Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 9 March 2023

Last updated 9 March 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. 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 8 2023
• 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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000058	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	839	Primary	62.95918367	22414.03061	4612270	4639613	27343	296517	231395	65122	57134	4936130	2262483	2302177	4564660	47610	203193	10824	225	2	96	2308	964	13254	5093	1648	100	2550	19600	0	21155	9524	31696	2747	529	66	26983	93.99292563	6.007074368	4.687781724	1.319292644	4.116443449	0.219281097	0.428574612	0.642122472	0.192944675	0.055650884	0.004558227	4.05E-05	0.001944843	0.046757277	0.019529469	0.268509946	0.010716898	17.80282168	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000054	Wiltshire	865	Primary	156.8673469	27275.87755	6434219	6483491	49272	387453	320680	66773	48767	6870944	3194904	3198014	6392918	41301	266885	15483	387	0	788	5053	2463	28950	13698	717	79	5147	30348	0	20681	7466	29457	9169	671	202	38763	94.36099319	5.639006809	4.667189836	0.971816973	3.884255206	0.225340215	0.30099212	0.428718383	0.108660469	0.133446001	0.005632414	0	0.011468584	0.073541569	0.035846603	0.421339484	0.009765761	15.77439148	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Primary	28.31632653	8780.112245	2276370	2283080	6710	156426	92020	64406	46083	2439506	1170951	1066232	2237183	39187	78172	5271	24	0	515	878	575	6382	219	3746	0	1646	4845	0	13447	6896	42719	1344	203	31	11619	93.58780015	6.412199847	3.772075166	2.640124681	3.204419255	0.216068335	0.551218156	1.751133221	0.282680182	0.055093121	0.000983806	0	0.021110831	0.035990893	0.023570346	0.261610342	0.008321357	22.28360958	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	56.98979592	21492.41837	4718858	4757646	38788	393518	224114	169404	70244	5151164	2299452	2354488	4653940	64918	194809	10543	307	5	2	804	248	14833	7078	1599	1304	1313	29093	0	47472	5326	104482	12124	2563	68	34195	92.36060044	7.639399561	4.350744803	3.288654758	3.781844259	0.204672187	0.921578113	2.02831826	0.103394107	0.235364279	0.005959818	9.71E-05	3.88E-05	0.015608123	0.004814446	0.287954334	0.049755745	26.80425586	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000030	Walsall	335	Primary	54.67346939	15016.7551	4094733	4114206	19473	297712	199618	98094	60392	4411918	2029460	2011213	4040673	54060	175695	7693	342	4	436	714	894	13798	1884	1106	25	2636	14928	0	23721	6332	63977	4064	42	85	28945	93.2520958	6.747904199	4.524517455	2.223386745	3.982281629	0.174368608	0.537657318	1.450094947	0.143520346	0.092114133	0.007751731	9.07E-05	0.009882323	0.016183438	0.020263296	0.3127438	0.000951967	21.97815246	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 54 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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