Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 24 November 2022

Last updated 24 November 2022

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 45 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2022 Week 45

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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	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	53	20707.8	186130	187755	1625	12328	5137	7191	1969	200083	91299	93003	184302	1828	4033	407	0	0	0	34	14	571	771	54	159	0	695	0	2223	141	4281	546	78	68	34195	93.838557	6.161443001	2.567434515	3.594008486	2.0156635	0.203415583	1.111038919	2.139612061	0.070470755	0.272886752	0	0	0	0.016992948	0.006997096	0.285381567	0.038983822
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	65.2	16718.6	155199	156315	1116	7291	5319	1972	1133	163606	76750	77422	154172	1027	3806	343	0	0	0	28	19	1064	398	166	0	3	715	0	678	106	793	395	59	89	27205	95.54356197	4.456438028	3.25110326	1.205334768	2.326320551	0.209650013	0.414410229	0.48470105	0.0647898	0.241433688	0	0	0	0.017114287	0.011613266	0.650342897	0.036062247
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	328.8	60371.6	551392	553726	2334	23436	16350	7086	4509	577162	274442	272956	547398	3994	12995	1246	4	0	107	387	93	1367	234	387	0	106	1994	0	3543	515	2475	553	151	481	99581	95.93944161	4.060558387	2.832826832	1.227731555	2.251534231	0.215883929	0.613865778	0.42882241	0.089229714	0.095813654	0.000693046	0	0.018538989	0.067052231	0.016113327	0.23684858	0.026162499
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	126	36512	338918	340021	1103	17951	9997	7954	4200	357972	166222	168770	334992	3926	7953	751	22	0	0	110	50	1066	135	24	0	10	958	0	4194	274	3060	426	45	156	56423	94.98536198	5.014638016	2.792676522	2.221961494	2.221682143	0.209792945	1.171600013	0.85481546	0.076542299	0.119003721	0.006145732	0	0	0.03072866	0.013967573	0.297788654	0.012570816
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	112.4	25650.6	243439	243975	536	10506	6843	3663	1644	254481	120593	121439	242032	1407	5458	517	0	0	0	106	44	635	123	90	0	140	273	0	1575	237	1755	96	83	142	37361	95.87159749	4.128402513	2.689002322	1.439400191	2.144757369	0.203158586	0.618906716	0.689638912	0.093130725	0.037723838	0	0	0	0.041653404	0.017290092	0.24952747	0.032615402

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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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