Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 13 April and 24 July 2026 - Summer term

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 13 April to 24 July 2026 - Summer term, 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 29 2026 (End of 25/26 AY)
• Number of rows: 647
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025/26 Summer term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	time_period	time_identifier	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
202526	202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000018	Hounslow	313	Primary	48.609375	17305.734375	2002118	2033079	30961	125939	85126	40813	38546	2159018	972404	994930	1967334	34784	60067	6256	780	1	827	0	537	14512	33	728	1385	5483	0	1546	23699	0	233	12466	3762	22637	1948	49	21955	94.1668388128306	5.83316118716935	3.94281103724008	1.89035014992927	2.78214447494185	0.289761363731104	0.577392129199479	1.04848593203021	0.174245884008378	0.0902262046912068	0.0361275357593128	4.63173535375805e-05	0.0383044513755791	0.0248724188496807	0.00152847266674016	0.0337190333753586	0.064149534649549	0.672157434537368	17.8897780804813
202526	202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000029	Sutton	319	Primary	40.71875	15116.859375	1758906	1795548	36642	101472	68431	33041	26042	1897020	861384	874412	1735796	23110	47596	4947	193	2	270	0	544	11032	194	1404	2249	5176	0	1390	29956	4	116	9445	2932	19570	1094	41	17037	94.6509789037543	5.34902109624569	3.60728932747151	1.74173176877418	2.5089877808352	0.260777429863681	0.497886158290371	1.03161801140737	0.154558201811262	0.0576693972651843	0.0101738516199091	0.000105428514195949	0.0142328494164532	0.0286765558612982	0.0102265658770071	0.0740108169655565	0.118554364213345	0.581543684304857	15.1098901098901
202526	202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000029	Solihull	334	Primary	58.46875	16817.15625	1829508	1864456	34948	124680	81697	42983	25114	1989136	900557	908576	1809133	20375	52961	5771	172	1	106	0	505	18737	48	127	3269	7335	0	2668	24647	0	298	16986	4739	20486	772	59	19507	93.7319519630634	6.26804803693664	4.10716009362859	2.16088794330805	2.66251276936318	0.290125964237739	0.853938594445025	1.02989438630642	0.238244142180323	0.038810820376284	0.00864697034290265	5.02730833889689e-05	0.0053289468392307	0.0253879071114293	0.00241310800267051	0.00638468159039905	0.164342709598539	0.94196676345911	19.3724082441047
202526	202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E10000017	Lancashire	888	Primary	474.171875	80986.734375	9290035	9433016	142981	523400	334703	188697	127401	9956416	4555140	4625463	9180603	109432	242001	29884	448	4	3952	0	4573	39251	134	822	13634	29724	0	10437	100414	4	2402	93129	17969	70734	6865	480	94584	94.7430882759419	5.25691172405813	3.36168155288007	1.89523017117806	2.43060354247954	0.300148165765673	0.935366702235021	0.710436365856951	0.180476589166222	0.0689505139198684	0.00449961110504021	4.01750991521447e-05	0.039692997962319	0.0459301821056894	0.00134586582159685	0.00825598287576574	0.136936825460085	0.394228204205208	15.6320473338345
202526	202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000033	Westminster	213	Primary	32.78125	6198.03125	647615	656436	8821	43293	26562	16731	20815	699729	306842	321813	628655	18960	19304	2668	44	0	33	0	289	3509	28	421	266	1307	0	1130	6381	0	3	3259	1855	10505	1112	33	6918	93.8128904190051	6.18710958099493	3.796041038745	2.39106854224993	2.75878232858721	0.381290471025211	0.465751741031171	1.50129550154417	0.265102632590617	0.158918667083971	0.0062881486975672	0	0.0047161115231754	0.0413017039453846	0.00400154917117913	0.0601661500380862	0.0380147171262017	0.501479858630984	19.3570687867266

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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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