Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for four year olds - autumn term

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2025/26
• Number of rows: 8,335
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 Autumn term to 2025/26 Autumn 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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
202526	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Total	16377	580144	78182004	4793395	6.13107
202526	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	15702	568174	76630172	4660083	6.08126
202526	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	152	7788	1008171	61931	6.14291
202526	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England						Special	523	4182	543661	71381	13.1297
202526	Autumn term	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	867	26368	3710341	240898	6.49261

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
2. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates. Comparisons with these years should be treated with caution.

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