Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 10 August 2023

Last updated 10 August 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 29 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	E12000007	London				2022-09-12	Primary	1476	481956	863809	867632	3823	45767	28094	17673	10794	913399	422342	431353	853695	10114	21118	2162	8	15	29	345	29	3971	1017	307	250	37	2518	1	5840	680	9148	2005	412	1790	700992	94.9893748515161	5.01062514848385	3.07576426074476	1.93486088773909	2.31202355159136	0.236698310376955	0.639370089084836	1.00153383132673	0.0744472021537138	0.219509765173818	0.000875849437102515	0.00164221769456722	0.00317495420949662	0.037771006975046	0.00317495420949662	0.434749764341761	0.0451062460107795
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				2022-09-12	Primary	2250	526777	953273	955730	2457	41164	25311	15853	11213	996894	469052	474123	943175	10098	19883	1980	15	2	131	612	65	2541	624	457	11	207	1615	0	8213	1115	5725	800	82	2430	632173	95.8707746259883	4.12922537401168	2.53898609079802	1.59023928321366	1.99449490116301	0.198616904104147	0.823858905761295	0.574283725250628	0.111847398018245	0.0802492541834939	0.00150467351594051	0.000200623135458735	0.0131408153725471	0.0613906794503729	0.00652025190240888	0.254891693600323	0.00822554855380813
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				2022-09-12	Primary	1584	350358	643091	645347	2256	29956	17442	12514	6123	675303	316506	321095	637601	5490	13220	1444	12	0	88	465	77	2081	614	776	0	62	1580	0	6587	633	4602	692	55	1765	465788	95.5640653158656	4.43593468413438	2.58284059155668	1.8530940925777	1.9576397557837	0.213829940041729	0.975413999345479	0.681471872626066	0.0937357008631681	0.102472519742989	0.00177698011115011	0	0.0130311874817674	0.0688579793070666	0.0114022890465465	0.308157967608614	0.00814449217610465
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				2022-09-12	Primary	1770	396775	731454	734600	3146	31390	22355	9035	5195	765990	362087	364928	727015	4439	16862	1589	4	0	258	459	105	2941	883	493	3	154	2106	0	3556	756	3905	818	137	1983	513025	95.9020352746119	4.09796472538806	2.9184454105145	1.17951931487356	2.20133422107338	0.207443961409418	0.46423582553297	0.509797778038878	0.0986958054282693	0.106789905873445	0.000522200028721002	0	0.0336819018525046	0.0599224532957349	0.0137077507539263	0.383947571117116	0.0178853509836943
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				2022-09-12	Primary	727	162007	294427	295507	1080	13050	7872	5178	2372	308557	145458	146819	292277	2150	6216	581	10	0	74	250	26	690	124	312	0	109	847	0	3266	222	1561	129	25	1053	244117	95.7706355713855	4.22936442861449	2.55123040475504	1.67813402385945	2.01453864277913	0.188295841611112	1.05847541945248	0.505903285292507	0.0719478086706832	0.0418075104437754	0.00324089228246321	0	0.0239826028902277	0.0810223070615802	0.00842631993440434	0.223621567489961	0.00810223070615802

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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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