Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

Daily 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 41 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 41

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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	attendance_date	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	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	11/09/2023	Primary	32	7026	12681	12742	61	588	307	281	200	13330	6168	6324	12492	189	188	36	0	0	0	0	0	83	11	8	1	0	49	0	54	11	197	19	36	8974	95.58889722	4.411102776	2.303075769	2.108027007	1.410352588	0.270067517	0.405101275	1.477869467	0.08252063	0.142535634	0	0	0	0	0	0.622655664
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000033	Calderdale	381	11/09/2023	Primary	61	11269	20905	21023	118	800	488	312	210	21823	10297	10414	20711	194	348	42	0	0	0	8	3	87	8	2	0	0	110	0	180	16	92	24	81	18755	96.33414288	3.665857123	2.236172845	1.429684278	1.594647849	0.192457499	0.824817853	0.421573569	0.073317142	0.109975714	0	0	0	0.036658571	0.013746964	0.398661962
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	806	11/09/2023	Primary	44	12185	21460	21702	242	1181	507	674	285	22883	10493	10708	21201	259	385	43	2	0	0	10	4	63	19	54	0	29	194	0	336	26	289	23	41	14367	94.83896342	5.161036577	2.215618581	2.945417996	1.682471704	0.187912424	1.468338942	1.262946292	0.113621466	0.100511297	0.008740113	0	0	0.043700564	0.017480225	0.275313552
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000065	North Yorkshire	815	11/09/2023	Primary	268	33376	63506	63628	122	2239	1523	716	343	65867	31485	31719	63204	302	1058	158	0	0	22	105	5	175	58	444	0	4	60	0	408	41	235	32	297	43840	96.6007257	3.399274295	2.312235262	1.087039033	1.606267175	0.239877329	0.619430064	0.356779571	0.062246649	0.04858275	0	0	0.033400641	0.159412149	0.007591055	0.265686915
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000012	Essex	881	11/09/2023	Primary	391	92408	170828	171437	609	6387	4186	2201	1570	177824	84189	85223	169412	1416	2947	379	0	0	114	90	20	636	206	45	2	58	343	0	903	154	1007	137	443	120927	96.40824636	3.591753644	2.354012957	1.237740687	1.657256613	0.213132086	0.507805471	0.566290265	0.086602483	0.077042469	0	0	0.064108332	0.050611841	0.011247076	0.357657009

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Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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