Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025 by SEN - Spring term

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Published 1 May 2025

Last updated 1 May 2025

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 06 January and 12 April 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 15 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2024/25 Spring 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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000030	Tower Hamlets	211	Special	No SEN	2.55	7353	43	7396	1808	1644	164	109	9204	3581	3675	7256	97	1144	277	0	0	0	0	0	221	0	0	2	14	0	0	13	0	16	20	12	122	10	80.35636679704477	19.64363320295524	17.861799217731424	1.7818339852238156	12.429378531073446	3.009561060408518	0.21729682746631898	1.3255106475445457	0.1303780964797914	0.10864841373315949	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0217296827466319	2.401129943502825	53.191489361702125	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000016	Havering	311	Special	EHC plan	3.91666666666667	30700	397	31097	5090	4119	971	223	36187	15336	15199	30535	165	2298	479	32	0	0	0	28	662	0	5	615	237	0	110	12	0	38	58	58	855	0	85.93417525630751	14.065824743692486	11.382540691408517	2.6832840522839696	6.3503468096277675	1.3236797745046565	0.16027855307154504	2.3627269461408793	0.16027855307154504	0.0	0.08842954652223174	0.0	0.0	0.07737585320695277	0.0	0.013817116644098711	1.6995053472241413	1.8293862436786692	39.36507936507937	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	301	Primary	EHC plan	39.65	78246	298	78544	7349	5077	2272	2123	85893	37287	39120	76407	1839	3645	492	270	1	0	0	21	559	16	5	68	52	0	50	196	0	0	574	284	1281	133	91.44400591433528	8.555994085664723	5.910842559929215	2.645151525735508	4.243651985610003	0.5728057001152597	0.6682733168011363	1.491390450909853	0.3306439407169385	0.15484381730758034	0.3143445915266669	0.001164239227876544	0.0	0.024449023785407427	0.018627827646024706	0.0058211961393827205	0.079168267495605	0.6508097283829881	29.846938775510207	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Special	SEN support	2.2	786	17	803	111	88	23	2	914	393	392	785	1	53	22	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	87.85557986870897	12.144420131291028	9.62800875273523	2.516411378555799	5.798687089715536	2.4070021881838075	0.0	2.4070021881838075	0.10940919037199125	0.0	0.437636761487965	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7658643326039387	0.2188183807439825	45.45454545454545	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000028	Sandwell	333	Special	SEN support	1.98461538461538	469	2	471	61	52	9	1	532	231	237	468	1	24	5	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	88.53383458646617	11.466165413533833	9.774436090225564	1.6917293233082706	4.511278195488721	0.9398496240601504	0.0	1.5037593984962405	0.0	0.18796992481203006	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.37593984962406013	0.0	0.0	1.8796992481203008	2.0676691729323307	60.0	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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