Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 10 August 2023

Last updated 10 August 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 29 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 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	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	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				Primary	1476.2	480122.4	4317721	4350042	32321	221176	145952	75224	50087	4571218	2113299	2157385	4270684	47037	111336	10801	49	42	157	1411	295	19780	9824	1524	5925	446	16125	1	23233	3050	40764	8177	2076	1790	700992	95.1615521289949	4.83844787100506	3.19284707051819	1.64560080048687	2.4355871892349	0.236282758774576	0.508245286048489	0.891753576399113	0.0667218233739892	0.178880114665282	0.00107192437551655	0.000918792321871326	0.00343453320318567	0.0308670468133438	0.00645342226076289	0.432707431586067	0.0454145919096398
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	2249.6	524539	4757546	4779938	22392	203998	133880	70118	44798	4983936	2352380	2364716	4717096	40450	106860	10464	65	10	637	3041	468	11983	4186	2277	28	1357	16821	0	36817	4348	25859	3094	352	2430	632173	95.9068896550838	4.09311034491615	2.68623032077458	1.40688002414156	2.14408852762154	0.209954541952385	0.738713338213011	0.518846951485733	0.0872402855895421	0.0620794488532758	0.00130419010195958	0.000200644631070704	0.0127810629992038	0.0610160323086011	0.00939016873410894	0.240432461412025	0.00706269101368878
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	1585.8	349879.8	3217858	3236757	18899	150263	93281	56982	26003	3387020	1589457	1605214	3194671	23187	72420	7199	53	0	474	2458	475	9980	3814	3889	9	697	14379	0	30232	2816	21091	2843	222	1765	465788	95.5635632502908	4.43643674970918	2.75407290184292	1.68236384786627	2.13816275073664	0.212546722487614	0.892584041428749	0.622700781217708	0.0831409321468429	0.0839380930729668	0.00156479737350237	0	0.0139946029252854	0.0725711687560156	0.0140241274040307	0.294654297878371	0.00655443428146276
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England				Primary	1769.6	395658.2	3652202	3675124	22922	162741	120310	42431	23784	3837865	1809915	1821951	3631866	20336	92421	8053	42	20	1293	2177	837	14918	5061	2406	136	1000	16725	0	16448	3448	19171	3364	549	1983	513025	95.7595955042713	4.24040449572875	3.13481584162028	1.10558865410847	2.40813577340527	0.209830205074957	0.428571614686811	0.499522520984975	0.0898416176702411	0.0876529007664418	0.00109435845189969	0.000521123072333185	0.0336906066263404	0.0567242464234672	0.0218090005771438	0.388705699653323	0.0143048283355459
2022	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	726.8	161515.6	1465761	1475386	9625	66588	42378	24210	10607	1541974	724871	731183	1456054	9707	34000	2971	18	0	372	1377	176	3347	821	1607	0	1649	7155	0	15086	900	7583	641	117	1053	244117	95.6816392494296	4.31836075057037	2.74829536684795	1.57006538372242	2.20496584248502	0.192675103471265	0.978356314697913	0.491772234810704	0.0583667428893094	0.041570091324497	0.00116733485778619	0	0.0241249203942479	0.0893011166206434	0.0114139408316872	0.217059431611687	0.00758767657561023

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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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