Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 20 April 2023

Last updated 20 April 2023

Year-to-date 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 13 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000003	Manchester	352	Primary	121.4308943	38649.74797	11036563	11081399	44836	731544	488738	242806	222434	11812943	5330982	5513907	10844889	191674	419882	26230	775	2	236	2189	3064	35466	10830	3745	1230	888	31880	8	70384	30760	115546	26116	894	135	54548	93.80726716	6.192732836	4.13730939	2.055423445	3.554423313	0.222044583	0.595821041	0.978130513	0.260392351	0.22107954	0.006560601	1.69E-05	0.001997809	0.018530522	0.025937652	0.30023001	0.00756797	18.97546379	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	86.90243902	26903.7561	8626837	8676748	49911	658772	423345	235427	162901	9335520	4173848	4307664	8481512	145325	372785	15661	637	21	548	1579	2131	25464	4436	5258	28	509	44937	1	34134	17576	171059	12658	4519	94	36569	92.94338184	7.056618164	4.534776852	2.521841311	3.993189453	0.167757125	0.365635765	1.832345708	0.188270177	0.135589662	0.006823401	0.000224947	0.005870053	0.016913894	0.022826795	0.272764667	0.048406516	22.69841815	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000029	Sutton	319	Primary	37.68292683	14643.44715	3601329	3631560	30231	233041	183161	49880	51087	3864601	1758572	1796207	3554779	46550	161615	8985	356	12	59	889	896	9759	2649	936	2612	3298	21670	2	14139	4537	28705	2499	590	40	19030	93.96985614	6.030143862	4.739454345	1.290689517	4.181932365	0.232494894	0.365859244	0.742767494	0.117398924	0.064663855	0.009211818	0.000310511	0.001526678	0.023003668	0.0231848	0.252522835	0.015266777	19.1301627	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000008	Tameside	357	Primary	57.56097561	13611.05691	4155636	4169906	14270	231262	156003	75259	55814	4401168	2035355	2071347	4106702	48934	133427	9402	52	5	207	1709	1143	9652	5279	1494	79	601	8311	0	21601	6880	42786	3992	406	76	22091	94.7454403	5.254559699	3.544581802	1.709977897	3.031627059	0.21362511	0.490801533	0.972151029	0.15632214	0.090703195	0.001181505	0.000113606	0.004703297	0.038830601	0.025970379	0.219305421	0.009224824	14.62975317	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	298.804878	64117.09756	19376922	19492890	115968	1242390	990786	251604	214739	20735280	9539085	9655389	19194474	182448	823416	55543	2828	34	4125	9119	7596	87297	17886	9611	645	15915	81515	7	69908	32291	118459	30946	824	400	102935	94.00832784	5.991672165	4.778261977	1.213410188	3.971086959	0.267867133	0.337145194	0.57129202	0.155729751	0.149243222	0.013638591	0.000163972	0.019893631	0.043978186	0.036633216	0.421007095	0.003973903	17.5587758	Academic year

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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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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