Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 26 January 2023

Last updated 26 January 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 2 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	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000007	Warrington	877	Primary	52.64383562	11787.53425	1561567	1569109	7542	86685	66072	20613	16618	1655794	767766	778347	1546113	15454	58874	3396	84	0	136	382	120	3020	708	90	13	450	6371	0	12080	1164	6341	1028	60	69	18661	94.76474731	5.235252694	3.990351457	1.244901238	3.555635544	0.205097977	0.729559353	0.382958267	0.0702986	0.062085018	0.005073095	0	0.008213582	0.023070503	0.007247278	0.182389838	0.003623639	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	Primary	48.94520548	12812.91781	1695769	1714422	18653	126306	83967	42339	26156	1840728	825478	846159	1671637	24132	67359	4724	530	3	0	2284	205	8708	2611	476	861	987	14194	0	7311	2024	26874	6130	154	63	21098	93.13825834	6.861741659	4.561619099	2.30012256	3.659367381	0.256637591	0.397179811	1.45996584	0.109956495	0.333020414	0.028792956	0.000162979	0	0.124081342	0.011136898	0.473073697	0.008366255	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000028	Southwark	210	Primary	50.1369863	12540.86301	1671812	1689499	17687	107201	78157	29044	37869	1796700	805064	831990	1637054	34758	63596	4479	73	5	35	1610	266	7942	2344	627	1530	371	13442	0	5600	3111	16872	3461	151	73	22689	94.03345021	5.966549786	4.350030612	1.616519174	3.539600378	0.249290366	0.311682529	0.939054934	0.173150776	0.192630934	0.004063004	0.000278288	0.001948016	0.089608727	0.01480492	0.442032615	0.008404297	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	42.73972603	12268.31507	1592568	1603945	11377	112894	83066	29828	22448	1716839	776900	794789	1571689	20879	72328	4513	268	0	27	245	185	4592	4131	513	285	61	6898	2	7566	1569	17924	2769	908	59	22662	93.42431061	6.575689392	4.838310407	1.737378985	4.212858631	0.262866815	0.440693624	1.044011698	0.091388884	0.16128478	0.015610083	0	0.001572658	0.014270412	0.010775617	0.267468295	0.052887895	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000034	Thurrock	883	Primary	31.78082192	12557.28767	1576727	1584613	7886	110915	73272	37643	20892	1695528	772545	785420	1557965	18762	62743	2843	54	0	774	543	124	6145	764	1414	81	817	6224	0	7947	2130	25335	2231	46	39	18652	93.45837993	6.541620074	4.321485696	2.220134377	3.700499196	0.167676382	0.468703554	1.494224808	0.125624584	0.131581431	0.003184849	0	0.045649497	0.032025422	0.007313356	0.362423976	0.002713019	Academic year

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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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