Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September by FSM - year to date

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 2023

Year-to-date 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 broken down by Free School Meals eligibility. 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 28 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022/23

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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	disadvantage_code	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	pa_perc	academic_year
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Special	FSM eligible	110990	613	111603	17229	11099	6130	1838	128832	54177	55545	109722	1268	7518	953	11	0	0	400	470	1743	434	28	0	4	124	51	248	570	5243	69	4	86.62676975	13.37323025	8.615095628	4.758134625	5.835506706	0.73972305	0.192498758	4.069641083	0.442436662	0.053558122	0.008538251	0	0	0.310481868	0.364816195	1.352924739	0.003104819	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000061	North Northamptonshire	940	Secondary	FSM eligible	905944	10665	916609	183026	88228	94798	49422	1099635	418762	441764	860526	45418	54500	4791	172	344	106	140	11239	16532	4075	8188	59	779	4939	813	3297	4004	86141	1356	404	83.35574986	16.64425014	8.023389579	8.620860558	4.956190009	0.435690024	0.299826761	7.833599331	0.364120822	0.123313645	0.015641554	0.031283108	0.009639562	0.012731497	1.022066413	1.503407949	0.036739464	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Special	FSM eligible	85879	2075	87954	14022	11443	2579	1065	101976	42255	42751	85006	873	7146	1009	131	0	0	360	36	2761	1604	342	7	6	307	151	335	192	1974	78	0	86.24970581	13.75029419	11.22126775	2.529026438	7.007531184	0.989448498	0.328508669	1.935749588	0.188279595	0.076488586	0.128461599	0	0	0.353024241	0.035302424	2.707499804	0	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000020	Norfolk	926	Special	FSM Not eligible	185976	4398	190374	22713	18301	4412	1622	213087	92365	92324	184689	1287	10758	1852	16	10	247	910	279	4227	2520	0	7	152	1491	228	589	335	3448	40	0	89.34097341	10.65902659	8.588510796	2.070515799	5.048642104	0.869128572	0.276412921	1.618118421	0.157212782	0.018771675	0.00750867	0.004692919	0.115915096	0.427055616	0.130932436	1.9836968	0	u	202223
202223	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000034	Worcestershire	885	Secondary	FSM Not eligible	7486454	133296	7619750	570537	453784	116753	168268	8190287	3723372	3600433	7323805	162649	358898	26211	2797	5291	1551	2602	9661	46749	23783	29479	1208	9411	79259	19635	27326	5619	75344	8464	22	93.03398037	6.966019628	5.540514026	1.425505602	4.381995405	0.320025415	0.333639102	0.919918923	0.068605654	0.103341922	0.034150207	0.064600911	0.018937065	0.031769338	0.117956794	0.570785859	0.000268611	u	202223

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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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