Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 9 March 2023

Last updated 9 March 2023

Weekly 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 8 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 8

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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	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	E09000017	Hillingdon	312	Primary	55	19059.6	219572	220770	1198	12361	8465	3896	2123	233131	107930	109645	217575	1997	5886	589	0	0	44	44	13	1499	519	12	16	0	663	0	904	126	2039	827	390	67	29331	94.69783083	5.302169167	3.631005744	1.671163423	2.524760757	0.252647653	0.387764819	0.874615559	0.054046866	0.354736178	0	0	0.018873509	0.018873509	0.005576264	0.642986132	0.16728792
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	Primary	43	10170.2	134741	134928	187	6131	3956	2175	1369	141059	66536	66972	133508	1233	3060	320	0	0	0	154	11	379	80	156	0	54	53	0	1161	136	801	77	32	54	15550	95.65359176	4.346408241	2.804500245	1.541907996	2.169305043	0.226855429	0.823059854	0.567847496	0.096413557	0.054587088	0	0	0	0.109174175	0.007798155	0.268681899	0.022685543
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000039	Slough	871	Primary	25	12683.8	155384	157845	2461	10386	6704	3682	1559	168231	76235	77651	153886	1498	4948	208	0	101	0	48	5	1185	1954	1	0	64	443	0	910	61	1587	1124	209	28	17511	93.82634592	6.173654083	3.98499682	2.188657263	2.941193954	0.123639519	0.540922898	0.943345757	0.036259667	0.668128942	0	0.060036497	0	0.028532197	0.002972104	0.704388609	0.12423394
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000031	Wolverhampton	336	Primary	56	17865.2	227765	228374	609	11283	6445	4838	2733	239657	111612	113479	225091	2674	4519	341	1	0	0	238	40	1227	75	97	0	6	528	0	1880	59	2277	622	79	71	26653	95.29202151	4.707978486	2.689260068	2.018718418	1.88561152	0.142286685	0.784454449	0.950107862	0.024618517	0.259537589	0.000417263	0	0	0.099308595	0.01669052	0.511981707	0.032963777
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000061	North Northamptonshire	940	Primary	93.2	22188.4	271784	274385	2601	12766	9262	3504	1692	287151	134711	135567	270278	1506	7284	693	0	0	4	156	62	987	94	10	0	94	2413	0	860	186	2259	199	76	111	30529	95.55425543	4.445744573	3.22548067	1.220263903	2.536644483	0.24133644	0.299493994	0.786694109	0.064774283	0.069301517	0	0	0.001392995	0.054326818	0.021591428	0.343721596	0.026466911

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 53 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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