Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 12 January 2023

Last updated 12 January 2023

Year-to-date 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 50 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	55.078125	21018.82813	2365893	2388839	22946	198371	115734	82637	36305	2587210	1152480	1179986	2332466	33427	100792	5346	164	5	2	359	108	7776	4500	729	850	200	17396	0	20289	2878	54116	5354	1182	68	34195	92.33262858	7.667371416	4.473312951	3.194058465	3.895779624	0.206631854	0.784203833	2.091674043	0.111239521	0.206941068	0.006338875	0.000193258	7.73E-05	0.013875951	0.004174381	0.300555425	0.04568628	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	67.6875	17188.10938	2018714	2029906	11192	134814	111667	23147	23695	2164720	991013	1006209	1997222	21492	97148	4632	108	1	106	795	423	8128	1141	2171	35	186	9827	3	8110	2203	9848	2986	326	89	27205	93.77221996	6.227780036	5.158496249	1.069283787	4.487785949	0.213976865	0.374644296	0.454931816	0.101768358	0.137939318	0.004989098	4.62E-05	0.004896707	0.036725304	0.019540633	0.375475812	0.015059684	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	342	62096.23438	7051400	7092249	40849	452607	350820	101787	81867	7544856	3500116	3478706	6978822	72578	304031	17847	174	1	2568	6398	1766	17342	4943	5590	18	4062	31826	0	44954	9289	38681	8863	693	481	99581	94.00111811	5.998881887	4.649790533	1.349091354	4.029646159	0.23654527	0.595823167	0.512680428	0.123116995	0.117470764	0.002306207	1.33E-05	0.034036435	0.084799498	0.023406676	0.229851968	0.009185066	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	129.859375	37082.96875	4265896	4290163	24267	355637	243037	112600	69088	4645800	2078655	2123729	4202384	63512	216367	10402	278	0	1	1788	1174	12654	2941	329	36	857	20433	0	48824	5576	51122	7078	373	156	56423	92.34497826	7.65502174	5.23132722	2.42369452	4.657260321	0.223901158	1.05092772	1.100391752	0.120022386	0.152352663	0.005983899	0	2.15E-05	0.038486375	0.025270136	0.272375048	0.008028757	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	113.921875	25711.23438	3038615	3056266	17651	209479	162745	46734	31567	3265745	1496466	1514744	3011210	27405	144544	7404	51	0	14	1600	944	7825	3773	1287	7	2055	11816	0	20849	4162	19630	2093	363	142	37361	93.58556776	6.414432235	4.983395825	1.43103641	4.426065109	0.226717028	0.638414818	0.60108796	0.127444121	0.064089511	0.001561665	0	0.000428692	0.048993415	0.028906115	0.23960842	0.011115381	Academic year

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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

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