Table 1C - Weekly attendance in state schools during the COVID-19 outbreak at local authority level
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This file contains weekly attendance data at local authority level for state-funded education settings for each Thursday since 10 September until 17 December. It also includes workforce absence statistics since 12 October until 17 December.
The data is shown for each local authority and is further split by the following school phases:
- state-funded secondary schools
- state-funded primary schools
- state-funded special schools
- all state-funded schools.
Data is in this file has been not been scaled to account for non-response so it is not nationally representative.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Attendance in education and early years settings during COVID-19
- Release
- Week 8 2021
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 9,592
- Geographic levels
- Local authority
- Indicators
- Attendance in fully open schools (%)
- Attendance in schools (%)
- Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19
- Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19
- Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Number of children attending fully open schools
- Number of children attending schools
- Number of fully open schools
- Number of open schools
- Number of pupils with a SW attending
- Number of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools
- Number of pupils with an EHCP attending
- Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools
- Number of schools responded
- Number of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
- Proportion of fully open schools
- Proportion of open schools
- Proportion of pupils absent with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%)
- Proportion of pupils absent with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%)
- Proportion of pupils not attending because school is closed (%)
- Proportion of pupils with a SW attending (%)
- Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools (%)
- Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending (%)
- Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools (%)
- Proportion of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
- Response rate
- Teachers and school leaders absent for non-COVID reasons (%)
- Teachers and school leaders absent from schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%)
- Teachers and school leaders absent from schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%)
- Teachers and school leaders isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting (%)
- Teachers and school leaders isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting (%)
- Teaching assistants or other staff members absent for non-COVID reasons (%)
- Teaching assistants or other staff members absent from schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%)
- Teaching assistants or other staff members absent from schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%)
- Teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting (%)
- Teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting (%)
- Total pupils absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19
- Total pupils absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19
- Total pupils not attending because school is closed
- Total teachers and school leaders absent for non-COVID reasons
- Total teachers and school leaders absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19
- Total teachers and school leaders absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19
- Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all open responding schools
- Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all responding schools
- Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all responding schools closed due to COVID-19
- Total teachers and school leaders isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting
- Total teachers and school leaders isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent for non-COVID reasons
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all open responding schools
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all responding schools
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all responding schools closed due to COVID-19
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting
- Total teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting
- Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19
- Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19
- Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Filters
- Date
- Phase of education
- Time period
- 2020 Week 37 to 2020 Week 51
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| time_period | time_identifier | Date | la_name | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | old_la_code | Phase | number_schools_responded | response_rate | number_open_schools | proportion_open_schools | number_fully_open_schools | proportion_fully_open_schools | number_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | proportion_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | number_children_attending | proportion_children_attending | number_children_attending_fully_open | proportion_children_attending_fully_open | number_pupils_with_SW_attending | proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending | number_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Lower_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Upper_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Lower_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Upper_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Total_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | proportion_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_responding_schools | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_responding_open_schools | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_responding_schools_closed_due_to_covid | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_responding_schools | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_open_responding_schools | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_responding_schools_closed_due_to_covid | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | small_flag | low_response_flag |
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| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | All state-funded schools | 52 | 86.7 | 52 | 100 | 41 | 78.8 | - | - | 32550 | 82.5 | 26449 | 86.2 | 607 | 82.4 | 469 | 85.9 | 874 | 76.9 | 608 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded primary | 38 | 88.4 | 38 | 100 | 30 | 78.9 | - | - | 17520 | 80.8 | 14167 | 84.8 | 338 | 86.7 | 260 | 89.7 | 352 | 87.1 | 286 | 88.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded secondary | 11 | 84.6 | 11 | 100 | 9 | 81.8 | - | - | 14723 | 85.2 | 12101 | 88 | 219 | 76.6 | 183 | 83.6 | 251 | 83.1 | 177 | 83.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded special | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 50 | - | - | 269 | 64 | 143 | 97.9 | 36 | 100 | 12 | 100 | 269 | 64 | 143 | 97.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barnet | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000003 | 302 | All state-funded schools | 103 | 81.7 | 103 | 100 | 86 | 83.5 | - | - | 36283 | 81 | 30681 | 87.3 | 462 | 77.3 | 396 | 84.1 | 1243 | 79.2 | 1101 | 83.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Date | Date |
