Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 9 March 2023

Last updated 9 March 2023

 Daily 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 8 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 8

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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	attendance_date	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	E09000017	Hillingdon	312	12/09/2022	Primary	55	19167	44130	44144	14	2475	1595	880	494	46619	21611	22049	43660	470	1093	109	0	0	8	14	3	287	12	4	0	0	2	0	229	24	455	172	81	67	29331	94.69100581	5.308994187	3.421351809	1.887642378	2.344537635	0.233810249	0.491216028	0.975996911	0.051481156	0.368948283	0	0	0.017160385	0.030030674	0.006435144	0.615628821	0.173748901
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000013	St. Helens	342	12/09/2022	Primary	43	10127	26912	26926	14	1230	718	512	284	28156	13203	13462	26665	247	509	71	0	0	0	32	0	95	6	32	0	6	2	0	258	37	188	29	11	54	15550	95.63148174	4.368518255	2.550078136	1.818440119	1.807785197	0.252166501	0.916323341	0.667708481	0.131410712	0.102997585	0	0	0	0.113652507	0	0.337405882	0.039068049
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000039	Slough	871	12/09/2022	Primary	25	12721	31802	31825	23	1836	1146	690	356	33661	15568	15888	31456	346	877	38	0	0	0	8	1	174	21	0	0	0	2	0	228	10	247	205	48	28	17511	94.54561659	5.454383411	3.404533436	2.049849975	2.605389026	0.112890288	0.677341731	0.733786875	0.029707971	0.609013398	0	0	0	0.023766377	0.002970797	0.516918689	0.142598259
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000031	Wolverhampton	336	12/09/2022	Primary	56	17877	45457	45578	121	2056	1090	966	710	47634	22117	22651	44768	689	724	62	0	0	0	38	10	241	11	19	0	0	110	0	430	21	391	124	15	71	26653	95.6837553	4.316244699	2.28828148	2.02796322	1.519922744	0.13015913	0.902716547	0.820842256	0.044086157	0.26031826	0	0	0	0.079774951	0.020993408	0.505941134	0.031490112
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000061	North Northamptonshire	940	12/09/2022	Primary	93	22232	54512	54981	469	2516	1770	746	385	57497	26923	27263	54186	326	1390	139	0	0	2	34	4	185	17	2	0	0	452	0	173	59	476	38	16	111	30529	95.62411952	4.375880481	3.078421483	1.297458998	2.417517436	0.241751744	0.300885264	0.82786928	0.102614049	0.066090405	0	0	0.003478442	0.05913352	0.006956885	0.321755918	0.027827539

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Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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