Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 23 March 2023

Last updated 23 March 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 10 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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E10000023	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	232	31599.2	425694	430259	4565	16792	12639	4153	1964	447051	211519	212487	424006	1688	9154	1123	0	0	272	857	49	1162	772	2184	0	137	3656	0	2391	276	1241	245	22	300	43739	96.243829	3.756170996	2.827194213	0.928976783	2.047641097	0.251201764	0.534838307	0.277596963	0.061737923	0.054803591	0	0	0.06084317	0.191700723	0.010960718	0.259925601	0.004921139
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000005	Rochdale	354	Primary	63	17711.2	194916	195733	817	9650	5275	4375	2177	205383	95650	97398	193048	1868	4499	369	0	0	8	24	35	317	270	28	0	0	547	0	1838	309	2126	102	23	69	22828	95.30146117	4.698538827	2.568372261	2.130166567	2.190541574	0.179664334	0.894913406	1.035139228	0.150450622	0.049663312	0	0	0.003895162	0.011685485	0.017041333	0.154345783	0.01119859
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000030	Tower Hamlets	211	Primary	60	18130.8	212526	214087	1561	12123	8834	3289	2677	226210	103769	106091	209860	2666	7118	517	0	0	0	78	22	1085	543	87	274	10	734	0	1625	11	1321	332	12	65	25332	94.64082048	5.359179523	3.905220813	1.453958711	3.146633659	0.228548694	0.718359047	0.583970647	0.004862738	0.146766279	0	0	0	0.034481234	0.009725476	0.47964281	0.005304805
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Primary	33	16497	164439	165521	1082	7622	5301	2321	1450	173143	80913	82151	163064	1375	4032	369	8	0	10	35	0	780	393	10	568	0	121	0	234	75	1054	958	67	40	21791	95.59785842	4.402141582	3.061631137	1.340510445	2.32871095	0.213118636	0.135148403	0.608745372	0.043316796	0.553299874	0.004620458	0	0.005775573	0.020214505	0	0.450494678	0.038696338
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000005	Brent	304	Primary	44	15811.4	177030	177562	532	9584	5973	3611	1694	187146	86985	88413	175398	1632	4328	498	0	0	0	44	7	1032	61	1	96	0	375	0	1404	62	1521	624	64	60	26240	94.87886463	5.12113537	3.191625789	1.929509581	2.312632918	0.266102401	0.750216409	0.812734443	0.033129215	0.333429515	0	0	0	0.023511056	0.003740395	0.551441121	0.034197899

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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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