Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - daily

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Published 7 December 2023

Last updated 7 December 2023

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 47 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 47

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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	E12000009	South West				11/09/2023	Primary	1636	309793	579549	581602	2053	21434	14474	6960	4302	603036	286507	289502	576009	3540	10170	1453	5	0	108	365	63	2310	480	180	3	43	1526	1	2458	762	3016	724	1881	405858	96.44565167	3.554348331	2.40018838	1.154159951	1.68646648	0.240947472	0.407604189	0.500135979	0.126360615	0.120059167	0.000829138	0	0.017909379	0.060527066	0.010447137	0.383061708
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000007	London				11/09/2023	Primary	1493	470044	867311	871014	3703	42683	22235	20448	12070	913697	422810	433285	856095	11216	14926	2130	32	6	40	390	31	4680	1421	397	409	113	1760	0	5941	854	10847	2806	1784	694551	95.32853889	4.671461108	2.433520084	2.237941024	1.633583124	0.233118857	0.650215553	1.187155042	0.093466434	0.307103996	0.003502255	0.000656673	0.004377819	0.042683734	0.00339281	0.512204812
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				11/09/2023	Primary	745	150223	276337	277290	953	11862	6337	5525	2485	289152	135945	138157	274102	2235	4689	633	10	0	102	234	17	652	101	349	1	120	731	0	3210	250	1773	292	860	214259	95.89765936	4.102340637	2.191580899	1.910759739	1.621638446	0.218916003	1.110142762	0.613172311	0.086459717	0.100984949	0.003458389	0	0.035275564	0.080926295	0.005879261	0.225486941
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East				11/09/2023	Primary	2308	547011	1031576	1035133	3557	39388	26000	13388	8153	1074521	509467	515105	1024572	7004	18425	2389	10	0	217	481	89	4389	662	287	29	200	2666	0	4814	1149	6263	1162	2596	716998	96.33436666	3.665633338	2.419682817	1.245950521	1.714717535	0.222331625	0.44801358	0.582864365	0.106931368	0.108141209	0.000930647	0	0.020195045	0.044764132	0.00828276	0.408461072
2023	Week 37	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				11/09/2023	Primary	2274	500109	936397	938783	2386	35505	19668	15837	9788	974288	459565	468143	927708	8689	14074	2151	13	0	150	561	79	2636	471	416	5	87	1822	1	8278	1099	5436	1024	2428	633583	96.35580034	3.644199662	2.018704941	1.62549472	1.444542066	0.220776608	0.849646101	0.557945905	0.112800322	0.105102393	0.001334308	0	0.015395858	0.05758051	0.008108485	0.27055655

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Variables in this data set

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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