Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 12 September - weekly

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Published 8 December 2022

Last updated 8 December 2022

Weekly 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 47 2022
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2022 Week 37 to 2022 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	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	E12000007	London	E09000025	Newham	316	Primary	54	21278.8	191213	192850	1637	12759	5348	7411	2111	205609	93713	95565	189278	1935	4219	421	0	0	0	34	14	582	771	54	171	0	695	0	2322	176	4369	544	78	68	34195	93.79453234	6.205467659	2.601053456	3.604414204	2.051952979	0.204757574	1.129327996	2.124906984	0.085599366	0.264579858	0	0	0	0.016536241	0.00680904	0.283061539	0.037936083
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Primary	65.2	16729.6	155199	156315	1116	7291	5319	1972	1133	163606	76750	77422	154172	1027	3806	343	0	0	0	28	19	1064	398	166	0	3	715	0	678	106	793	395	59	89	27205	95.54356197	4.456438028	3.25110326	1.205334768	2.326320551	0.209650013	0.414410229	0.48470105	0.0647898	0.241433688	0	0	0	0.017114287	0.011613266	0.650342897	0.036062247
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	339.8	62369.6	570190	572554	2364	24178	16955	7223	4639	596732	284214	281865	566079	4111	13356	1289	4	0	256	405	94	1400	264	456	0	106	1994	0	3607	528	2537	551	151	481	99581	95.94826488	4.051735117	2.841308996	1.210426121	2.238190679	0.216009867	0.604458953	0.425148978	0.088481932	0.092336258	0.000670318	0	0.04290033	0.067869663	0.015752465	0.234611182	0.025304492
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	128	36766	340821	341927	1106	18148	10090	8058	4216	360075	167166	169713	336879	3942	8025	761	22	0	0	110	50	1073	138	24	0	10	958	0	4282	274	3124	378	49	156	56423	94.9599389	5.040061098	2.802193987	2.237867111	2.228702354	0.211344859	1.189196695	0.867597028	0.076095258	0.10497813	0.006109838	0	0	0.030549191	0.013885996	0.297993474	0.013608276
2022	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	113.4	25860	245288	245846	558	10559	6880	3679	1653	256405	121511	122364	243875	1413	5492	519	0	0	0	106	44	636	145	90	0	140	273	0	1565	240	1778	96	83	142	37361	95.88190558	4.118094421	2.683255007	1.434839414	2.141923909	0.202414149	0.610362512	0.693434215	0.093601919	0.037440768	0	0	0	0.041340847	0.017160352	0.248045085	0.032370664

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 53 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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