Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 1 June 2023

Last updated 1 June 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 20 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	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	301.9310345	64546.88966	17014854	17132420	117566	1041790	824885	216905	182240	18174210	8379365	8480948	16860313	154541	675837	49126	8136	21	3429	8338	5377	73841	15657	8648	550	15685	85668	6	64824	27699	101396	22986	776	400	102935	94.26775634	5.732243657	4.538766747	1.19347691	3.718659573	0.27030611	0.356681253	0.557911458	0.152408275	0.126475924	0.044766733	0.000115548	0.018867395	0.045878198	0.02958588	0.406295514	0.004269787	16.33314923	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000016	Leicester	856	Primary	65.63448276	22554.3931	5790786	5826960	36174	414292	271179	143113	79431	6241252	2835522	2887034	5722556	68230	221794	11486	15736	2	342	1985	670	18567	3086	3290	71	3479	29535	3	46314	11201	74983	10615	574	82	34937	93.36203698	6.637963024	4.344945533	2.293017491	3.553678012	0.184033588	0.74206265	1.201409589	0.179467197	0.170078055	0.2521289	3.20E-05	0.00547967	0.031804516	0.010735026	0.297488389	0.009196873	21.0352733	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	58.2137931	15133.04138	3981978	4011956	29978	233772	168352	65420	41520	4245728	1961393	1984494	3945887	36091	143548	9203	1301	2	358	3482	1056	8715	1452	960	0	7523	21001	2	24751	5429	33671	1569	687	60	19152	94.4939478	5.506052201	3.965209264	1.540842937	3.3809985	0.216759058	0.582962451	0.793055985	0.127869708	0.036954793	0.030642566	4.71E-05	0.008432005	0.082011848	0.02487206	0.205265151	0.016180971	15.17444547	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000012	Hackney	204	Primary	36.14482759	9617.393103	2439298	2456268	16970	163567	118615	44952	54842	2619835	1176508	1209741	2386249	53049	92958	5161	4318	0	26	2447	366	12210	5383	736	230	161	11196	0	8640	1793	22875	11644	1123	58	18971	93.75659154	6.243408459	4.52757521	1.715833249	3.548238725	0.196997139	0.329791762	0.873146591	0.068439425	0.444455471	0.16481954	0	0.000992429	0.093402829	0.013970345	0.466059885	0.042865295	19.31526391	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	Gateshead	390	Primary	45.50666667	9170.353333	2465226	2478633	13407	138649	105418	33231	24682	2617282	1212116	1230565	2442681	22545	91325	5873	552	1	49	1265	422	5419	1542	2696	0	918	10947	0	12904	2137	16721	1469	512	67	14649	94.70255784	5.297442156	4.027766209	1.269675946	3.489306846	0.224393092	0.493030556	0.638868872	0.081649589	0.056126929	0.021090582	3.82E-05	0.001872171	0.048332583	0.016123597	0.207046852	0.019562279	14.61553706	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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