Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 21 December 2023

Last updated 21 December 2023

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 49 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 49

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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	1503.2	472889.2	4371576	4406576	35000	195831	110460	85371	54836	4602407	2137453	2182961	4320414	51162	74382	10710	178	118	208	1654	362	22847	10229	1935	6989	482	17300	0	23945	3674	46461	11291	1784	694551	95.74503081	4.254969193	2.400048496	1.854920697	1.61615433	0.232704322	0.520271241	1.009493511	0.079827794	0.245328151	0.003867541	0.002563876	0.004519374	0.035937717	0.00786545	0.496414159
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				Primary	1642.6	393104.4	3663447	3678731	15284	153585	90365	63220	41381	3832316	1796566	1829322	3625888	37559	65666	7398	95	22	422	1783	759	14220	3143	1340	45	524	11571	1	27465	3822	28223	3710	1772	510381	95.99237119	4.007628807	2.357973612	1.649655195	1.71348083	0.193042536	0.716668458	0.736447621	0.099730816	0.096808301	0.002478919	0.000574065	0.011011618	0.046525391	0.019805256	0.371054997
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2282.4	499367	4684637	4706312	21675	178242	107005	71237	50423	4884554	2298585	2340863	4639448	45189	78529	11161	101	0	706	2741	722	13025	3348	2095	55	930	17341	1	36362	5234	25794	3847	2428	633583	96.35090532	3.649094677	2.190681073	1.458413603	1.607700519	0.228495785	0.744428253	0.528072778	0.107154103	0.07875847	0.002067743	0	0.014453725	0.056115666	0.014781288	0.266656894
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				Primary	1642	308925.6	2895886	2913215	17329	107470	76763	30707	19987	3020685	1433578	1445660	2879238	16648	54586	7359	67	7	471	1834	580	11859	3904	935	31	772	12619	3	11554	3339	13359	2455	1881	405858	96.44219771	3.557802287	2.541244784	1.016557503	1.807073561	0.243620238	0.382496023	0.442250682	0.110537842	0.081272956	0.00221804	0.000231736	0.01559249	0.060714705	0.019200943	0.392593071
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				Primary	2316.4	546774	5153520	5185424	31904	196322	135755	60567	37742	5381746	2547864	2573160	5121024	32496	95740	12730	76	5	910	2335	820	23138	6220	1413	1248	1136	23298	2	21818	5246	28940	4563	2596	716998	96.35207607	3.647923927	2.522508494	1.125415432	1.778976563	0.236540335	0.405407464	0.537743699	0.097477659	0.08478661	0.001412181	9.2906651484481e-05	0.016909011	0.043387406	0.015236691	0.42993482

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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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