Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 13 July 2023

Last updated 13 July 2023

Year-to-date 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 26 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000016	Leicester	856	Primary	67.56725146	23350.8655	7076794	7138896	62102	503923	331511	172412	96867	7642819	3466497	3527252	6993749	83045	259298	14304	29330	2	622	2954	874	23509	5172	4289	95	5412	51420	3	54296	13822	96683	7611	595	81	34256	93.40658205	6.593417952	4.33754875	2.255869202	3.392701044	0.187156074	0.710418499	1.265017528	0.180849501	0.099583675	0.383758925	2.62E-05	0.008138358	0.03865066	0.011435571	0.307595928	0.007785086	20.70526192	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	310.4327485	66245.17544	20608011	20802888	194877	1264467	980163	284304	223290	22067355	10147889	10270712	20418601	189410	786684	60563	16164	14	5110	11243	6563	93147	21685	10794	637	22718	149823	14	98809	33880	129685	21930	671	402	102116	94.26996575	5.730034252	4.441687733	1.288346519	3.564922031	0.274446122	0.447760957	0.587678043	0.153529954	0.099377565	0.07324847	6.34E-05	0.023156377	0.050948562	0.029740764	0.422103147	0.003040691	15.76266066	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	58.21637427	15605.81287	4826990	4872691	45701	287404	199066	88338	50579	5160095	2377901	2404987	4782888	44102	165998	11275	3393	2	522	4986	1402	10798	2336	1181	0	10101	33261	3	37737	6477	42177	1947	690	59	17854	94.43025758	5.569742418	3.857797192	1.711945226	3.216956277	0.218503729	0.731323745	0.817368672	0.125520945	0.037731863	0.065754603	3.88E-05	0.010116093	0.096626128	0.027170042	0.209259713	0.013371847	15.28569103	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000012	Hackney	204	Primary	36.81871345	9921.064327	2953167	2978686	25519	193623	143821	49802	67450	3172309	1423204	1464547	2887751	65416	110229	6375	8694	0	298	2764	471	14375	7723	1064	326	294	17176	0	10739	2034	30427	6602	609	58	18971	93.89646469	6.103535311	4.533637801	1.56989751	3.474724562	0.200957725	0.338523139	0.95914364	0.064117335	0.208113396	0.274059053	0	0.009393789	0.087128965	0.01484723	0.453139968	0.019197373	18.37985666	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	Gateshead	390	Primary	47.03977273	9507.147727	2985870	3007735	21865	171247	124795	46452	29850	3178982	1469320	1489254	2958574	27296	106499	7151	1245	3	193	1914	484	6791	3100	3137	6	1842	16917	0	20805	2554	20820	2273	515	67	14649	94.61314974	5.386850256	3.925627764	1.461222492	3.35009761	0.224946225	0.654454791	0.65492664	0.080340184	0.071500877	0.039163481	9.44E-05	0.006071126	0.060207953	0.015225	0.213621845	0.016200155	14.22469824	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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