Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 23 February 2023

Last updated 23 February 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 6 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 6

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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	E09000018	Hounslow	313	Primary	44	16336.2	191143	193085	1942	10908	7035	3873	2161	203993	93916	95206	189122	2021	5558	392	1	0	18	32	30	934	551	6	475	2	914	0	1422	140	1814	497	70	51	23834	94.65275769	5.347242307	3.448647748	1.89859456	2.724603295	0.192163457	0.697082743	0.8892462	0.068629806	0.243635811	0.000490213	0	0.008823832	0.015686813	0.014706387	0.457858848	0.034314903
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000013	North Lincolnshire	813	Primary	56.6	10622.4	112706	113502	796	5885	3876	2009	758	119387	55851	56236	112087	619	3239	290	2	0	0	34	19	292	144	38	0	4	648	0	750	139	725	395	0	62	14178	95.07065258	4.929347416	3.246584637	1.68276278	2.713025706	0.242907519	0.628209101	0.607268798	0.116428087	0.330856793	0.001675224	0	0	0.028478813	0.015914631	0.244582744	0
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000017	Doncaster	371	Primary	81.4	17912.4	213742	215902	2160	10918	6133	4785	1766	226820	105381	106778	212159	1583	4812	485	0	0	64	161	49	510	134	110	0	23	2003	0	2584	183	1612	406	52	98	28393	95.18649149	4.813508509	2.703906181	2.109602328	2.12150604	0.213825941	1.139229345	0.710695706	0.080680716	0.178996561	0	0	0.028216207	0.070981395	0.021603033	0.224847897	0.022925668
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000002	Bury	351	Primary	59	13227.6	149576	150040	464	5703	4271	1432	1542	155743	73486	74737	148223	1353	3115	329	0	0	20	132	17	658	74	58	9	3	378	0	812	189	365	66	0	64	17005	96.33819819	3.661801815	2.742338339	0.919463475	2.000089892	0.211245449	0.521371747	0.234360453	0.121353769	0.042377507	0	0	0.012841669	0.084755013	0.010915418	0.422490898	0
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000031	Waltham Forest	320	Primary	33.2	11896	115352	115436	84	6728	3874	2854	1497	122164	56117	57813	113930	1422	2982	288	0	0	30	36	2	468	70	34	13	0	1	0	756	75	1761	262	68	51	24919	94.49264923	5.507350774	3.171146983	2.336203792	2.440980976	0.235748666	0.618840248	1.441504862	0.061392882	0.2144658	0	0	0.024557153	0.029468583	0.001637144	0.383091582	0.055662879

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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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