Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 22 April and 18 July 2025 by SEN - Summer term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 22 April and 18 July 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 29 2025
• Number of rows: 1,449
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2024/25 Summer term

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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	education_phase	sen	num_schools	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_mobile_child	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	reason_j1_authorised_interview	reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	reason_o_other_unauthorised	reason_n_no_reason_yet	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	pa_perc	academic_year
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000016	Leicester	856	Primary	No SEN	80.9183673469388	2004563	36312	2040875	105881	67846	38035	25980	2146756	985143	996651	1981794	22769	42875	3614	14768	7	336	0	75	5210	10	885	66	5182	0	3881	27158	0	91	14699	3211	18869	1256	95.06786053002763	4.932139469972368	3.160396430707542	1.7717430392648257	1.9971994954247247	0.1683470315210485	0.6847075308046187	0.8789541056365977	0.14957452081186684	0.058506882011742374	0.6879216827622702	3.260733870081183E-4	0.015651522576389677	0.0034936434322298386	4.658191242973119E-4	0.0412249925003121	0.003074406220362258	0.24269176375889948	15.014885446779132	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000018	Hounslow	313	Primary	No SEN	49.5862068965517	1532005	26724	1558729	80179	55325	24854	22147	1638908	750121	761600	1511721	20284	38655	3313	7102	0	691	0	70	4820	18	529	127	4521	0	1440	20762	0	1	9417	1863	12576	998	95.10777908216934	4.892220917830653	3.3757233474972357	1.5164975703334171	2.358582666019081	0.2021467953051666	0.5745899098668138	0.7673402045752415	0.11367325072548307	0.06089420516587874	0.4333373197275259	0.0	0.042162220210042296	0.004271136634881275	0.0010982922775408992	0.032277589712174204	0.007749062180427455	0.29409826543039636	14.720400297518427	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000019	Sheffield	373	Primary	EHC plan	128.241935483871	135013	5035	140048	21305	14084	7221	4633	161353	64574	66696	131270	3743	5494	1012	453	0	0	0	944	1242	1	33	4905	2821	0	100	1596	0	518	2347	890	3711	273	86.79603106232918	13.20396893767082	8.728688031830831	4.475280905839991	3.404956833774395	0.6271962715288838	1.454574752251275	2.299926248659771	0.5515856538149275	0.1691942511140171	0.28075090020018223	0.0	0.0	0.585052648540777	6.197591615898062E-4	0.020452052332463604	3.0399186875979995	0.7697408786945392	35.28995756718529	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000025	Oxfordshire	931	Secondary	SEN support	40.9827586206897	558487	22854	581341	112469	67550	44919	31876	693810	266818	264886	531704	26783	37410	3930	486	1549	30	0	4601	7177	27	181	12154	5334	0	972	9027	7471	50	2663	5093	35700	1463	83.78965422810279	16.210345771897206	9.736094896297256	6.474250875599948	5.39196610022917	0.566437497297531	0.3838226603825255	5.1455009296493275	0.7340626396275638	0.21086464594053128	0.07004799584900766	0.22325997030887418	0.004323950361049855	0.663149853706346	0.0038915553249448697	0.02608783384500079	1.751776422939998	1.034433058041827	40.454292084726866	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000034	Thurrock	883	Special	EHC plan	3	43179	705	43884	5149	4424	725	179	49033	21811	21294	43105	74	1948	602	38	12	0	0	53	1439	0	1	331	122	0	135	448	0	0	345	105	271	4	89.49890889808904	10.501091101910957	9.02249505435115	1.4785960475598068	3.9728346215813835	1.2277445801806948	0.7036077743560459	0.5526890053637346	0.21414149654314443	0.008157771296881692	0.07749882732037608	0.024473313890645075	0.0	0.10809046968368241	0.0	0.002039442824220423	0.67505557481696	2.934758224053189	29.805615550755938	202425

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 54 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_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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