Table 1C- Weekly attendance in state schools during the COVID outbreak at local authority level
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This file contains weekly attendance data for state-funded education settings for each Thursday since 10 September.
The data is shown for each local authority and is further split by the following school phases:
- state-funded secondary schools
- state-funded primary schools
- state-funded special schools
- all state-funded schools.
Data is in this file has been not been scaled to account for non-response so it is not nationally representative.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Attendance in education and early years settings during COVID-19
- Release
- Week 50 2020
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 8,392
- Geographic levels
- Local authority
- Indicators
- Attendance in fully open schools (%)
- Attendance in schools (%)
- Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19
- Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19
- Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Number of children attending fully open schools
- Number of children attending schools
- Number of fully open schools
- Number of open schools
- Number of pupils with a SW attending
- Number of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools
- Number of pupils with an EHCP attending
- Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools
- Number of schools responded
- Number of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
- Proportion of fully open schools
- Proportion of open schools
- Proportion of pupils absent with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%)
- Proportion of pupils absent with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%)
- Proportion of pupils not attending because school is closed (%)
- Proportion of pupils with a SW attending (%)
- Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools (%)
- Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending (%)
- Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools (%)
- Proportion of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
- Response rate
- Total pupils absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19
- Total pupils absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19
- Total pupils not attending because school is closed
- Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19
- Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19
- Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils
- Filters
- Date
- Phase of education
- Time period
- 2020 Week 37 to 2020 Week 50
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | Date | la_name | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | old_la_code | Phase | number_schools_responded | response_rate | number_open_schools | proportion_open_schools | number_fully_open_schools | proportion_fully_open_schools | number_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | proportion_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | number_children_attending | proportion_children_attending | number_children_attending_fully_open | proportion_children_attending_fully_open | number_pupils_with_SW_attending | proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending | number_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Lower_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Upper_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Lower_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Upper_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Total_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | proportion_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | small_flag | low_response_flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | All state-funded | 52 | 86.7 | 52 | 100 | 41 | 78.8 | - | - | 32550 | 82.5 | 26449 | 86.2 | 607 | 82.4 | 469 | 85.9 | 874 | 76.9 | 608 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded primary | 38 | 88.4 | 38 | 100 | 30 | 78.9 | - | - | 17520 | 80.8 | 14167 | 84.8 | 338 | 86.7 | 260 | 89.7 | 352 | 87.1 | 286 | 88.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded secondary | 11 | 84.6 | 11 | 100 | 9 | 81.8 | - | - | 14723 | 85.2 | 12101 | 88 | 219 | 76.6 | 183 | 83.6 | 251 | 83.1 | 177 | 83.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barking and Dagenham | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000002 | 301 | State-funded special | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 50 | - | - | 269 | 64 | 143 | 97.9 | 36 | 100 | 12 | 100 | 269 | 64 | 143 | 97.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Week 37 | 10/09/2020 | Barnet | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | E09000003 | 302 | All state-funded | 103 | 81.7 | 103 | 100 | 86 | 83.5 | - | - | 36283 | 81 | 30681 | 87.3 | 462 | 77.3 | 396 | 84.1 | 1243 | 79.2 | 1101 | 83.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Date | Date |
| Lower_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 |
| Lower_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Lower estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 |
| Lower_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Lower estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| number_children_attending | Number of children attending schools |
| number_children_attending_fully_open | Number of children attending fully open schools |
| number_fully_open_schools | Proportion of fully open schools |
| number_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | Number of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school |
| number_open_schools | Number of open schools |
| number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | Number of pupils with an EHCP attending |
| number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools |
| number_pupils_with_SW_attending | Number of pupils with a SW attending |
| number_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | Number of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools |
| number_schools_responded | Number of schools responded |
| Phase | Phase of education |
| proportion_children_attending | Attendance in schools (%) |
| proportion_children_attending_fully_open | Attendance in fully open schools (%) |
| proportion_fully_open_schools | Number of fully open schools |
| proportion_of_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school | Proportion of schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school |
| proportion_open_schools | Proportion of open schools |
| proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Proportion of pupils absent with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_pupils_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Proportion of pupils absent with a suspected case of COVID-19 (%) |
| proportion_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | Proportion of pupils not attending because school is closed (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending | Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open | Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open schools (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending | Proportion of pupils with a SW attending (%) |
| proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open | Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in fully open schools (%) |
| response_rate | Response rate |
| Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID-19 | Total pupils absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19 |
| Total_pupils_absent_from_open_schools_with_a_suspected_case_of_COVID-19 | Total pupils absent from open schools with a suspected case of COVID-19 |
| Total_pupils_not_attending_because_school_is_closed | Total pupils not attending because school is closed |
| Upper_estimate_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
| Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_self_isolating | Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 |
| Upper_estimate_for_total_pupils_unable_to_attend_school_because_of_COVID-19 | Upper estimate for total pupils unable to attend school because of COVID-19 |
| Upper_estimate_self_isolating_as_%_of_all_pupils | Upper estimate for total pupils self-isolating due to a potential contact with COVID-19 as % of all pupils |
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