Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 - year to date

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	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_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	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_mob_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_performance_perc	auth_interview_perc	auth_part_time_perc	auth_other_perc	pa_perc	time_identifier
202425	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000029	Suffolk	935	Primary	247.08	45259.74667	6295465	6344113	48648	340393	260403	79990	59372	6684506	3108485	3140733	6249218	46247	205484	16963	227	12	221	325	3779	21665	134	172	11421	6252	3	5001	35742	2	1648	31274	13125	31061	4530	251	54928	94.9077314	5.092268598	3.895620709	1.19664789	3.074034192	0.253765948	0.467858059	0.464671585	0.196349588	0.067768658	0.003395913	0.00017952	0.003306153	0.056533721	0.002004636	0.002573115	0.170857802	0.32410772	14.37154783	Academic year
202425	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000007	Warrington	877	Primary	67.32	14858.28	2064495	2074908	10413	96724	67549	29175	27021	2171632	1009465	1031090	2040555	23940	56420	5497	64	18	27	8	338	4450	31	80	616	1236	0	1002	8005	0	170	16640	3081	8333	1121	69	17128	95.54602253	4.453977469	3.110517804	1.343459665	2.598046078	0.253127602	0.766244005	0.38372063	0.141874866	0.051620164	0.002947092	0.00082887	0.001243305	0.015564331	0.001427498	0.003683865	0.028365764	0.204915013	12.57045152	Academic year
202425	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000030	Swindon	866	Primary	64.81333333	16945.76	2303467	2320312	16845	120379	91666	28713	24135	2440691	1133753	1149533	2283286	20181	75148	5630	234	34	48	50	446	7064	16	70	2926	1546	0	765	14252	0	282	9703	3954	13581	1475	66	19838	95.0678312	4.9321688	3.755739666	1.176429134	3.078964113	0.230672379	0.397551349	0.556440778	0.162003302	0.060433705	0.009587449	0.001393048	0.001966656	0.018273514	0.000655552	0.00286804	0.119884082	0.289426232	13.78443251	Academic year
202425	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	57.53333333	17775.89333	2447187	2469072	21885	126680	89465	37215	38151	2595752	1190635	1221205	2411840	35347	74927	7037	175	159	10	140	486	4519	40	310	1662	3405	2	328	18088	1	61	11776	2804	20888	1747	60	22381	95.11971868	4.880281321	3.446592741	1.43368858	2.886523828	0.271096777	0.453664295	0.80469937	0.108022646	0.067302269	0.006741784	0.006125393	0.000385245	0.018722898	0.001540979	0.011942589	0.064027688	0.174092132	14.35911303	Academic year
202425	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000026	Coventry	331	Primary	83.42666667	27009.33333	3718787	3743986	25199	222243	156779	65464	61529	3966229	1810314	1852637	3662951	55836	129263	7745	275	17	2	57	1529	12592	92	67	5140	2382	0	945	21732	1	139	24098	5693	33148	2525	85	33874	94.39661704	5.603382961	3.952847907	1.650535055	3.259090688	0.195273647	0.607579643	0.83575608	0.143536846	0.063662486	0.006933538	0.000428619	5.0425731847556e-05	0.038550472	0.002319584	0.001689262	0.129594131	0.317480408	17.21212978	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 57 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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