Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 10 November 2022

Last updated 10 November 2022

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. 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 42 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	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	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Primary	83.4137931	25853.55172	1368346	1378076	9730	78145	49530	28615	20322	1456221	667068	683233	1350301	18045	42273	2309	72	0	146	439	352	3430	1240	439	7	100	8383	0	5671	2277	18523	2144	509	94	36569	94.63371288	5.366287123	3.40126945	1.965017672	2.902924762	0.158561098	0.389432648	1.271990996	0.156363629	0.1472304	0.004944304	0	0.010025951	0.030146523	0.024172155	0.235541171	0.034953486	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	77.72413793	21425	1133430	1144727	11297	70359	48983	21376	15164	1215086	555147	565175	1120322	13108	38757	2991	126	0	0	926	218	5322	1893	534	44	79	9281	0	6989	2056	10162	2169	643	104	35689	94.20954566	5.790454338	4.031237295	1.759217043	3.189650774	0.246155416	0.575185625	0.836319405	0.16920613	0.178505884	0.010369636	0	0	0.076208598	0.017941117	0.437993689	0.052918065	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	Primary	81.4137931	19486.34483	1047074	1050230	3156	57767	37780	19987	12813	1107997	523321	512302	1035623	11451	32774	2322	14	0	1	135	31	2362	993	20	9	122	2032	0	10146	1362	7437	1042	141	86	26400	94.78635772	5.213642275	3.409756525	1.803885751	2.957950247	0.209567354	0.91570645	0.671211204	0.122924521	0.094043576	0.001263541	0	9.03E-05	0.012184149	0.002797842	0.213177473	0.012725666	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	55.5862069	13680.58621	722544	727238	4694	43767	28183	15584	13639	771005	349837	360503	710340	12204	22740	1626	56	0	128	252	295	2953	819	382	5	865	3004	1	4840	1435	7504	1805	133	76	24080	94.32338312	5.676616883	3.655358915	2.021257968	2.949397215	0.210893574	0.62775209	0.973275141	0.186120713	0.234110025	0.007263247	0	0.016601708	0.032684613	0.038261749	0.383006595	0.017250212	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	52.20689655	20003.34483	1053542	1064136	10594	66037	33929	32108	13705	1130173	515365	525431	1040796	12746	27204	2356	100	3	0	136	66	3384	2492	377	597	67	7438	0	7941	959	20345	2863	680	68	34195	94.15691226	5.84308774	3.002106757	2.840980983	2.407065113	0.20846366	0.702635791	1.800166877	0.084854266	0.253324049	0.008848203	0.000265446	0	0.012033556	0.005839814	0.299423186	0.06016778	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 53 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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