Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 13 July 2023

Last updated 13 July 2023

Daily 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 26 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • 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	attendance_date	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	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	12/09/2022	Primary	92	30172	53468	53631	163	2561	1217	1344	956	56192	25931	26695	52626	842	933	79	0	0	4	22	0	162	21	14	0	2	140	0	316	114	814	100	17	94	35732	95.44241173	4.557588269	2.165788724	2.391799544	1.660378702	0.140589408	0.562357631	1.448604784	0.202875854	0.177961276	0	0	0.007118451	0.039151481	0	0.288297267	0.030253417
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	12/09/2022	Primary	97	29640	53234	53288	54	3068	1939	1129	594	56356	26092	26652	52744	490	1433	145	2	0	0	32	3	293	41	24	1	2	10	0	394	104	511	120	31	104	34934	94.55603662	5.443963376	3.44062744	2.003335936	2.542763858	0.257292924	0.699126978	0.906735751	0.184541131	0.212932075	0.003548868	0	0	0.056781887	0.005323302	0.519909149	0.055007453
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	12/09/2022	Primary	87	21701	39609	39677	68	1880	975	905	568	41557	19617	19470	39087	522	815	78	0	0	0	4	0	78	7	2	0	1	60	0	536	46	280	43	0	86	25803	95.47609308	4.523906923	2.346175133	2.17773179	1.961161778	0.187694011	1.28979474	0.673773372	0.11069134	0.103472339	0	0	0	0.009625334	0	0.187694011	0
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	12/09/2022	Primary	77	19815	35289	35461	172	1684	921	763	738	37145	16990	17631	34621	668	657	83	0	0	8	12	8	150	11	15	0	32	129	0	287	70	341	65	3	75	23269	95.4664154	4.533584601	2.479472338	2.054112263	1.768744111	0.223448647	0.772647732	0.91802396	0.188450666	0.174989904	0	0	0.021537219	0.032305829	0.021537219	0.403822856	0.008076457
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	12/09/2022	Primary	62	25502	43984	44303	319	2830	1080	1750	517	47133	21544	21960	43504	480	850	91	0	0	0	6	2	121	60	10	5	0	254	0	606	37	997	110	10	68	34195	93.99571426	6.004285745	2.291388199	3.712897545	1.803407379	0.193070672	1.285723379	2.115290773	0.078501262	0.233382131	0	0	0	0.012729934	0.004243311	0.256720345	0.021216557

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Variables in this data set

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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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