| Lower_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 |
| Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 |
| Lower_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| number_children_attending | Number of children attending schools |
| number_children_attending_fully_open | Number of children attending fully open schools |
| number_fully_open_schools | Proportion of fully open schools |
| number_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | Number of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | Total teachers and school leaders absent for non-COVID reasons |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | Total teachers and school leaders absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | Total teachers and school leaders absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | Total teachers and school leaders isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | Total teachers and school leaders isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_responding_schools | Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all responding schools |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_responding_open_schools | Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all open responding schools |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_responding_schools_closed_due_to_covid | Total teachers and school leaders estimated on roll in all responding schools closed due to COVID-19 |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent for non-COVID reasons |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | Total teaching assistants or other staff members absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | Total teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | Total teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from open schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_open_responding_schools | Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all open responding schools |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_responding_schools | Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all responding schools |
| number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_responding_schools_closed_due_to_covid | Total teaching assistants or other staff members estimated on roll in all responding schools closed due to COVID-19 |
| number_open_schools | Number of open schools |
| number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | Number of pupils with an EHCP attending |
| number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools |
| number_pupils_with_SW_attending | Number of pupils with a SW attending |
| number_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | Number of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools |
| number_schools_responded | Number of schools responded |
| Phase | Phase of education |
| proportion_children_attending | Attendance in schools (%) |
| proportion_children_attending_fully_open | Attendance in fully open schools (%) |
| proportion_fully_open_schools | Number of fully open schools |
| proportion_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | Proportion of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school |
| proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | Teachers and school leaders absent for non-COVID reasons (%) |
| proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | Teachers and school leaders absent from schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | Teachers and school leaders absent from schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | Teachers and school leaders isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting (%) |
| proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | Teachers and school leaders isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting (%) |
| proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_non_covid_19_reasons | Teaching assistants or other staff members absent for non-COVID reasons (%) |
| proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | Teaching assistants or other staff members absent from schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | Teaching assistants or other staff members absent from schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | Teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 inside setting (%) |
| proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | Teaching assistants or other staff members isolating from schools due to a potential contact with a case of COVID-19 outside setting (%) |
| proportion_open_schools | Proportion of open schools |
| proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Proportion of pupils absent with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Proportion of pupils absent with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | Proportion of pupils not attending because school is closed (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending | Proportion of pupils with a SW attending (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools (%) |
| response_rate | Response rate |
| Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Total pupils absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 |
| Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Total pupils absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 |
| Total_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | Total pupils not attending because school is closed |
| Upper_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 |
| Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 |
| Upper_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
Footnotes
- Data is based on responding schools only. Unlike national level data, no adjustments are made for non-response. Response rates vary by local authority and different schools within a region may respond on different days. Care should be taken when comparing regions and when interpreting trends over time because differences could be due to response bias or different schools being included in the data.
- The following education settings are included: academies (including free schools and studio schools), local authority maintained schools (excluding local authority nursery schools), non-maintained special schools, alternative provision and university technical colleges.
- Workforce absences are not known in closed schools. This means these figures are likely to be under-estimates of the numbers of workforce with confirmed or suspected cases and self-isolating, particularly when the proportion of schools closed for COVID-19 related reasons is higher.
- Absence rates for teaching assistants and other staff are likely to be less robust as more work part-time. There are likely to be inconsistencies in how schools treat part time staff in their reported data, for example some may update their on roll numbers daily to account for part-time staff ‘expected’ to be on-site and others may not.
- Pupils with a social worker are considered ‘children in need’. Our analysis after adjusting for non-response suggests that schools may be under-reporting the number of children with a social worker when compared to the most recently published children in need statistics. Therefore these estimates only account for pupils with a social worker that are identified by schools.
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