Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 12 October 2023

Last updated 12 October 2023

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 39 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 39

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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	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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	97	27836.6	257211	259566	2355	12261	7388	4873	2999	271827	126191	128450	254641	2570	5015	566	19	4	11	131	41	1601	304	98	0	74	1977	0	1315	429	2582	547	103	35709	95.48941054	4.510589456	2.717905138	1.792684318	1.844923426	0.20822067	0.48376357	0.94986885	0.157820967	0.20123093	0.00698974	0.001471524	0.004046691	0.048192417	0.015083123	0.588977548
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000023	South Tyneside	393	Primary	41	9332.8	88109	88671	562	3717	2696	1021	590	92388	43611	43954	87565	544	2026	254	0	0	0	142	13	261	25	276	0	0	537	0	650	46	314	11	45	12760	95.97675023	4.023249773	2.918127895	1.105121877	2.192925488	0.27492748	0.703554574	0.339870979	0.049790016	0.011906308	0	0	0	0.153699615	0.014071091	0.282504221
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000040	Windsor and Maidenhead	868	Primary	46	8448	80029	80692	663	2627	1755	872	533	83319	39734	39833	79567	462	1221	173	0	1	20	6	18	316	296	65	259	5	103	0	220	71	424	157	46	10367	96.84705769	3.152942306	2.106362294	1.046580012	1.465452058	0.207635713	0.264045416	0.508887529	0.085214657	0.18843241	0	0.001200206	0.024004129	0.007201239	0.021603716	0.379265234
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000024	North Somerset	802	Primary	45	9497.8	87439	89043	1604	2985	2107	878	525	92028	43374	43651	87025	414	1518	172	6	0	10	71	19	311	108	18	0	81	1415	0	336	111	356	75	64	16095	96.75642196	3.243578041	2.289520581	0.954057461	1.649497979	0.186899639	0.365106272	0.386838788	0.120615465	0.081496936	0.006519755	0	0.010866258	0.077150432	0.02064589	0.337940627
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Primary	163	35173.4	330542	330890	348	10964	7819	3145	2894	341854	162830	165158	327988	2554	5784	739	4	0	84	106	49	1053	67	203	10	32	239	0	1125	340	1352	328	182	44688	96.79278288	3.207217116	2.287233731	0.919983385	1.691950365	0.216174156	0.329087856	0.395490473	0.099457663	0.095947393	0.00117009	0	0.024571893	0.031007389	0.014333604	0.308026233

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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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