Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024 by FSM - Autumn term

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by FSM eligibility.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• Time period: 2024/25 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	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	free_school_meals_indicator	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	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000011	Knowsley	340	Special	FSM eligible	3.9857142857142858	45744	199	45943	8521	5016	3505	929	54464	22104	22791	44895	849	2548	408	0	0	0	0	151	1298	1	0	610	98	0	7	89	0	5	326	80	3095	4	84.35480317273796	15.645196827262046	9.209753231492362	6.435443595769683	4.678319623971798	0.7491186839012927	0.5985605170387779	5.682652761457109	0.14688601645123384	0.007344300822561692	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.27724735605170386	0.001836075205640423	0.0	1.120005875440658	2.383225616921269	42.579075425790755	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Secondary	FSM eligible	17.82857142857143	620077	7171	627248	102405	40196	62209	32324	729653	287010	304165	591175	28902	25153	2535	0	0	94	32	7134	2757	117	39	2335	3967	0	235	2195	13	761	5148	3422	53255	384	85.96524649388134	14.03475350611866	5.508919993476351	8.525833512642311	3.4472550650788802	0.34742542002842447	0.7055408529808005	7.298674849551773	0.46899005417643735	0.052627755933299804	0.0	0.0	0.012882836087839012	0.9777250281983354	0.016035019385927284	0.005345006461975761	0.3200151304798308	0.3778508414273634	42.55167498218104	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000018	Rotherham	372	Primary	FSM eligible	94.44285714285714	727064	6121	733185	64911	36511	28400	19875	798096	347179	362957	710136	16928	28863	2751	0	2	0	22	325	1922	10	6	2610	810	0	476	4825	1	9	7325	2947	17515	613	91.86676790762014	8.133232092379863	4.574762935787174	3.5584691565926905	3.61648222770193	0.3446953749924821	0.9178093863394879	2.194598143581725	0.3692538241013612	0.07680780257011688	0.0	2.5059641947835847E-4	0.0	0.040721918165233253	0.0012529820973917925	7.517892584350754E-4	0.32702832741925786	0.2408231591187025	29.459371965037228	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000038	Reading	870	Special	FSM eligible	3.9571428571428573	16885	858	17743	4757	3386	1371	222	22500	8321	8509	16830	55	1118	170	0	0	0	0	296	1457	1	0	344	779	0	0	11	5	63	34	167	1162	8	78.85777777777778	21.142222222222223	15.04888888888889	6.093333333333333	4.9688888888888885	0.7555555555555555	0.1511111111111111	5.164444444444444	0.7422222222222222	0.035555555555555556	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3155555555555556	0.0044444444444444444	0.0	1.5288888888888887	6.475555555555555	50.28571428571429	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000030	Tower Hamlets	211	Special	FSM eligible	3.9714285714285715	36252	736	36988	6603	5589	1014	1263	43591	16915	18074	34989	1263	3812	318	2	0	0	8	67	1360	0	2	20	544	0	0	44	14	134	166	0	848	0	84.85237778440504	15.147622215594964	12.821453969856163	2.3261682457387995	8.744924411002271	0.7295083847583217	0.3808125530499415	1.9453556926888576	0.0	0.0	0.004588103048794476	0.0	0.0	0.15370145213461495	0.0	0.004588103048794476	0.04588103048794476	3.1199100731802436	38.670694864048336	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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