Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 28 September 2023

Last updated 28 September 2023

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 37 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37

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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	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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000005	Darlington	841	Primary	24	5690.4	52810	53260	450	2774	1746	1028	408	56034	26142	26305	52447	363	1015	109	0	0	412	56	25	129	16	69	0	0	433	1	608	45	230	145	29	8886	95.04943427	4.950565728	3.115965307	1.834600421	1.811400221	0.194524753	1.085055502	0.410465075	0.080308384	0.25877146	0	0	0.735267873	0.099939323	0.044615769	0.230217368
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000015	Derby	831	Primary	71	19676.6	185410	185964	554	8345	4562	3783	1798	194309	91741	92169	183910	1500	3333	455	4	0	0	125	20	625	58	28	0	109	387	0	1813	298	1481	191	74	24692	95.70529414	4.294705855	2.347806844	1.946899011	1.715309121	0.234163111	0.933049936	0.762188061	0.153363972	0.098297042	0.002058577	0	0	0.064330525	0.010292884	0.321652625
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	47	11454.2	108339	109105	766	4640	2457	2183	736	113745	53658	54052	107710	629	1772	262	0	0	0	66	16	341	52	196	1	37	676	0	1159	107	784	133	47	14121	95.92069981	4.079300189	2.160094949	1.91920524	1.557870676	0.230339795	1.018945888	0.689261066	0.094070069	0.116928217	0	0	0	0.058024529	0.014066552	0.299793398
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000009	Ealing	307	Primary	49	18117	169506	170398	892	7534	4111	3423	2184	177932	82773	84635	167408	2098	2860	344	3	0	16	36	12	840	637	67	100	0	155	0	1104	86	1583	650	65	30187	95.76579817	4.23420183	2.310433199	1.923768631	1.607355619	0.193332284	0.620461749	0.889665715	0.048333071	0.365308095	0.001686037	0	0.008992199	0.020232448	0.006744149	0.472090462
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000006	Bromley	305	Primary	51.6	16076.6	149955	151203	1248	5957	3870	2087	1796	157160	73610	74726	148336	1619	2750	354	2	0	12	16	16	720	553	212	335	155	205	0	441	177	734	735	76	27801	96.20959532	3.790404683	2.462458641	1.327946042	1.749809112	0.225248155	0.280605752	0.467039959	0.112624077	0.467676253	0.001272588	0	0.007635531	0.010180708	0.010180708	0.45813184

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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