Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 9 February 2023

Last updated 9 February 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 4 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	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000007	Warrington	877	Primary	53.91566265	11915.16867	1806235	1814465	8230	97604	75034	22570	20093	1912069	887004	900554	1787558	18677	66793	3962	90	0	158	405	134	3432	795	98	16	538	6881	0	12698	1416	7220	1236	60	69	18661	94.8953725	5.1046275	3.924230768	1.180396733	3.493231677	0.207210095	0.664097373	0.377601436	0.074055905	0.064642019	0.004706943	0	0.0082633	0.021181244	0.007008115	0.17949143	0.003137962	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	Primary	49.13253012	12853.91566	1939418	1959956	20538	140743	94219	46524	30431	2100699	943810	967503	1911313	28105	75867	5459	530	3	0	2441	258	9586	2779	556	963	1127	15669	0	8080	2326	30555	5563	75	63	21098	93.30018246	6.699817537	4.485126141	2.214691396	3.611512168	0.259865883	0.384633877	1.454515854	0.110725049	0.264816616	0.025229697	0.00014281	0	0.116199417	0.012281626	0.4563243	0.00357024	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000028	Southwark	210	Primary	50.22891566	12513.26506	1900563	1921297	20734	118594	87297	31297	43305	2039891	914486	946061	1860547	40016	70916	5144	73	5	45	1695	296	8945	2732	703	1635	412	15955	0	5965	3289	19116	2927	178	73	22689	94.18625799	5.813742009	4.279493365	1.534248644	3.476460262	0.252170337	0.292417585	0.937108895	0.161234105	0.143488059	0.003578623	0.000245111	0.002206	0.083092675	0.014510579	0.438503822	0.008725956	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	42.85542169	12342.63855	1830005	1843170	13165	126184	92976	33208	26423	1969354	892473	912963	1805436	24569	81112	5214	276	0	28	263	216	5006	4607	656	286	63	8207	2	7799	1854	20487	3068	861	59	22662	93.59261971	6.407380288	4.72114206	1.686238228	4.118711009	0.26475687	0.396018187	1.040290369	0.094142546	0.155787126	0.014014748	0	0.001421786	0.013354633	0.010968064	0.25419503	0.04371992	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000034	Thurrock	883	Primary	31.92771084	12536.81928	1805632	1815750	10118	123364	81711	41653	24745	1939114	884013	899280	1783293	22339	69907	3266	54	0	823	579	151	6885	870	1597	83	1014	8151	0	8299	2406	28471	2477	46	39	18652	93.63812545	6.361874547	4.213831678	2.148042869	3.605100061	0.168427436	0.427978964	1.46824787	0.124077285	0.127738751	0.002784777	0	0.042442064	0.029858997	0.007787062	0.355059063	0.002372217	Academic year

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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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