Week 42 2020

Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Data guidance

Published 20 October 2020

Data files

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Table 1- Daily attendance in education settings during the COVID-19 outbreak

• Filename: table_1_daily_attendance_in_education_settings_during_covid19.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020 Week 37 to 2020 Week 42

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
date	Date
number_children_attending_fully_open_state_schools	Number of children attending fully open state schools
number_children_attending_state_schools	Number of children attending state schools
number_fully_open_state_schools	Number of fully open state schools
number_of_state_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school	Number of state schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
number_open_state_schools	Number of open state schools
number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open_state-funded_schools	Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open state-funded schools
number_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_state-funded_schools	Number of pupils with an EHCP attending in all state-funded schools
number_pupils_with_SW_attending_fully_open_state-funded_schools	Number of pupils with a SW attending in fully open state-funded schools
number_pupils_with_SW_attending_state_funded_schools	Number of pupils with a SW attending in all state-funded schools
number_state_schools_responded	Number of state schools responded
proportion_children_attending_fully_open_state_schools	Attendance in fully open state schools
proportion_children_attending_state_schools	Attendance in all state schools
proportion_fully_open_state_schools	Proportion of fully open state schools
proportion_of_state_schools_with_one_or_more_pupils_self_isolating_due_to_COVID_contact_within_school	Proportion of state schools with one or more pupils self isolating due to COVID contact within school
proportion_open_state_schools	Proportion of open state schools
proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_fully_open_state-funded_schools	Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in fully open state-funded schools
proportion_pupils_with_EHCP_attending_state-funded_schools	Proportion of pupils with an EHCP attending in all state-funded schools
proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_in_fully_open_state-funded_schools	Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in fully open state-funded schools
proportion_pupils_with_SW_attending_state_funded_schools	Proportion of pupils with a SW attending in all state-funded schools
response_rate_state_schools	Response rate from state schools

Table 2- Daily attendance in early years settings during COVID-19 outbreak

• Filename: table_2_daily_attendance_in_early_years_settings_during_the_covid_19_outbreak.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020 Week 16 to 2020 Week 42

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Children_attending	Number of children attending early years settings
Children_of_critical_workers_attending	Children of critical workers attending
Closed_settings	Number of closed settings
date	Date
Open_settings	Number of open settings
Proportion_of_settings_closed	Proportion of settings closed
Proportion_of_settings_open	Proportion of settings open
Proportion_of_settings_with_unknown_status	Proportion of settings with unknown status
Settings_with_unknown_status	Number of settings with unknown status
Vulnerable_children_attending	Number of vulnerable children attending early years settings

Table 3- Daily attendance in education settings during COVID-19 outbreak Pre 17 July

• Filename: table_3_daily_attendance_in_education_settings_during_covid19_pre17july.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020 Week 13 to 2020 Week 29

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
attending_nursery	Children attending nursery
attending_reception	Children attending reception
attending_year1	Children attending year 1
attending_year10	Children attending year 10
attending_year12	Children attending year 12
attending_year6	Children attending year 6
children_attending	Children attending
children_critical_workers_attending	Children of critical workers attending
children_with_ehcp_attending	Children with an EHCP attending
children_with_ehcp_or_social_worker_attending	Children with an EHCP or social worker attending
children_with_social_worker_attending	Children with a social worker attending
date	Date
nonteaching_staff_attending_excluding_teaching_assistants	Non-teaching staff attending (excludes teaching assistants)
nonteaching_staff_attending_including_teaching_assistants	Non-teaching staff attending (includes teaching assistants)
open_settings	Open settings
open_settings_to_nursery_reception_year1_or_year6	Settings open to nursery reception year 1 or year 6
open_settings_to_year10_or_year12	Settings open to year 10 or year 12
otherwise_vulnerable_children_attending	Otherwise vulnerable children attending
proportion_attending_nursery_open_settings	Proportion of nursery children in open settings attending
proportion_attending_nursery_settings	Proportion of nursery children attending
proportion_attending_reception	Proportion of reception children attending
proportion_attending_reception_open_settings	Proportion of reception children in open settings attending
proportion_attending_year1	Proportion of year 1 children attending
proportion_attending_year1_open_settings	Proportion of year 1 children in open settings attending
proportion_attending_year10	Proportion of year 10 children attending
proportion_attending_year10_open_settings	Proportion of year 10 children in open settings attending
proportion_attending_year12	Proportion of year 12 children attending
proportion_attending_year12_open_settings	Proportion of year 12 children in open settings attending
proportion_attending_year6	Proportion of year 6 children attending
proportion_attending_year6_open_settings	Proportion of year 6 children in open settings attending
proportion_children_attending	Proportion of children attending
proportion_children_with_ehcp_or_social_worker_attending	Proportion of children with an EHCP or social worker attending
proportion_of_settings_open	Proportion of settings open
proportion_of_settings_open_to_nursery_reception_year1_or_year6	Proportion of settings usually accepting these year groups open to nursery reception year 1 or year 6
proportion_of_settings_open_to_year10_or_year12	Proportion of settings usually accepting these year groups open to year 10 or year 12
response_rate	Response rate
teaching_staff_attending_excluding_teaching_assistants	Teaching staff attending (excludes teaching assistants)
teaching_staff_attending_including_teaching_assistants	Teaching staff attending (includes teaching assistants)
vulnerable_children_attending	Vulnerable children attending

Table 4- Daily attendance in responding education settings during the COVID-19 outbreak not nationally representative Pre 17 July

• Filename: table_4_daily_attendance_in_responding_education_settings_during_the_covid19_outbreak_not_nationally_representative_pre17july.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020 Week 23 to 2021 Week 20

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
date	Date
open_responding_settings_not_nationally_representative	Open responding settings (not nationally representative)
open_responding_settings_to_nursery_reception_year1_or_year6_not_nationally_representative	Settings open to nursery reception year 1 or year 6 (not nationally representative)
open_responding_settings_to_year10_or_year12_not_nationally_representative	Settings open to year 10 or year 12 (not nationally representative)
proportion_of_responding_settings_open_not_nationally_representative	Proportion of responding settings open (not nationally representative)
proportion_of_responding_settings_open_to_nursery_reception_year1_or_year6_not_nationally_representative	Proportion of settings usually accepting these year groups open to nursery reception year 1 or year 6 (not nationally representative)
proportion_of_responding_settings_open_to_year10_or_year12_not_nationally_representative	Proportion of settings usually accepting these year groups open to year 10 or year 12 (not nationally representative)
response_rate	Response rate