Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 4 May 2023

Last updated 4 May 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 16 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	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	27	5907	85574	85751	177	4571	2515	2056	572	90322	42326	42728	85054	520	2178	151	0	0	0	24	0	146	113	196	0	29	35	0	1406	52	497	101	16	30	8392	94.93921747	5.060782534	2.784482186	2.276300348	2.411372645	0.167179646	1.556652864	0.550253537	0.057571799	0.111822147	0	0	0	0.026571599	0	0.161643896	0.0177144
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000011	Greenwich	203	Primary	47	14943.6	200233	201840	1607	9379	5059	4320	2850	211219	97408	100098	197506	2727	3764	429	0	0	0	36	11	721	1072	40	357	14	164	0	911	123	2950	336	98	63	25494	95.55958508	4.440414925	2.395144376	2.045270549	1.782036654	0.203106728	0.431305896	1.396654657	0.058233398	0.159076598	0	0	0	0.017043921	0.005207865	0.341351867	0.046397341
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000056	Central Bedfordshire	823	Primary	86	15515.6	220381	220609	228	9137	7177	1960	866	229746	109837	109852	219689	692	5203	531	0	0	146	66	18	1200	114	452	0	3	111	0	758	174	941	87	13	96	23141	96.02299931	3.977000688	3.123884638	0.85311605	2.264674902	0.231124807	0.329929574	0.409582757	0.075735813	0.037867906	0	0	0.06354844	0.028727377	0.007834739	0.522315949	0.005658423
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	95	27456.8	359458	360902	1444	21232	13643	7589	3900	382134	176597	179563	356160	3298	10316	916	26	0	0	234	65	1873	461	164	12	40	931	0	2255	602	3895	837	213	104	35689	94.44383384	5.556166162	3.57021359	1.985952572	2.699576588	0.23970649	0.590107135	1.019275961	0.157536362	0.219033114	0.006803896	0	0	0.061235064	0.01700974	0.490142201	0.05573961
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000017	Hillingdon	312	Primary	57	19784.6	234185	235424	1239	13089	9071	4018	2310	248513	115053	116953	232006	2179	6348	638	0	0	48	48	8	1593	555	12	21	0	663	0	938	131	2133	816	388	67	29331	94.73307231	5.266927686	3.650110859	1.616816826	2.554393533	0.256727012	0.377445043	0.858305199	0.05271354	0.328353044	0	0	0.019314885	0.019314885	0.003219147	0.641012744	0.156128653

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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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