Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - daily

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Published 27 October 2022

Last updated 27 October 2022

Daily 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 41 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2022 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	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	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	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	12/09/2022	Primary	84	26726	48100	48261	161	2354	1080	1274	860	50615	23332	24008	47340	760	829	67	0	0	4	22	0	136	20	13	0	2	139	0	254	100	772	148	22	94	36569	95.34920478	4.650795219	2.133754816	2.517040403	1.637854391	0.132371827	0.501827521	1.525239553	0.19756989	0.292403438	0	0	0.007902796	0.043465376	0	0.268695051	0.043465376
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of	801	12/09/2022	Primary	77	21752	39820	39864	44	2392	1470	922	462	42256	19513	19921	39434	386	1092	97	2	0	0	26	0	188	34	18	1	0	9	0	278	76	428	140	65	104	35689	94.33926543	5.66073457	3.478795911	2.18193866	2.584248391	0.2295532	0.657894737	1.012873911	0.179856115	0.331313896	0.004733056	0	0	0.061529724	0	0.444907232	0.153824309
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000004	Oldham	353	12/09/2022	Primary	79	19221	36032	36102	70	1675	855	820	526	37777	17864	17683	35547	485	725	66	0	0	0	3	0	58	9	2	0	1	60	0	459	41	271	49	3	86	26400	95.56608518	4.433914816	2.263281891	2.170632925	1.919157159	0.174709479	1.215025015	0.717367711	0.108531646	0.129708553	0	0	0	0.00794134	0	0.153532573	0.00794134
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	12/09/2022	Primary	55	13495	24490	24603	113	1266	645	621	518	25869	11791	12238	24029	461	456	57	0	0	6	4	8	111	9	13	0	32	72	0	192	57	262	110	3	76	24080	95.10611156	4.893888438	2.493331787	2.400556651	1.762727589	0.220340949	0.74220109	1.012795238	0.220340949	0.425219375	0	0	0.023193784	0.015462523	0.030925045	0.429085005	0.011596892
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	12/09/2022	Primary	50	19931	35890	36084	194	2485	894	1591	407	38569	17590	17923	35513	377	703	68	0	0	0	6	2	104	34	10	2	0	158	0	508	30	924	129	11	68	34195	93.55700174	6.442998263	2.317923721	4.125074542	1.822707356	0.176307397	1.317119967	2.395706396	0.077782675	0.334465503	0	0	0	0.015556535	0.005185512	0.269646607	0.028520314

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Table showing first 5 of 54 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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