Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 21 December 2023

Last updated 21 December 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 49 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 49

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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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				11/09/2023	Primary	1503	474377	874541	878254	3713	42921	22400	20521	12191	921175	426278	436929	863207	11334	15044	2150	32	6	40	396	31	4701	1425	396	413	113	1762	0	6011	857	10877	2776	1784	694551	95.34062475	4.659375254	2.431676934	2.22769832	1.633131598	0.233397563	0.652536163	1.180774554	0.093033354	0.301354249	0.003473824	0.000651342	0.00434228	0.042988574	0.003365267	0.510326485
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				11/09/2023	Primary	1644	394601	734502	736163	1661	29663	15837	13826	7822	765826	360653	366818	727471	7031	10897	1455	19	0	103	335	110	2918	441	270	3	101	1116	0	6127	791	5922	986	1772	510381	96.12666585	3.873334152	2.067963219	1.805370933	1.422908076	0.189990938	0.800051187	0.773282704	0.10328717	0.128749873	0.002480981	0	0.01344953	0.043743618	0.014363576	0.381026499
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				11/09/2023	Primary	2283	501712	938990	941381	2391	35568	19717	15851	9821	976949	460831	469442	930273	8717	14113	2151	13	0	150	565	79	2642	476	415	5	87	1822	1	8295	1104	5450	1002	2428	633583	96.35927771	3.640722289	2.018222036	1.622500253	1.444599462	0.22017526	0.849071958	0.557859213	0.113004875	0.102564208	0.001330673	0	0.015353923	0.057833111	0.0080864	0.270433769
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				11/09/2023	Primary	1643	310668	580614	582720	2106	21450	14497	6953	4299	604170	287030	290044	577074	3540	10175	1455	5	0	108	367	63	2324	481	180	3	43	1578	1	2461	759	3032	701	1881	405858	96.44967476	3.55032524	2.39949021	1.15083503	1.684128639	0.240826258	0.407335684	0.501845507	0.125626893	0.116026946	0.000827582	0	0.017875763	0.060744492	0.010427529	0.384659947
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				11/09/2023	Primary	2315	548481	1033616	1037178	3562	39437	26058	13379	8164	1076615	510479	516126	1026605	7011	18458	2391	10	0	217	487	89	4406	667	290	29	200	2666	0	4823	1153	6264	1139	2596	716998	96.33694496	3.663055038	2.420363826	1.242691213	1.714447597	0.222084961	0.447978154	0.581823586	0.107094923	0.105794551	0.000928837	0	0.020155766	0.045234369	0.008266651	0.409245645

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 52 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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