Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022 by gender - Autumn term

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Published 10 August 2023

Last updated 10 August 2023

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by gender. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
Release: Week 29 2023
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Afternoon sessions
Attendance rate
Authorised absence rate
Filters: Gender
School Type
Time period: 2022/23 Autumn term

Data set preview

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	gender	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000005	Darlington	841	Primary	Male	384094	2133	386227	28072	22263	5809	3463	414299	189533	191729	381262	2832	18300	936	7	0	1155	567	298	993	213	521	1	562	1357	0	2802	631	2167	209	7	93.22421729	6.775782708	5.373655259	1.402127449	4.417099727	0.225923789	0.676323139	0.523052192	0.152305461	0.050446658	0.001689601	0	0.278784163	0.13685768	0.071928728	0.239681969	0.001689601	23.19277108	202223
202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000030	Surrey	936	Secondary	Female	3057808	32328	3090136	307598	226701	80897	90025	3397734	1490066	1483215	2973281	84527	187550	12528	233	718	339	771	3415	21048	15222	11505	457	2010	14466	173	5500	5498	68494	1405	99	90.94696642	9.053033581	6.672123244	2.380910336	5.519855292	0.368716327	0.161872589	2.015872932	0.161813726	0.041351089	0.006857512	0.021131731	0.009977238	0.022691594	0.100508162	0.619471683	0.002913707	27.42357165	202223
202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000049	Cheshire East	895	Primary	Male	1615673	13168	1628841	102000	86505	15495	11951	1730841	799614	805637	1605251	10422	75158	4421	34	18	56	1598	241	4896	1523	753	115	774	10756	0	7012	1529	6603	351	83	94.10691103	5.893088967	4.997859422	0.895229544	4.342282162	0.255424964	0.405120979	0.381490848	0.088338559	0.020279159	0.001964363	0.001039957	0.003235421	0.09232506	0.013923867	0.28286827	0.004795357	18.89278808	202223
202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Special	Female	27375	338	27713	5581	4956	625	322	33294	13459	13641	27100	275	3065	429	0	0	0	230	35	1197	247	0	2	5	84	0	11	47	481	86	0	83.23721992	16.76278008	14.88556497	1.877215114	9.205862918	1.288520454	0.033038986	1.444704752	0.141166577	0.2583048	0	0	0	0.690815162	0.105124046	3.595242386	0	48.31460674	202223
202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Secondary	Female	646902	5100	652002	69704	45512	24192	22861	721706	309027	316007	625034	21868	37299	2773	0	0	0	24	1632	3784	374	4901	42	302	3198	1184	1643	993	20600	956	0	90.34177352	9.65822648	6.306168994	3.352057486	5.168170973	0.384228481	0.227655029	2.854347892	0.137590653	0.132463912	0	0	0	0.003325454	0.226130862	0.524313224	0	28.2546495	202223

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

Footnotes

At local authority level, due to data only being representative of those schools currently participating in daily data sharing, it is possible there will be differences between absence rates presented here and in the termly school census based absence publication.

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