Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 - daily

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Published 23 October 2025

Last updated 23 October 2025

Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 08 September 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 41 2025
• Number of rows: 16,175
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised appointments absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025 Week 37 to 2025 Week 41

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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	attendance_date	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
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	2025-09-08	Primary	55	13796	26423	26430	7	939	533	406	170	27369	13061	13211	26272	151	342	54	0	0	4	0	1	99	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	0	2	134	19	198	55	56	16001	96.5691110380357	3.43088896196427	1.94745880375607	1.48343015820819	1.24958895100296	0.197303518579415	0.489605027585955	0.723446234791187	0.0694216083890533	0.200957287441996	0	0	0.014615075450327	0.00365376886258175	0	0	0.120574372465198	0.361723117395594
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	2025-09-08	Primary	220	59197	107097	107645	548	4873	2371	2502	1165	112518	52633	53448	106081	1016	1566	234	2	0	2	0	10	400	2	2	153	107	0	10	416	0	15	1334	149	854	165	222	70430	95.6691373824632	4.33086261753675	2.10721840061146	2.22364421692529	1.3917773156295	0.207966725323948	1.18558808368439	0.758989672763469	0.132423256723369	0.146643203754066	0.00177749337883716	0	0.00177749337883716	0.00888746689418582	0.00177749337883716	0.00177749337883716	0.135978243481043	0.355498675767433
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	2025-09-08	Primary	72	17946	33652	33670	18	1458	712	746	360	35128	16491	16833	33324	328	510	63	0	0	0	0	0	102	0	2	35	14	0	0	0	0	4	400	32	259	55	72	22750	95.8494648143931	4.15053518560692	2.02687314962423	2.12366203598269	1.45183329537691	0.179344112958324	1.13869278068777	0.737303575495331	0.0910954224550216	0.156570257344568	0	0	0	0	0	0.00569346390343885	0.0996356183101799	0.290366659075381
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	2025-09-08	Primary	30	9104	17176	17334	158	788	313	475	189	18122	8444	8574	17018	158	201	34	4	0	0	0	2	64	0	0	8	0	0	0	158	0	0	187	31	224	33	30	11439	95.6516940735018	4.34830592649818	1.72718243019534	2.62112349630284	1.10914910054078	0.187617260787992	1.03189493433396	1.23606665930913	0.171062796600817	0.182099106058934	0.0220726189162344	0	0	0.0110363094581172	0	0	0.0441452378324688	0.353161902659751
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	2025-09-08	Primary	183	38542	70139	70169	30	2572	1578	994	631	72741	34521	35066	69587	552	1054	143	0	0	22	0	0	262	3	2	92	17	0	3	0	0	10	418	79	388	109	184	45431	96.4641673884054	3.53583261159456	2.16934053697365	1.36649207462092	1.44897650568455	0.196587894035001	0.574641536410003	0.533399320878184	0.108604500900455	0.149846716432273	0	0	0.0302442913900001	0	0.00412422155318184	0.00274948103545456	0.12647612763091	0.360182015644547

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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_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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