Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - weekly

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Published 9 November 2023

Last updated 9 November 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 42 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 43

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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	E12000002	North West	E06000006	Halton	876	Primary	43	7801.8	73741	73839	98	2608	1747	861	735	76447	36185	36880	73065	676	1348	162	0	0	56	102	8	71	24	110	0	4	70	0	475	59	294	33	48	10066	96.58848614	3.411513859	2.285243371	1.126270488	1.763313145	0.21191152	0.621345507	0.384580167	0.077177652	0.043167162	0	0	0.073253365	0.133425772	0.010464766	0.092874802
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	325.8	69054.2	652867	656399	3532	23491	16786	6705	4765	679890	323209	325623	648832	4035	11292	1912	40	0	189	222	112	3019	727	326	91	118	2596	0	2266	730	2976	733	403	103354	96.54488226	3.45511774	2.468928797	0.986188942	1.660856903	0.281221962	0.333289209	0.437717866	0.10737031	0.107811558	0.005883305	0	0.027798614	0.032652341	0.016473253	0.444042419
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000014	York	816	Primary	49	10988.2	104727	105693	966	3482	2320	1162	860	109175	51731	52269	104000	727	1633	298	0	0	10	54	8	317	275	184	0	2	689	0	613	133	379	37	50	13393	96.81062514	3.189374857	2.125028624	1.064346233	1.495763682	0.272956263	0.561483856	0.347149073	0.121822762	0.033890543	0	0	0.009159606	0.049461873	0.007327685	0.290359515
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000047	County Durham	840	Primary	175	28562.8	264325	265025	700	11931	7378	4553	1933	276956	130226	132454	262680	1645	5651	759	0	0	64	261	42	601	108	100	0	34	558	0	2676	288	1195	394	210	39643	95.6920955	4.307904505	2.663961062	1.643943442	2.040396308	0.274050752	0.966218461	0.43147648	0.103987637	0.142260865	0	0	0.023108364	0.094238796	0.015164864	0.217001979
2023	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Primary	76	19105.6	177789	178522	733	8458	4866	3592	2758	186980	86470	88839	175309	2480	3190	402	18	0	98	86	29	1043	77	68	0	75	581	0	1508	278	1588	218	76	23357	95.47652155	4.523478447	2.602417371	1.921061076	1.70606482	0.214996256	0.806503369	0.849288694	0.148679003	0.11659001	0.009626698	0	0.052412023	0.045994224	0.01550968	0.55781367

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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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