Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September by SEN - year to date

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 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 broken down by SEN. 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 28 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2022/23

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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	sen	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Primary	EHC plan	104878	1525	106403	11237	8993	2244	3463	117640	49536	52041	101577	3301	6119	820	343	0	0	92	63	1492	643	30	81	96	705	0	321	162	1642	119	64	90.44797688	9.552023121	7.644508671	1.907514451	5.201462088	0.697041823	0.272866372	1.395783747	0.137708262	0.101156069	0.291567494	0	0	0.078204692	0.053553213	1.268276097	0.054403264	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000030	Swindon	866	Primary	EHC plan	167788	4258	172046	22263	18158	4105	3691	194309	81842	82976	164818	2970	10733	1524	92	0	0	244	246	5111	2651	640	5	105	1497	0	811	721	2502	71	208	88.54247616	11.45752384	9.344909397	2.112614444	5.523676206	0.784317762	0.417376447	1.28763979	0.371058469	0.036539738	0.047347266	0	0	0.125573185	0.126602473	2.63034651	0.107045994	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000049	Cheshire East	895	Secondary	EHC plan	179175	11917	191092	41105	27868	13237	7179	232197	83689	89263	172952	6223	15899	1914	42	236	0	290	1400	8037	10045	1016	23	168	1050	631	447	956	10515	1319	50	82.29735957	17.70264043	12.00187772	5.700762714	6.847203022	0.824300056	0.192508947	4.52848228	0.411719359	0.568052128	0.018088089	0.101637833	0	0.124893948	0.6029363	3.46128503	0.021533439	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	Special	EHC plan	145351	1460	146811	17126	13469	3657	1351	163937	72034	72456	144490	861	8993	1360	72	0	0	251	114	2678	690	353	11	17	734	8	193	490	2940	34	1	89.55330401	10.44669599	8.215961009	2.230734977	5.485643875	0.829586975	0.117728152	1.793371844	0.298895307	0.020739674	0.04391931	0	0	0.153107596	0.069538908	1.633554353	0.00060999	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000005	Darlington	841	Special	EHC plan	92920	1987	94907	9132	4450	4682	1091	104039	45735	46459	92194	726	3299	818	18	0	120	0	64	129	1443	0	0	0	544	0	722	365	3592	3	2	91.22252232	8.777477677	4.277242188	4.500235489	3.170926287	0.78624362	0.69397053	3.452551447	0.350829977	0.002883534	0.017301204	0	0.115341362	0	0.061515393	0.123991965	0.001922356	u	202223

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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