Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 12 October 2023

Last updated 12 October 2023

Year-to-date 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 39 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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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	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	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	Primary	97	27600.13333	764978	770997	6019	42548	27755	14793	10505	813545	373771	382359	756130	8848	21289	1781	50	4	31	452	156	3992	1291	332	23	124	4581	0	4182	1657	7567	1387	103	35709	94.7700496	5.229950402	3.411612142	1.81833826	2.616818984	0.218918437	0.514046549	0.930126791	0.203676502	0.170488418	0.006145942	0.000491675	0.003810484	0.055559311	0.019175338	0.490691972	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000023	South Tyneside	393	Primary	40.86666667	9278.466667	260051	262203	2152	13504	10270	3234	2034	275707	128833	129370	258203	1848	8167	808	4	0	0	403	60	828	79	822	0	95	1978	0	1910	186	1119	19	45	12760	95.10204674	4.897953262	3.724968898	1.172984364	2.962202628	0.293064739	0.69276442	0.405865647	0.067462923	0.006891374	0.001450816	0	0	0.146169666	0.021762233	0.300318817	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000040	Windsor and Maidenhead	868	Primary	46	8438.2	236749	239117	2368	9682	7204	2478	1860	248799	117439	117691	235130	1619	5665	504	14	2	42	56	50	871	607	201	297	115	1349	0	628	241	1120	489	46	10367	96.10850526	3.891494741	2.89551003	0.995984711	2.276938412	0.202573161	0.25241259	0.450162581	0.096865341	0.196544198	0.005627032	0.000803862	0.016881097	0.022508129	0.020096544	0.350081793	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000024	North Somerset	802	Primary	45	9437.066667	260186	264176	3990	12095	9334	2761	2060	276271	128649	129870	258519	1667	7490	579	7	0	46	233	73	906	1045	65	7	251	2687	0	1083	393	1037	248	64	16095	95.62205226	4.37794774	3.378566697	0.999381043	2.711106124	0.209576829	0.3920064	0.375356082	0.14225163	0.089766932	0.002533744	0	0.016650318	0.08433748	0.026423331	0.327938872	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Primary	162.9333333	34899.46667	975190	978412	3222	41235	31998	9237	8981	1019647	480436	486819	967255	7935	25799	2306	72	1	215	298	228	3079	307	582	62	225	2628	0	3134	1046	4126	931	182	44688	95.95595338	4.044046616	3.138144868	0.905901748	2.530189369	0.226156699	0.307361273	0.404649845	0.102584522	0.091306109	0.007061267	9.80731566905017e-05	0.021085729	0.029225801	0.02236068	0.301967249	Academic year

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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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