Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

Weekly 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 41 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023 Week 37 to 2023 Week 41

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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	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	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000013	Hammersmith and Fulham	205	Primary	32	6999.6	63097	63641	544	2998	1815	1183	955	66639	30742	31465	62207	890	1051	169	4	0	0	14	4	573	65	37	16	20	443	0	236	65	774	108	36	8974	95.50113297	4.49886703	2.723630307	1.775236723	1.577154519	0.253605246	0.354146971	1.161482015	0.097540479	0.162067258	0.006002491	0	0	0.021008719	0.006002491	0.859856841
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000033	Calderdale	381	Primary	61	11181.4	103824	104900	1076	4261	2758	1503	1013	109161	51138	51757	102895	929	1981	241	4	0	0	54	31	447	109	9	0	50	917	0	885	84	398	136	81	18755	96.09659127	3.903408727	2.526543363	1.376865364	1.814750689	0.220774819	0.810729107	0.364599078	0.076950559	0.12458662	0.003664312	0	0	0.049468217	0.028398421	0.409486905
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	806	Primary	43.8	12082.6	107854	109157	1303	5829	2706	3123	1504	114986	52930	53523	106453	1401	2120	221	12	0	0	66	23	264	105	262	0	100	1098	0	1557	103	1376	87	41	14367	94.93068721	5.069312786	2.353329971	2.715982815	1.843702712	0.192197311	1.354077888	1.19666742	0.089576122	0.075661385	0.010436053	0	0	0.057398292	0.020002435	0.229593168
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000065	North Yorkshire	815	Primary	267.6	33215	315428	317081	1653	11267	7923	3344	1841	328348	156536	157283	313819	1609	5575	789	0	0	106	439	55	959	253	2157	0	64	1336	0	1891	232	1079	142	297	43840	96.56857968	3.431420322	2.412988658	1.018431664	1.697893698	0.240293835	0.57591336	0.328614762	0.070656742	0.043246799	0	0	0.032282822	0.133699611	0.016750521	0.292068172
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000012	Essex	881	Primary	390.6	91495.8	853038	857718	4680	30336	20701	9635	7227	888054	420901	425615	846516	6522	14548	1835	7	0	550	439	134	3188	761	226	51	456	3412	0	4048	705	4392	490	443	120927	96.58399151	3.416008486	2.331051941	1.084956545	1.638188669	0.206631579	0.455828137	0.49456452	0.079387064	0.055176825	0.00078824	0	0.061933171	0.049433931	0.015089173	0.358987179

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 51 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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