Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 11 January 2024

Last updated 11 January 2024

Daily 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 50 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 51

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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	attendance_date	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				11/09/2023	Primary	1510	476239	877737	881461	3724	43024	22481	20543	12228	924485	427821	438540	866361	11376	15097	2156	33	6	40	398	31	4720	1432	396	415	113	1764	0	6019	852	10905	2767	1781	693854	95.3461657	4.653834297	2.431732262	2.222102035	1.633017302	0.233210923	0.651065188	1.179575656	0.092159418	0.299301773	0.003569555	0.00064901	0.004326733	0.043050996	0.003353218	0.510554525
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands				11/09/2023	Primary	1646	395234	735609	737268	1659	29694	15874	13820	7826	766962	361203	367373	728576	7033	10918	1458	19	0	103	335	110	2931	439	272	3	101	1116	0	6135	793	5911	981	1767	505609	96.12836099	3.871639012	2.069724445	1.801914567	1.423538585	0.190100683	0.799909252	0.770703112	0.103394953	0.12790725	0.002477307	0	0.013429609	0.043678826	0.014342301	0.382157134
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				11/09/2023	Primary	2321	550394	1036649	1040211	3562	39531	26133	13398	8173	1079742	511977	517658	1029635	7014	18504	2400	10	0	217	491	89	4422	670	290	28	200	2664	0	4831	1159	6271	1137	2596	716321	96.33884761	3.661152386	2.420300405	1.240851981	1.713742727	0.222275321	0.447421699	0.580786892	0.107340457	0.105302933	0.000926147	0	0.020097394	0.045473826	0.00824271	0.40954228
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				11/09/2023	Primary	2285	502334	939667	942059	2392	35587	19751	15836	9824	977646	461168	469780	930948	8719	14120	2149	13	0	150	570	80	2665	477	415	5	87	1822	1	8295	1105	5448	988	2431	629679	96.35992987	3.640070128	2.020260912	1.619809215	1.444285559	0.219813716	0.848466623	0.557256921	0.113026597	0.101059075	0.001329725	0	0.015342977	0.058303312	0.008182921	0.272593556
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				11/09/2023	Primary	1643	310902	580619	582727	2108	21445	14500	6945	4298	604172	287034	290045	577079	3540	10176	1456	5	0	108	367	63	2325	483	180	3	43	1578	1	2461	758	3027	699	1881	403076	96.45051409	3.549485908	2.399978814	1.149507094	1.68428858	0.240990976	0.407334335	0.501016267	0.125460961	0.11569553	0.000827579	0	0.017875704	0.060744291	0.010427494	0.384824189

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Table showing first 5 of 52 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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