Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 15 June 2023

Last updated 15 June 2023

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 21 2023
• 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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000016	Leicester	856	Primary	67.13245033	23137.18543	6190772	6234292	43520	438474	285419	153055	84027	6672766	3032414	3086268	6118682	72090	233702	12282	15832	2	410	2073	717	19803	3255	3587	71	4670	35521	3	49032	11937	81164	10922	575	81	34256	93.4289019	6.571098102	4.277371633	2.29372647	3.502325722	0.184061602	0.734807724	1.216347164	0.178891332	0.163680249	0.237262928	3.00E-05	0.006144379	0.031066577	0.010745169	0.296773482	0.008617116	20.68910891	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	307.7682119	65701.98013	18024892	18160329	135437	1113407	874327	239080	193588	19273736	8879197	8981281	17860478	164414	714688	52377	8355	24	3740	9313	5691	79381	16754	9004	541	16831	101304	7	76186	29174	110761	22959	754	402	102116	94.22319056	5.776809436	4.536364927	1.24044451	3.708092712	0.271753229	0.395284028	0.574673224	0.151366606	0.119120652	0.043349146	0.000124522	0.019404645	0.048319641	0.029527228	0.411860991	0.003912059	16.19308694	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Primary	58.25165563	15662.97351	4295436	4327862	32426	252219	180084	72135	44552	4580081	2115904	2140679	4256583	38853	153315	9981	1314	2	422	3924	1114	9319	1493	996	0	8066	22865	2	28370	5699	36315	1751	693	59	17854	94.49313233	5.506867673	3.931895528	1.574972146	3.347429882	0.21792191	0.61942136	0.792889907	0.124430114	0.038230765	0.028689449	4.37E-05	0.009213811	0.085675341	0.024322714	0.203468017	0.015130737	14.96925657	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000012	Hackney	204	Primary	36.13907285	9610.89404	2535581	2554220	18639	170061	122478	47583	56892	2724281	1223831	1256730	2480561	55020	95938	5353	4318	0	26	2608	387	12706	5606	813	231	207	12595	0	9174	1872	24085	12452	1136	58	18971	93.75758228	6.242417724	4.495791734	1.74662599	3.521589733	0.196492212	0.336749403	0.88408648	0.068715378	0.457074729	0.158500536	0	0.00095438	0.095731681	0.014205583	0.46639829	0.041699076	19.06389443	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	47.34437086	14095.92053	3789066	3824339	35273	244849	174765	70084	52853	4069188	1845494	1895332	3740826	48240	151925	10692	1406	4	56	744	599	8450	9136	1793	445	435	25251	6	16699	4613	42915	5857	889	59	22070	93.98285358	6.017146418	4.294837201	1.722309217	3.733545857	0.262755125	0.410376714	1.054633013	0.11336414	0.14393535	0.034552348	9.83E-05	0.001376196	0.018283746	0.014720382	0.207658137	0.021847111	17.55838379	Academic year

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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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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