Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - Academic year 2022 - 2023

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Published 10 August 2023

Last updated 10 August 2023

Full 2022/23 academic year 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 29 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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	1367.15183246073	293024.821989529	100510875	101685462	1174587	6139883	4471344	1668539	1000260	107825345	49888221	49761102	99649323	861552	3654514	249480	78267	353	17935	61151	28040	374818	228330	32658	5037	93792	847401	27	661061	138708	817699	51071	6655	1644	393882	94.3057144867007	5.69428551329931	4.1468395023452	1.5474460109541	3.38929033799985	0.231374172742039	0.613084984796478	0.758355097310377	0.128641369058453	0.0473645597887955	0.0725868301186516	0.000327381284984528	0.0166333805841289	0.0567130112127163	0.0260050176514622	0.347615859703486	0.00617201827640802	15.7081524462139	Academic year
202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1444.45698924731	461536.822580645	150241537	152005268	1763731	10156307	7227521	2928786	2515926	162161575	73029765	74882483	147912248	2329289	5738138	397765	367886	329	6411	84395	22449	574575	274056	61245	96344	116977	1276316	38	802105	186637	1783960	156084	35515	1790	700992	93.7369213391027	6.26307866089732	4.45698742134195	1.80609123955536	3.53853124576522	0.245289304818358	0.494633207651073	1.10011264999122	0.115093233400083	0.0962521485129877	0.226863854769541	0.000202884067942729	0.00395346431483537	0.052043771775157	0.0138436001253688	0.354322532942838	0.0219009959665229	19.1909778898946	Academic year
202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1596.63440860215	400412.317204301	132812316	134134902	1322586	8933789	6287615	2646174	1823793	143068691	65750785	65433392	131184177	1628139	5107700	297462	225211	165	18873	89911	41830	493762	271066	55117	7009	68497	976003	11	904546	195654	1456462	89512	12605	1770	504724	93.7555946464905	6.24440535350953	4.39482248425688	1.84958286925264	3.57010325900025	0.20791551101841	0.632245946808865	1.01801588441178	0.136755287710013	0.0625657503219904	0.157414594643911	0.000115329216229426	0.0131915654418059	0.0628446373357816	0.0292377037265267	0.345122330084085	0.00881045315498134	18.6742645912463	Academic year
202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1591.16753926702	307530.507853403	104440704	105723708	1283004	6596446	5005571	1590875	1058272	112320154	51514289	52049598	103563887	876817	4087524	276052	37710	64	18052	96019	31887	450843	261525	57852	6995	109841	904597	46	656842	181455	685383	67195	7417	2096	445410	94.1271038499466	5.87289615005336	4.4565207772062	1.41637537284716	3.63917236082137	0.24577245504845	0.584794426118753	0.61020482575193	0.161551594738732	0.05982452623774	0.0335736719164399	5.69799788557982e-05	0.0160719152860136	0.0854868842149202	0.0283893841527318	0.401391009488822	0.00660344536208524	15.7890462766389	Academic year
202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1562.79569892473	342691.440860215	114026280	115323915	1297635	7475857	4993972	2481885	1407878	122799772	55973973	56811658	112785631	1240649	4002026	294424	169950	280	18548	83317	35833	384277	328486	161163	2825	84392	881066	866	1038207	167229	1191592	84857	5309	1765	465788	93.9121572636145	6.08784273638554	4.06675999365862	2.02108274272692	3.25898487824554	0.239759402810618	0.845447009461874	0.970353593164652	0.136180220269464	0.0691019198309261	0.138396022429097	0.000228013452663414	0.0151042625714321	0.0678478458412773	0.0291800216046004	0.312929734104067	0.00432329792925023	17.7050190154802	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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