Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022 - Autumn term

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Published 1 June 2023

Last updated 1 June 2023

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 12 September and 16 December  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 20 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	89.36923077	27762.50769	3161645	3184154	22509	248441	175011	73430	54504	3432595	1534537	1579046	3113583	48062	158132	5800	324	9	298	705	835	8245	1849	1513	13	229	20417	1	13378	6442	50668	2942	663	94	36569	92.76229791	7.237702088	5.098504193	2.139197895	4.606777088	0.168968375	0.389734297	1.47608442	0.187671426	0.085707752	0.009438923	0.000262192	0.008681479	0.020538397	0.02432562	0.240197285	0.019314833	25.40387861
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	95.30769231	27189.29231	3097369	3121281	23912	244634	186151	58483	47402	3365915	1509955	1547347	3057302	40067	158020	8495	254	2	53	2442	820	14992	4450	1838	80	257	19124	1	15409	7335	33037	2702	1073	104	35689	92.73202086	7.267979138	5.530472398	1.73750674	4.694711542	0.252383082	0.45779528	0.98151617	0.217919942	0.080275349	0.007546239	5.94E-05	0.001574609	0.072550852	0.024361875	0.445406375	0.031878405	24.53963315
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Primary	84.8	21075.89231	2462006	2469528	7522	168662	119949	48713	33780	2638190	1224805	1207519	2432324	29682	108508	5592	43	2	2	317	161	5155	1933	37	19	304	5266	0	22148	4098	20483	1984	169	86	26400	93.60690473	6.393095266	4.546639931	1.846455335	4.112971393	0.211963505	0.83951497	0.776403519	0.155333771	0.075203075	0.001629905	7.58E-05	7.58E-05	0.012015814	0.006102669	0.195399118	0.006405907	22.02052452
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	72.75384615	18112.86154	2077936	2090674	12738	149168	106539	42629	44237	2239842	1001743	1036577	2038320	39616	91330	4844	132	1	343	989	679	8062	2315	1161	6	2467	7949	1	10751	4621	23896	3361	159	76	24080	93.34024454	6.659755465	4.756540863	1.903214602	4.077519754	0.216265254	0.479989214	1.066860966	0.206309195	0.150055227	0.005893273	4.46E-05	0.01531358	0.0441549	0.030314638	0.359936103	0.007098715	22.54616646
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	61.56923077	23488.18462	2620542	2645190	24648	217470	130093	87377	39507	2862660	1276404	1307770	2584174	36368	113388	5969	172	6	2	448	105	8247	4854	730	913	210	18671	0	21678	3139	57298	5262	1756	68	34195	92.40321938	7.596780617	4.54447961	3.052301007	3.960931441	0.208512363	0.757267716	2.001564978	0.10965326	0.183815053	0.006008398	0.000209595	6.99E-05	0.01564978	0.003667917	0.288088701	0.061341549	25.99356429

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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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