Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 11 January 2024

Last updated 11 January 2024

Weekly 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 50 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 51

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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	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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1510.2	474752.8	4387527	4422635	35108	196320	110928	85392	54997	4618955	2145200	2190998	4336198	51329	74724	10738	179	118	208	1665	362	22933	10291	1935	7006	482	17329	0	23941	3668	46558	11225	1781	693854	95.74968797	4.250312029	2.401582176	1.848729853	1.617768521	0.232476826	0.518320702	1.007976913	0.079411902	0.243020337	0.003875335	0.00255469	0.004503183	0.036047115	0.007837271	0.496497584
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1644.6	393737.4	3669037	3684305	15268	153722	90522	63200	41399	3838027	1799324	1832137	3631461	37576	65778	7411	95	22	422	1779	759	14256	3132	1350	45	524	11566	1	27501	3823	28190	3686	1767	505609	95.99476502	4.005234981	2.358555581	1.646679401	1.713849329	0.193094004	0.716540035	0.734491967	0.099608471	0.096038928	0.00247523	0.000573211	0.010995233	0.046351941	0.019775786	0.371440847
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2322.4	548688.2	5168515	5200594	32079	196757	136122	60635	37783	5397351	2555288	2580703	5135991	32524	95984	12770	76	5	910	2361	819	23196	6226	1411	1247	1136	23468	2	21877	5259	28948	4551	2596	716321	96.35456356	3.645436437	2.522014966	1.123421471	1.778353863	0.236597546	0.405328466	0.536337177	0.097436687	0.084319141	0.001408098	9.26380366961496e-05	0.016860123	0.043743681	0.01517411	0.42976638
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2284.4	499991.6	4688002	4709687	21685	178355	107188	71167	50464	4888042	2300231	2342543	4642774	45228	78583	11164	101	0	706	2763	729	13122	3358	2091	55	930	17341	1	36354	5236	25788	3789	2431	629679	96.35119747	3.648802527	2.192861682	1.455940845	1.607658036	0.22839411	0.74373338	0.527573208	0.107118556	0.077515701	0.002066267	0	0.014443411	0.056525701	0.014913947	0.268451048
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1642	309160.2	2895969	2913309	17340	107445	76768	30677	19992	3020754	1433587	1445729	2879316	16653	54587	7360	67	7	471	1834	580	11862	3915	935	31	772	12619	3	11554	3339	13351	2433	1881	403076	96.44310659	3.556893411	2.541352258	1.015541153	1.807065388	0.243647778	0.382487286	0.441975745	0.110535317	0.080542805	0.002217989	0.00023173	0.015592134	0.060713319	0.019200504	0.392683416

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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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