Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 1 April and 21 July 2023 by gender - Summer term

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Published 10 August 2023

Last updated 10 August 2023

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 01 April and 21 July 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by gender. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

Data set details

Theme: Pupils and schools
Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
Release: Week 29 2023
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Afternoon sessions
Attendance rate
Authorised absence rate
Filters: Gender
School Type
Time period: 2022/23 Summer term

Data set preview

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	gender	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	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000015	Derby	831	Secondary	Female	436225	9814	446039	50067	29022	21045	17907	496106	206629	212779	419408	16817	17731	2064	2377	300	1	407	1381	4761	2215	3216	131	533	6149	786	3350	1090	16058	547	0	89.90800353	10.09199647	5.849959484	4.242036984	3.574034581	0.41604012	0.675258916	3.236808263	0.21971111	0.110258695	0.479131476	0.060470948	0.00020157	0.082038919	0.278367929	0.959673941	0	31.09666597	202223
202223	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Secondary	Male	1247867	48807	1296674	134587	76421	58166	37689	1431261	637379	575377	1212756	35111	46093	4765	234	1886	235	984	7339	14700	11735	3335	170	2237	20649	14016	8271	2578	45512	1805	185	90.59661376	9.403386245	5.339417479	4.063968766	3.220446865	0.332923205	0.577882022	3.17985329	0.180120886	0.126112568	0.016349219	0.131771913	0.016419088	0.068750563	0.512764618	1.027066342	0.012925665	26.20506385	202223
202223	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000041	Wokingham	872	Secondary	Male	396525	15631	412156	39806	28932	10874	19231	451962	185102	193310	378412	18113	14380	1375	1357	7620	4	190	893	3107	1891	1034	36	1000	9728	2976	1264	1118	7663	829	6	91.19262239	8.807377611	6.401423128	2.405954483	3.181683416	0.304229117	0.27966953	1.695496524	0.247365929	0.1834225	0.300246481	1.68598245	0.00088503	0.042038932	0.197582983	0.687447175	0.001327545	30.03003003	202223
202223	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	North Tyneside	392	Special	Male	41137	1170	42307	4511	2809	1702	261	46818	20392	20510	40902	235	1606	542	21	16	0	44	30	550	947	74	0	0	223	0	563	26	882	231	0	90.36481695	9.635183049	5.999829126	3.635353924	3.430304584	1.157674399	1.202528942	1.883890811	0.055534196	0.493399974	0.044854543	0.03417489	0	0.093980947	0.064077919	1.174761844	0	27.35849057	202223
202223	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000012	Liverpool	341	Secondary	Male	924549	23916	948465	131024	56162	74862	57171	1079489	412600	457629	870229	54320	30675	4284	4186	1911	1	259	6647	8181	4438	10963	251	3402	11522	4303	8499	2851	60494	3018	18	87.86240527	12.13759473	5.202646808	6.934947924	2.841622286	0.396854438	0.787316962	5.603947794	0.264106443	0.279576726	0.387776068	0.177028205	9.26E-05	0.023992834	0.615754306	0.757858579	0.001667456	34.63692197	202223

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

Footnotes

At local authority level, due to data only being representative of those schools currently participating in daily data sharing, it is possible there will be differences between absence rates presented here and in the termly school census based absence publication.

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