Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 9 March 2023

Last updated 9 March 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 8 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	E12000007	London	E09000017	Hillingdon	312	Primary	54.70769231	18707.13846	2733208	2746720	13512	215834	169651	46183	34989	2962554	1337234	1363333	2700567	32641	140517	6829	241	0	561	1800	365	14154	4047	215	92	190	9183	0	10671	2348	27284	5880	5184	67	29331	92.71459693	7.285403068	5.726511652	1.558891416	4.743103417	0.230510566	0.360195966	0.920962116	0.079255939	0.198477395	0.008134873	0	0.018936364	0.060758386	0.012320451	0.477763443	0.174984152	24.0206293
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	Primary	43.03076923	10036.38462	1677021	1682694	5673	117792	85129	32663	24891	1800486	818349	836801	1655150	21871	73013	4245	11	0	51	887	408	4700	751	1756	1	1519	3393	9	11431	3020	17020	1192	1814	54	15550	93.4577664	6.542233597	4.728112299	1.814121298	4.055182878	0.235769676	0.634884137	0.945300324	0.16773249	0.066204347	0.000610946	0	0.002832569	0.049264476	0.022660548	0.26104063	0.100750575	22.38233368
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000039	Slough	871	Primary	24.66153846	12533.15385	1913143	1922969	9826	159688	124343	35345	24030	2082657	936659	953394	1890053	23090	109288	3459	141	107	212	995	181	6978	3475	135	1	981	5369	0	12748	940	13718	7939	2982	28	17511	92.33248682	7.667513181	5.970402231	1.69711095	5.247527557	0.166085918	0.612102713	0.658677833	0.045134653	0.381195751	0.006770198	0.005137668	0.010179305	0.04777551	0.008690821	0.335052772	0.143182483	28.58674016
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000031	Wolverhampton	336	Primary	56.95384615	17588.33846	2774543	2788943	14400	208602	140511	68091	46944	2997545	1346220	1382322	2728542	46001	118391	4551	137	2	0	3371	823	11646	1788	1231	79	149	12383	1	18238	943	43281	5629	1590	71	26653	93.04090514	6.959094859	4.687535967	2.271558892	3.949598755	0.151824243	0.608431233	1.443881576	0.031459077	0.187787006	0.004570407	6.67E-05	0	0.112458695	0.027455801	0.388517937	0.053043407	23.07091127
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000061	North Northamptonshire	940	Primary	93.49230769	22398.67692	3426891	3449979	23088	236300	182423	53877	34104	3686279	1688390	1708418	3396808	30083	159026	7993	266	0	108	1156	1069	12439	2564	165	92	3672	16758	2	14539	4021	32512	2805	366	111	30529	93.58974185	6.410258149	4.948703015	1.461555135	4.313997937	0.216831119	0.394408562	0.881973394	0.109080186	0.076092992	0.007215949	0	0.002929784	0.031359536	0.028999433	0.337440546	0.009928711	22.06777466

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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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