Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 1 June 2023

Last updated 1 June 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 20 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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	12/09/2022	Primary	90	28890	51076	51239	163	2466	1164	1302	926	53705	24769	25493	50262	814	890	71	0	0	4	22	0	157	21	14	0	2	140	0	286	112	800	104	20	94	36569	95.40824877	4.591751234	2.167395959	2.424355274	1.657201378	0.132203705	0.53253887	1.489619216	0.20854669	0.193650498	0	0	0.007448096	0.040964528	0	0.292337771	0.03724048
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	12/09/2022	Primary	96	27975	50395	50443	48	2934	1848	1086	573	53377	24707	25214	49921	474	1373	137	2	0	0	32	1	274	37	22	1	1	9	0	370	99	497	120	29	104	35689	94.50325046	5.496749536	3.462165352	2.034584184	2.572268955	0.256664856	0.693182457	0.931112652	0.185473144	0.224815932	0.003746932	0	0	0.059950915	0.001873466	0.513329711	0.054330517
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	12/09/2022	Primary	83	20922	38791	38859	68	1822	946	876	553	40681	19220	19063	38283	508	798	70	0	0	0	4	0	74	7	2	0	1	60	0	504	45	278	49	0	86	26400	95.52125071	4.478749293	2.325409897	2.153339397	1.961603697	0.1720705	1.238907598	0.683365699	0.11061675	0.12044935	0	0	0	0.0098326	0	0.1819031	0
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	12/09/2022	Primary	73	18476	33587	33758	171	1619	862	757	681	35377	16206	16768	32974	613	626	77	0	0	8	8	8	132	10	15	0	32	129	0	258	68	316	115	3	76	24080	95.42358029	4.576419708	2.436611358	2.13980835	1.769511264	0.217655539	0.72928739	0.893235718	0.192215281	0.325069961	0	0	0.022613562	0.022613562	0.022613562	0.373123781	0.008480086
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	12/09/2022	Primary	62	24155	42476	42768	292	2795	1055	1740	491	45563	20802	21220	42022	454	827	87	0	0	0	6	2	122	34	10	4	0	254	0	576	37	1002	125	11	68	34195	93.86563659	6.134363409	2.315475276	3.818888133	1.815069245	0.190944407	1.264183658	2.199152821	0.081206242	0.274345412	0	0	0	0.01316858	0.004389527	0.267761122	0.024142396

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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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