Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 18 May 2023

Last updated 18 May 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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 18 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

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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	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	122.2	27490.6	357666	359307	1641	16106	11943	4163	1696	375413	177726	178473	356199	1467	8702	879	0	4	52	79	55	1448	734	64	20	39	848	0	1561	229	1835	538	724	148	35220	95.70979162	4.290208384	3.181296332	1.108912052	2.317980464	0.234142131	0.415808723	0.488795007	0.060999486	0.143308836	0	0.001065493	0.013851412	0.021043491	0.014650532	0.38570854	0.19285427
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	88.6	28117	413059	414915	1856	21020	11394	9626	6826	435935	200392	206332	406724	6335	9145	614	0	0	40	164	31	1216	212	84	0	2	1642	0	2204	491	5869	1062	184	94	36569	95.17818023	4.821819767	2.613692408	2.208127358	2.097789808	0.140846686	0.50557996	1.346301628	0.11263147	0.2436143	0	0	0.00917568	0.037620287	0.007111152	0.278940668	0.042208127
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	365.6	67559.4	864435	867456	3021	36547	25662	10885	7207	904003	430950	427110	858060	6375	19952	1976	16	0	405	739	123	2269	360	758	0	138	2523	0	5273	832	4112	668	182	481	99581	95.95720368	4.042796318	2.838707394	1.204088924	2.207072322	0.218583345	0.583294524	0.454865747	0.092035093	0.07389356	0.001769906	0	0.044800736	0.081747516	0.01360615	0.250994742	0.020132677
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000058	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	839	Primary	64	22810.2	251901	253033	1132	10334	7799	2535	2347	263367	124060	125849	249909	1992	6436	471	0	0	64	62	21	707	259	84	6	34	833	0	725	355	1360	95	38	66	26983	96.07619785	3.923802147	2.961266977	0.96253517	2.443738206	0.178837895	0.275281262	0.516389677	0.134792894	0.036071338	0	0	0.024300691	0.023541294	0.007973664	0.268446692	0.014428535
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000026	Plymouth	879	Primary	69	18051.2	220123	220612	489	10310	6864	3446	1808	230922	108810	109763	218573	1550	5243	649	0	0	50	228	50	638	120	10	0	62	307	0	1533	258	1198	457	6	69	20543	95.53528897	4.464711028	2.97243225	1.492278778	2.27046362	0.28104728	0.663860524	0.518789894	0.111726037	0.197902322	0	0	0.021652333	0.098734638	0.021652333	0.276283767	0.00259828

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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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