Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 by sex - Academic year 2024 - 2025

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

Full 2024/25 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 29 2025
• Number of rows: 1,391
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Sex
• Time period: 2024/25

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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	sex	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	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000031	Peterborough	874	Primary	Unknown	1.3739837398374	103343	1090	104433	6019	4881	1138	962	110452	51138	51403	102541	802	3273	300	724	0	0	0	35	245	0	0	304	140	0	0	950	0	0	569	160	388	21	94.55057400499764	5.449425995002354	4.419114185347482	1.0303118096548727	2.9632781660811935	0.2716111976243074	0.5151559048274363	0.3512838155941042	0.1448593053996306	0.01901278383370152	0.6554883569333285	0.0	0.0	0.031687973056169196	0.0	0.0	0.27523268025929815	0.22181581139318435	14.733969986357435	202425
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000024	Nottinghamshire	891	Primary	Male	277.643617021277	9907673	123107	10030780	532813	371117	161696	97358	10563593	4889257	4935757	9825014	82659	280710	26967	3383	1	2412	14	4156	32581	201	999	19693	27378	0	7993	86840	0	896	71920	14699	69751	5326	94.95613850325358	5.043861496746419	3.513170187454212	1.5306913092922076	2.6573344883696297	0.2552824592920231	0.6808289565870249	0.6602961700625914	0.1391477312690862	0.05041845137350521	0.032025088433452524	9.466476037083215E-6	0.022833140201444717	0.039342674410117844	0.0019027616834537263	0.009457009561046134	0.18642331259827977	0.30842725576420826	12.113315961782588	202425
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000023	Lewisham	209	Secondary	Unknown	2.82978723404255	407639	9207	416846	26680	13770	12910	13932	443526	192707	203871	396578	11061	9664	1501	216	111	0	0	802	855	26	35	560	2098	0	498	4899	1712	0	1303	2871	8683	53	93.98456911207009	6.015430887929908	3.104665791858876	2.9107650960710307	2.178902702434581	0.33842435392739095	0.29378210071111954	1.9577206296812362	0.6473126716359356	0.011949694042739321	0.0487006398722961	0.025026717712152164	0.0	0.18082367211843275	0.0058621140587023085	0.007891307386714647	0.12626091818743435	0.19277336616117205	17.254601226993866	202425
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	Secondary	Unknown	1.11702127659574	41414	2146	43560	4652	2677	1975	3834	48212	17091	20538	37629	3785	1735	328	2	2	1	0	137	455	2	0	15	1067	0	92	973	14	0	53	49	1795	78	90.3509499709616	9.649050029038413	5.552559528748029	4.096490500290384	3.598689123039907	0.6803285489089853	0.10993113747614701	3.723139467352526	0.10163444785530575	0.16178544760640506	0.004148344810420642	0.004148344810420642	0.002074172405210321	0.284161619513814	0.004148344810420642	0.0	0.031112586078154817	0.9437484443706962	33.969849246231156	202425
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000006	Halton	876	Primary	Unknown	1.00564971751412	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	18	9	9	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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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