Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 12 September and 16 December 2022 - Autumn term

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Published 23 March 2023

Last updated 23 March 2023

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 12 September and 16 December  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 10 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	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	pa_perc
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E10000023	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	229.9230769	30949.09231	5320285	5367421	47136	328921	270559	58362	38824	5696342	2640048	2648040	5288088	32197	227259	14023	144	0	2391	9611	1084	15609	9398	27978	34	7195	30509	0	29084	6627	19713	2938	438	300	43739	94.22575049	5.77424951	4.749697262	1.024552248	3.989560318	0.246175528	0.510573277	0.346064193	0.116337818	0.051576959	0.002527938	0	0.041974306	0.168722313	0.019029756	0.274017957	0.007689145	17.88849936
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000005	Rochdale	354	Primary	63.8	17744.15385	2460015	2470507	10492	169125	109329	59796	37384	2639632	1200010	1228435	2428445	31570	97045	5230	52	2	163	609	873	5225	1279	235	1	284	8927	1	17687	5814	33347	2948	130	69	22828	93.59285688	6.407143117	4.141827346	2.265315771	3.676459446	0.198133679	0.670055523	1.263320039	0.220257975	0.111682234	0.001969972	7.58E-05	0.006175103	0.023071398	0.033072792	0.197944259	0.004924929	21.22065728
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000030	Tower Hamlets	211	Primary	59.86153846	17947.2	2636033	2659942	23909	234992	189155	45837	46362	2894934	1276984	1313279	2590263	45770	169117	6826	138	4	2	1749	275	10627	2935	348	1838	458	18678	0	20166	592	22464	2615	415	65	25332	91.88264741	8.117352589	6.53400043	1.583352159	5.841825755	0.235791213	0.696596192	0.77597624	0.020449516	0.090330211	0.004766948	0.000138172	6.91E-05	0.060415885	0.009499353	0.367089543	0.014335387	30.6708403
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Primary	32.24615385	15202.8	1925957	1944746	18789	135282	112840	22442	24783	2080028	944363	957759	1902122	23835	99244	4678	199	0	222	508	84	7431	2503	52	1976	607	13703	0	3677	948	12294	5523	474	40	21791	93.49614524	6.503854756	5.424926972	1.078927784	4.771281925	0.224900819	0.176776466	0.591049736	0.04557631	0.265525272	0.009567179	0	0.010672933	0.024422748	0.004038407	0.357254806	0.022788155	21.97284736
202223	202223	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000005	Brent	304	Primary	43.53846154	15414.86154	2235352	2247959	12607	152086	118584	33502	30347	2400045	1091855	1114251	2206106	29246	101922	5835	110	6	0	1222	269	8415	1055	72	849	424	10279	0	8708	1101	17551	6142	805	60	26240	93.66320215	6.336797852	4.940907358	1.395890494	4.246670375	0.243120441	0.36282653	0.731277955	0.04587414	0.255911868	0.004583247	0.000249995	0	0.050915712	0.011208123	0.350618426	0.033541038	21.59960197

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Table showing first 5 of 54 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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