Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 26 January 2023

Last updated 26 January 2023

Weekly 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 2 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2023 Week 2

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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	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	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	56	22097.8	197811	199452	1641	13115	5616	7499	2163	212567	96962	98862	195824	1987	4456	434	0	0	0	34	14	604	773	54	173	0	695	0	2376	176	4382	565	74	68	34195	93.8301806	6.169819398	2.641990525	3.527828873	2.096280232	0.20417092	1.117765222	2.061467678	0.082797424	0.265798548	0	0	0	0.015994957	0.006586159	0.284145705	0.034812553
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	66.2	17310.2	160292	161418	1126	7639	5657	1982	1167	169057	79201	80029	159230	1062	3949	356	0	0	0	28	23	1242	408	156	0	3	715	0	680	105	805	392	59	89	27205	95.48140568	4.51859432	3.346208675	1.172385645	2.335898543	0.210579864	0.4022312	0.476170759	0.062109229	0.231874457	0	0	0	0.016562461	0.013604879	0.734663457	0.034899472
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	346.6	63587	581077	583441	2364	24619	17280	7339	4705	608060	289594	287317	576911	4166	13577	1330	4	0	256	409	94	1471	264	456	0	106	1994	0	3675	539	2564	561	139	481	99581	95.95122192	4.048778081	2.84182482	1.206953261	2.232838865	0.218728415	0.604381147	0.421668914	0.088642568	0.092260632	0.00065783	0	0.042101108	0.067263099	0.015459001	0.241916916	0.022859586
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	135	38972	360794	361908	1114	18997	10698	8299	4349	380905	177031	179719	356750	4044	8505	799	34	0	8	126	50	1122	146	24	0	10	958	0	4449	305	3193	352	54	156	56423	95.0126672	4.9873328	2.808574316	2.178758483	2.23284021	0.209763589	1.168007771	0.838266759	0.080072459	0.092411494	0.00892611	0	0.002100261	0.033079114	0.013126633	0.294561636	0.014176763
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	115.6	26213.4	247823	248437	614	10681	6921	3760	1678	259118	122706	123682	246388	1435	5544	519	0	0	0	106	45	636	145	110	0	196	273	0	1557	243	1869	91	71	142	37361	95.87793978	4.12206022	2.670983876	1.451076344	2.139565758	0.200294846	0.600884539	0.721293002	0.093779668	0.035119135	0	0	0	0.040908003	0.017366605	0.24544802	0.027400644

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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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