Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023 by SEN - Spring term

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 2023

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 03 January and 31 March 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN. 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 28 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2022/23 Spring term

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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	sen	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000027	Torbay	880	Primary	EHC plan	35687	499	36186	3965	3232	733	905	40151	17343	17606	34949	738	2032	220	0	0	0	8	192	780	251	0	0	14	234	0	64	167	410	92	0	90.12477896	9.875221041	8.049612712	1.825608329	5.060895121	0.547931558	0.159398272	1.021145177	0.415929865	0.229135015	0	0	0	0.019924784	0.478194815	1.942666434	0	u	202223
202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000010	Wigan	359	Primary	EHC plan	53274	660	53934	5608	4156	1452	1622	59542	25351	26451	51802	1472	2834	463	0	0	0	28	148	683	393	212	0	45	222	0	181	150	1007	114	0	90.58143831	9.418561688	6.979946928	2.438614759	4.759665446	0.777602365	0.303987102	1.691243156	0.251923012	0.191461489	0	0	0	0.047025629	0.248564039	1.147089449	0	u	202223
202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000005	Brent	304	Primary	SEN support	240450	1837	242287	18467	13632	4835	4955	260754	115711	120048	235759	4691	11451	958	13	14	0	57	104	1023	468	0	73	51	1245	0	1184	264	3030	357	12	92.91784594	7.082154061	5.227915967	1.854238094	4.391495432	0.36739609	0.454067819	1.162014773	0.101244851	0.136910651	0.004985542	0.005369045	0	0.021859684	0.039884335	0.392323799	0.004602039	u	202223
202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000005	Rochdale	354	Primary	SEN support	285382	882	286264	22691	12844	9847	7302	308955	136461	142928	279389	5993	10606	981	1	0	42	26	324	864	175	148	0	11	696	0	1272	1309	7184	82	0	92.65556473	7.344435274	4.157239727	3.187195546	3.432862391	0.317521969	0.411710443	2.325257724	0.423686297	0.026541082	0.000323672	0	0.013594213	0.008415465	0.104869641	0.279652377	0	u	202223
202223	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000015	Derby	831	Secondary	EHC plan	19435	1024	20459	4853	3027	1826	834	25312	9335	9331	18666	769	1638	187	7	0	0	0	216	979	856	352	9	6	93	60	49	65	1698	14	0	80.8272756	19.1727244	11.95875474	7.213969659	6.471238938	0.738780025	0.193584071	6.708280657	0.256795196	0.055309735	0.027654867	0	0	0	0.85335019	3.867730721	0	u	202223

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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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