Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 27 October 2022

Last updated 27 October 2022

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 41 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2022 Week 41

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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	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	83.6	26431	242712	243585	873	12192	6557	5635	3014	255777	118792	121250	240042	2670	5229	367	0	0	20	102	19	720	112	57	0	2	759	0	1281	344	3510	500	100	94	36569	95.2333478	4.766652201	2.563561227	2.203090974	2.044358953	0.143484363	0.500826892	1.372289142	0.134492155	0.195482784	0	0	0.007819311	0.039878488	0.007428346	0.281495209	0.039096557
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	77	21545.4	198080	199188	1108	11534	7433	4101	2066	210722	97504	98805	196309	1771	5609	452	15	0	0	155	32	878	254	99	6	15	833	0	1165	295	2027	614	292	104	35689	94.52643768	5.473562324	3.527396285	1.946166039	2.661800856	0.214500622	0.552861116	0.961930885	0.139994875	0.291379163	0.007118383	0	0	0.073556629	0.015185885	0.416662712	0.138571198
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Primary	79.8	19131.6	180120	180450	330	8297	4801	3496	1881	188747	90311	88112	178423	1697	4054	374	0	0	0	9	0	330	76	10	0	1	253	0	1980	184	1166	166	34	86	26400	95.60416854	4.395831457	2.543616587	1.85221487	2.147848708	0.198148845	1.049023296	0.617758163	0.097484993	0.087948418	0	0	0	0.004768288	0	0.174837216	0.018013531
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	55	13457	115460	116351	891	6009	3397	2612	1939	122360	56104	57622	113726	1734	2528	241	2	0	32	12	37	507	58	70	0	79	754	0	872	205	1119	416	38	76	24080	95.0890814	4.910918601	2.776234063	2.134684537	2.066034652	0.196959791	0.712651193	0.914514547	0.167538411	0.339980386	0.001634521	0	0.026152337	0.009807127	0.03023864	0.414351095	0.031055901
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	50	19910.6	179204	180605	1401	11989	5002	6987	1883	192594	87926	89530	177456	1748	3975	388	0	0	0	30	14	532	771	54	159	0	471	0	2142	135	4158	552	63	68	34195	93.7749878	6.225012202	2.597173328	3.627838873	2.063927225	0.201460066	1.11218418	2.158945762	0.070095642	0.28661329	0	0	0	0.015576809	0.007269178	0.276228751	0.032711299

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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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