Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 26 January 2023

Last updated 26 January 2023

Daily 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 2 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 2

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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	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
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	12/09/2022	Primary	56	22114	39659	39857	198	2692	995	1697	462	42549	19420	19811	39231	428	780	78	0	0	0	6	2	117	34	10	4	0	160	0	568	34	966	129	12	68	34195	93.67317681	6.326823192	2.33848034	3.988342852	1.833180568	0.183318057	1.334931491	2.270323627	0.079907871	0.303179863	0	0	0	0.014101389	0.004700463	0.274977085	0.028202778
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	12/09/2022	Primary	66	17396	32338	32431	93	1390	957	433	245	33821	15976	16146	32122	216	730	70	0	0	0	8	2	135	10	33	0	0	83	0	161	29	160	83	12	89	27205	95.89012744	4.109872564	2.829602909	1.280269655	2.158422282	0.206972	0.476035599	0.473078856	0.085745543	0.245409657	0	0	0	0.023653943	0.005913486	0.399160285	0.035480914
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	12/09/2022	Primary	347	63913	115644	115995	351	4998	3374	1624	1150	120993	57383	57218	114601	1043	2618	258	2	0	48	78	15	328	25	92	0	3	323	0	798	107	592	127	27	481	99581	95.86918251	4.130817485	2.788591076	1.34222641	2.16376154	0.213235476	0.659542288	0.489284504	0.088434868	0.10496475	0.001652988	0	0.039671717	0.064466539	0.012397411	0.271090063	0.022315341
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	12/09/2022	Primary	134	38666	71452	71534	82	3880	1982	1898	975	75414	34888	35669	70557	895	1553	147	8	0	0	28	6	226	23	6	0	0	59	0	997	80	743	78	14	156	56423	94.8550667	5.144933302	2.628159228	2.516774074	2.059299334	0.194924019	1.322035696	0.985228207	0.106081099	0.103429072	0.01060811	0	0	0.037128385	0.007956082	0.299679105	0.018564192
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	12/09/2022	Primary	115	26237	49663	49737	74	2103	1283	820	404	51840	24513	24800	49313	350	984	118	0	0	0	20	11	134	11	21	0	32	31	0	362	54	388	16	16	142	37361	95.94328704	4.056712963	2.47492284	1.581790123	1.898148148	0.227623457	0.698302469	0.74845679	0.104166667	0.030864198	0	0	0	0.038580247	0.021219136	0.258487654	0.030864198

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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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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