Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 4 May 2023

Last updated 4 May 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 16 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	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	805	Primary	26.61538462	5826.676923	1032493	1040912	8419	76027	55068	20959	11787	1116939	507477	514130	1021607	10886	50319	2290	21	0	0	415	34	1908	1173	2721	0	1314	5932	0	9970	901	7456	2632	81	30	8392	93.19327197	6.806728031	4.930260292	1.876467739	4.505080403	0.205024625	0.892618129	0.667538693	0.080666894	0.235644024	0.001880138	0	0	0.037155118	0.003044034	0.170824011	0.007251963	23.97214854
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000011	Greenwich	203	Primary	46.32307692	14828.01538	2535081	2552666	17585	175371	111730	63641	49272	2728037	1221237	1267308	2488545	46536	96168	6275	580	2	0	461	425	7363	6648	290	1383	56	9498	0	9644	2736	48335	2926	456	63	25494	93.57153147	6.428468529	4.095618938	2.332849591	3.525172129	0.230018874	0.353514267	1.77178682	0.100291895	0.10725661	0.021260709	7.33E-05	0	0.016898598	0.015578968	0.269901031	0.016715316	21.50217095
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000056	Central Bedfordshire	823	Primary	84.16923077	15043.06154	2688064	2699554	11490	183988	152786	31202	16952	2883542	1334447	1340276	2674723	13341	128998	7118	51	1	1747	1739	752	12145	1168	5072	20	1080	9222	0	10099	3611	16679	813	235	96	23141	93.61937506	6.38062494	5.29855296	1.08207198	4.473595321	0.246849188	0.350228989	0.578420567	0.125227931	0.028194491	0.001768658	3.47E-05	0.060585211	0.060307774	0.026079038	0.421183392	0.008149699	20.92755109
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	94.29230769	26879.96923	4435151	4466911	31760	367382	277144	90238	70779	4834293	2160086	2216060	4376146	59005	235031	12602	310	4	105	3519	1147	21841	6339	2760	144	308	24967	2	22464	11774	51971	4029	2585	104	35689	92.400502	7.599498003	5.732875521	1.866622482	4.861745037	0.260679276	0.464680151	1.075048616	0.243551642	0.083342073	0.00641252	8.27E-05	0.002171983	0.072792443	0.023726324	0.451793054	0.053472142	24.60410129
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000017	Hillingdon	312	Primary	56.70769231	19413.70769	2914173	2929782	15609	229585	180779	48806	38865	3159367	1424132	1453745	2877877	36296	150330	7330	271	0	594	1852	367	14868	5183	403	128	193	10105	0	11157	2569	29404	5676	5167	67	29331	92.73319624	7.266803762	5.722000641	1.54480312	4.758231633	0.2320085	0.35314036	0.930692762	0.081313757	0.179656241	0.008577668	0	0.018801235	0.058619337	0.011616251	0.470600598	0.163545419	23.93853619

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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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