Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

Not the latest data

Published 13 July 2023

Last updated 13 July 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.

---

On this page

Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 26 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 9

---

Data set preview

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	92	29995.8	269500	270384	884	13307	7357	5950	3380	283691	131825	134681	266506	2994	5870	424	0	0	20	108	23	825	119	58	0	2	763	0	1527	386	3657	380	87	94	35732	95.30933304	4.690666958	2.593314557	2.097352401	2.069152705	0.14945839	0.5382617	1.28907861	0.136063534	0.133948557	0	0	0.007049924	0.03806959	0.008107413	0.290809367	0.03066717
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	97	29430.8	264965	266241	1276	14965	9872	5093	2765	281206	130301	132310	262611	2354	7452	643	17	0	0	167	49	1395	337	136	8	40	891	0	1691	411	2484	507	149	104	34934	94.67827856	5.321721443	3.510593657	1.811127785	2.65001458	0.228657994	0.601338521	0.883338193	0.146156199	0.180294873	0.00604539	0	0	0.059387069	0.017424948	0.496077609	0.052986067
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Primary	87	21575.4	198240	198606	366	9136	5361	3775	2040	207742	99042	97365	196407	1833	4491	452	0	0	0	16	1	386	68	10	0	1	297	0	2224	207	1216	128	15	86	25803	95.60223739	4.397762609	2.580604789	1.817157821	2.161816099	0.217577572	1.070558674	0.585341433	0.099642826	0.061614888	0	0	0	0.007701861	0.000481366	0.185807396	0.007220495
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	77	19778.4	175521	176551	1030	8535	5209	3326	2823	185086	85310	87661	172971	2550	3992	369	2	0	40	54	41	678	97	80	0	122	811	0	1315	273	1527	211	33	75	23269	95.38863015	4.61136985	2.814367375	1.797002475	2.156835201	0.199366781	0.710480533	0.825021882	0.147499	0.114001059	0.001080579	0	0.021611575	0.029175626	0.022151865	0.366316199	0.01782955
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	62	25478.6	219231	221666	2435	13896	6161	7735	2413	235562	107402	109598	217000	2231	4944	480	0	0	0	28	18	627	1446	54	193	0	796	0	2519	182	4538	496	64	68	34195	94.10091611	5.899083893	2.615447313	3.28363658	2.098810504	0.20376801	1.069357536	1.926456729	0.077262037	0.210560277	0	0	0	0.011886467	0.0076413	0.266171963	0.027169068

---

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

---

Using this data

• Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

• View or create your own tables

  View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

---