Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 8 December 2022

Last updated 8 December 2022

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 47 2022
• 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	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	54.14285714	20799.32653	1817244	1835285	18041	122055	67996	54059	25815	1957340	887420	906027	1793447	23797	56704	4108	156	3	0	201	90	5727	3889	559	748	148	13256	0	12286	2018	35184	4571	1007	68	34195	93.76424127	6.235758734	3.47389825	2.761860484	2.896992858	0.209876669	0.627688598	1.797541562	0.103099104	0.233531221	0.00797	0.000153269	0	0.010269039	0.004598077	0.292590965	0.051447372	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	66.6122449	16626.08163	1514225	1524061	9836	79267	63668	15599	15728	1603328	744943	755119	1500062	14163	53204	3415	99	1	77	501	344	5779	883	1696	28	138	8784	3	5053	1565	6613	2368	248	89	27205	95.05609582	4.943904179	3.97099034	0.972913839	3.318347837	0.212994471	0.315156973	0.412454594	0.097609472	0.147692799	0.006174657	6.24E-05	0.004802511	0.031247505	0.021455373	0.360437789	0.015467827	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	339.8163265	61491.63265	5417329	5450186	32857	303760	230152	73608	56442	5753946	2693702	2673804	5367506	49823	194748	13619	92	1	1893	5260	1250	12691	3954	4283	17	3271	25615	0	34454	6619	26506	6029	598	481	99581	94.72084027	5.279159728	3.999898504	1.279261224	3.384599021	0.236689743	0.598789074	0.460657782	0.1150341	0.104780267	0.001598903	1.74E-05	0.032899162	0.091415526	0.021724222	0.220561681	0.010392868	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	126.8163265	36461.93878	3254334	3273958	19624	234397	152643	81754	49076	3508355	1588805	1620361	3209166	45168	132358	8032	147	0	2	1279	869	9630	2224	213	23	501	16876	0	38068	3908	35135	4643	326	156	56423	93.31889162	6.681108383	4.350842489	2.330265894	3.772651285	0.228939204	1.085066933	1.001466499	0.111391236	0.132341225	0.004189998	0	5.70E-05	0.036455832	0.024769443	0.274487616	0.009292104	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	112.4081633	25520.77551	2334627	2346738	12111	135012	102106	32906	21561	2481750	1151916	1163930	2315846	18781	88057	5683	26	0	14	1325	686	5993	2836	941	7	1421	7847	0	15425	2780	13274	1427	322	142	37361	94.55980659	5.440193412	4.114274202	1.32591921	3.548181727	0.228991639	0.621537222	0.534864511	0.112017729	0.057499748	0.001047648	0	0.000564118	0.053389745	0.027641785	0.241482825	0.012974715	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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