised not attending due to covid circumstances rate
  • Authorised other absence rate
  • Authorised religious observance absence rate
  • Authorised study leave absence rate
  • Authorised traveller absence rate
  • Morning sessions
  • Number of enrolments in schools reporting
  • Number of schools reporting
  • Overall absence rate
  • Sessions marked as absence
  • Sessions marked as approved education off site
  • Sessions marked as approved educational activity
  • Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
  • Sessions marked as approved interview
  • Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
  • Sessions marked as approved work experience
  • Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
  • Sessions marked as authorised absence
  • Sessions marked as authorised excluded
  • Sessions marked as authorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as authorised illness
  • Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
  • Sessions marked as authorised other
  • Sessions marked as authorised study leave
  • Sessions marked as authorised traveller absence
  • Sessions marked as dual registration
  • Sessions marked as late
  • Sessions marked as late before registers closed
  • Sessions marked as no reason yet
  • Sessions marked as not attending due to covid circumstances
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised other
  • Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
  • Total number of enrolments from GIAS
  • Total number of schools from GIAS
  • Total possible sessions
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised holiday absence rate
  • Unauthorised late absence rate
  • Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
  • Unauthorised other absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 4

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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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	12/09/2022	Primary	56	22141	39659	39857	198	2692	993	1699	462	42549	19420	19811	39231	428	778	78	0	0	0	6	2	117	34	10	4	0	160	0	568	34	968	129	12	68	34195	93.67317681	6.326823192	2.333779877	3.993043315	1.828480105	0.183318057	1.334931491	2.27502409	0.079907871	0.303179863	0	0	0	0.014101389	0.004700463	0.274977085	0.028202778
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	12/09/2022	Primary	67	17647	32793	32886	93	1413	972	441	255	34299	16194	16373	32567	226	742	71	0	0	0	8	2	137	10	31	0	0	83	0	163	29	166	83	12	89	27205	95.88034637	4.119653634	2.833901863	1.285751771	2.163328377	0.20700312	0.475232514	0.483979125	0.08455057	0.241989562	0	0	0	0.023324295	0.005831074	0.399428555	0.034986443
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	12/09/2022	Primary	351	64618	116943	117294	351	5051	3409	1642	1170	122345	58013	57869	115882	1061	2646	261	2	0	48	78	15	332	25	92	0	3	323	0	810	109	596	127	27	481	99581	95.87151089	4.128489109	2.78638277	1.342106339	2.162736524	0.213331154	0.662062201	0.487147002	0.089092321	0.103804814	0.001634721	0	0.039233316	0.063754138	0.012260411	0.271363766	0.02206874
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	12/09/2022	Primary	134	38687	71481	71563	82	3880	1984	1896	975	75443	34889	35697	70586	895	1555	147	8	0	0	28	6	226	23	6	0	0	59	0	998	80	745	73	14	156	56423	94.85704439	5.142955609	2.629799981	2.513155627	2.061158756	0.194849091	1.322853015	0.987500497	0.106040322	0.096761794	0.010604032	0	0	0.037114113	0.007953024	0.299563909	0.018557056
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	12/09/2022	Primary	115	26259	49668	49742	74	2102	1282	820	404	51844	24515	24803	49318	350	992	118	0	0	0	20	10	136	11	21	0	32	31	0	362	54	388	16	6	142	37361	95.94552889	4.054471106	2.472803024	1.581668081	1.913432606	0.227605895	0.698248592	0.748399043	0.10415863	0.030861816	0	0	0	0.03857727	0.019288635	0.262325438	0.011573181

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 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
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate
auth_holiday_perc	Authorised holiday rate
auth_other_perc	Authorised other absence rate
auth_religious_perc	Authorised religious observance absence rate
auth_study_perc	Authorised study leave absence rate
authorised_absence	Sessions marked as authorised absence
authorised_absence_perc	Authorised absence rate
covid_non_compulsory_perc	Authorised not attending due to covid circumstances rate
enrolments	Number of enrolments in schools reporting
illness_perc	Authorised illness absence rate
late_sessions	Sessions marked as late
num_schools	Number of schools reporting
overall_absence	Sessions marked as absence
overall_absence_perc	Overall absence rate
overall_attendance	Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
possible_sessions	Total possible sessions
present_sessions	Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
reason_b_aea_education_off_site	Sessions marked as approved education off site
reason_c_authorised_other	Sessions marked as authorised other
reason_d_aea_dual_registration	Sessions marked as dual registration
reason_e_authorised_excluded	Sessions marked as authorised excluded
reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
reason_h_authorised_holiday	Sessions marked as authorised holiday
reason_i_authorised_illness	Sessions marked as authorised illness
reason_j_aea_interview	Sessions marked as approved interview
reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	Sessions marked as late before registers closed
reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
reason_n_no_reason_yet	Sessions marked as no reason yet
reason_o_other_unauthorised	Sessions marked as unauthorised other
reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
reason_present	Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
reason_present_am	Morning sessions
reason_present_pm	Afternoon sessions
reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
reason_s_authorised_study_leave	Sessions marked as authorised study leave
reason_t_authorised_grt_absence	Sessions marked as authorised traveller absence
reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
reason_w_aea_work_experience	Sessions marked as approved work experience
reason_x_not_attending_covid_non_compulsory	Sessions marked as not attending due to covid circumstances
school_type	School Type
total_enrolments	Total number of enrolments from GIAS
total_num_schools	Total number of schools from GIAS
unauth_hol_perc	Unauthorised holiday absence rate
unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	Unauthorised late absence rate
unauth_not_yet_perc	Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
unauth_oth_perc	Unauthorised other absence rate
unauthorised_absence	Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
unauthorised_absence_perc	Unauthorised absence rate

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