Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September by gender - year to date

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 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 broken down by gender. 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:
  • Gender
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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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	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	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000035	Medway	887	Secondary	Female	1232239	24182	1256421	136173	77776	58397	61534	1392594	573822	600338	1174160	58079	50363	5068	704	6515	11	156	6519	8428	8714	4192	264	2833	8212	4159	3214	3455	48659	3069	12	90.22162956	9.778370437	5.584973079	4.193397358	3.616488366	0.363925164	0.23079232	3.494126788	0.248098154	0.220380096	0.05055314	0.467831974	0.000789893	0.011202116	0.468119208	0.605201516	0.000861701	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000029	Solihull	334	Special	Female	30985	261	31246	2877	2553	324	395	34123	15122	15478	30600	385	1742	426	22	0	0	0	93	270	25	69	8	0	228	0	120	10	173	21	0	91.56873663	8.431263371	7.481757173	0.949506198	5.105061102	1.248424816	0.351668962	0.506989421	0.029305747	0.061542068	0.064472643	0	0	0	0.272543446	0.791255165	0	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000001	Bolton	350	Primary	Male	3714181	26939	3741120	221897	162377	59520	44097	3963017	1824696	1850757	3675453	38728	129017	9948	9445	0	317	1788	1600	9769	8060	3198	23	1813	17042	1	29237	5369	22766	2148	493	94.40080625	5.599193746	4.097307683	1.501886063	3.255524768	0.251020876	0.737746015	0.574461326	0.135477592	0.05420113	0.238328526	0	0.007998956	0.045117142	0.040373281	0.246504115	0.012440017	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000003	Manchester	352	Special	Male	328495	1883	330378	44701	34169	10532	5819	375079	160482	164674	325156	3339	21280	2906	1199	6	0	325	58	8393	555	40	2	96	1079	151	1248	2480	6695	109	2	88.08224401	11.91775599	9.109814199	2.807941794	5.673471455	0.774770115	0.332729905	1.784957302	0.661194042	0.029060545	0.31966599	0.001599663	0	0.086648413	0.015463409	2.237661933	0.000533221	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000014	Hampshire	850	Special	Female	153005	2639	155644	26860	19081	7779	1562	182504	75817	75954	151771	1234	10796	1780	12	27	0	555	266	5643	1367	0	48	80	1028	116	314	328	6118	1019	2	85.28251436	14.71748564	10.45511331	4.262372332	5.915486784	0.975321089	0.172051024	3.352255293	0.179722088	0.558343927	0.006575198	0.014794196	0	0.304102924	0.14575023	3.091987025	0.001095866	u	202223

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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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