Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - year to date

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Published 22 December 2022

Last updated 22 December 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 49 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	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	66.6779661	16651.81356	1816537	1827116	10579	108557	89736	18821	20123	1935673	892552	905796	1798348	18189	77119	4184	103	1	105	655	394	6871	980	2067	35	174	9387	3	6231	1934	8058	2598	304	89	27205	94.39176968	5.608230316	4.635906995	0.972323321	3.984092354	0.216152212	0.321903545	0.416289322	0.09991357	0.134216885	0.005321147	5.17E-05	0.00542447	0.03383836	0.020354678	0.35496698	0.015705132	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	55.11864407	21022.88136	2208672	2231117	22445	164476	96445	68031	32234	2395593	1077426	1101570	2178996	29676	83332	5044	162	5	2	251	104	6394	4421	685	827	200	16997	0	15978	2558	44826	4669	1151	68	34195	93.13422606	6.865773944	4.025934289	2.839839656	3.478554162	0.210553295	0.666974732	1.871185965	0.106779407	0.194899551	0.006762417	0.000208717	8.35E-05	0.010477573	0.004341305	0.266906774	0.048046559	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	340.8305085	61538.55932	6475267	6513168	37901	390326	301746	88580	71468	6903494	3216665	3195431	6412096	63171	259819	16356	109	1	2276	5854	1608	15082	4575	5165	17	3946	29363	0	40056	8297	32680	7547	641	481	99581	94.34596452	5.654035478	4.370917104	1.283118375	3.76358696	0.236923506	0.580227925	0.473383478	0.120185518	0.109321454	0.001578911	1.45E-05	0.032968813	0.08479764	0.023292553	0.218469082	0.009285153	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	129.1186441	37083.28814	3951027	3974717	23690	310002	210463	99539	61711	4284719	1927037	1967307	3894344	56683	185947	9688	171	0	1	1585	1083	11628	2794	293	32	803	20061	0	44151	5028	44694	5666	360	156	56423	92.76493978	7.235060222	4.91194405	2.323116172	4.339771173	0.226105843	1.0304293	1.043102243	0.117347252	0.132237377	0.003990927	0	2.33E-05	0.036991924	0.02527587	0.271383024	0.008401951	Academic year
202223	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	112.7966102	25592.15254	2800057	2815835	15778	180392	140358	40034	27923	2996227	1379517	1396216	2775733	24324	123693	6863	26	0	14	1448	851	7121	3262	1182	7	1662	10847	0	17911	3599	16853	1671	342	142	37361	93.97936138	6.020638623	4.684491529	1.336147094	4.128292015	0.229054741	0.597785148	0.562474072	0.120117735	0.05577014	0.000867758	0	0.000467254	0.048327446	0.028402387	0.237665571	0.011414355	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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