Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 12 October 2023

Last updated 12 October 2023

Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, 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 39 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 39

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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	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
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	11/09/2023	Primary	97	28084	51720	51963	243	2587	1473	1114	641	54550	25316	25858	51174	546	963	121	0	0	2	22	5	360	31	20	0	0	212	0	292	95	586	141	103	35709	95.25756187	4.74243813	2.700274977	2.042163153	1.765352887	0.221814849	0.535288726	1.074243813	0.174152154	0.25847846	0	0	0.003666361	0.040329973	0.009165903	0.659945005
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000023	South Tyneside	393	11/09/2023	Primary	41	9290	17626	17708	82	727	504	223	144	18435	8681	8814	17495	131	359	57	0	0	0	28	2	58	4	54	0	0	78	0	132	13	77	1	45	12760	96.05641443	3.943585571	2.733930024	1.209655547	1.947382696	0.309194467	0.716029292	0.417683754	0.070518036	0.005424464	0	0	0	0.151885001	0.010848929	0.314618931
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000040	Windsor and Maidenhead	868	11/09/2023	Primary	46	8506	16081	16156	75	491	308	183	114	16647	7988	7997	15985	96	209	38	0	0	4	2	2	53	16	11	0	2	57	0	52	18	86	27	46	10367	97.05051961	2.949480387	1.850183216	1.099297171	1.255481468	0.228269358	0.312368595	0.516609599	0.108127591	0.162191386	0	0	0.024028353	0.012014177	0.012014177	0.318375683
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000024	North Somerset	802	11/09/2023	Primary	45	9559	17574	17798	224	626	399	227	125	18424	8693	8784	17477	97	276	32	0	0	2	19	2	68	20	3	0	0	204	0	84	28	97	18	64	16095	96.60225792	3.397742076	2.165653495	1.23208858	1.498046027	0.173686496	0.455927052	0.526487191	0.151975684	0.097698654	0	0	0.010855406	0.103126357	0.010855406	0.369083804
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	11/09/2023	Primary	163	35422	65877	65972	95	2358	1620	738	709	68330	32333	32923	65256	621	1192	157	0	0	18	28	5	220	7	43	6	25	57	0	267	88	320	63	182	44688	96.54909996	3.450900044	2.370847358	1.080052685	1.74447534	0.229767306	0.390750768	0.468315528	0.12878677	0.092199619	0	0	0.026342748	0.040977609	0.00731743	0.321966925

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 52 variables

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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