Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025 by FSM - Spring term

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Published 24 July 2025

Last updated 24 July 2025

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025, 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 28 2025
• Number of rows: 1,437
• 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 Spring 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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000018	Leicestershire	855	Primary	FSM eligible	227.292307692308	941897	7631	949528	83707	61282	22425	23976	1033235	451618	470973	922591	19306	46877	4199	598	0	484	0	830	4751	17	12	3514	1226	0	593	5707	0	105	1418	4670	15453	884	91.8985516363654	8.101448363634605	5.93108053830929	2.170367825325313	4.536915609711246	0.4063935116406238	0.13723886627921045	1.4955939355519314	0.45197849472772406	0.08555652876644713	0.057876475342008356	0.0	0.04684316733366562	0.08033022497302163	0.0016453178608932142	0.0011614008429834451	0.34009688018698553	0.45981795041786233	26.04942651058295	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	FSM eligible	192.846153846154	1088439	8657	1097096	97744	72803	24941	28719	1194840	520397	543663	1064060	24379	56403	4058	650	0	90	0	1910	5339	6	23	4324	1405	0	325	6571	1	355	2193	4340	17848	560	91.81949047571223	8.180509524287771	6.093117070067959	2.087392454219812	4.720548357939138	0.3396270630377289	0.18353921864015266	1.493756486224097	0.3632285494292123	0.046868199926349975	0.054400589200227646	0.0	0.007532389273877674	0.1598540390345151	5.021592849251782E-4	0.0019249439255465167	0.36188945800274513	0.44683807036925444	26.838762548658064	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000018	Nottingham	892	Secondary	FSM eligible	18.8166666666667	760263	10413	770676	119818	47516	72302	51926	890494	343107	374412	717519	42744	28112	2709	3301	0	0	0	7309	3330	3	128	2624	5744	0	268	2808	1014	579	2320	9182	60314	486	86.54477177836122	13.455228221638777	5.33591467208089	8.119313549557885	3.1568994288563426	0.3042131670735569	0.26052954876731343	6.773094484634372	1.0311130675782205	0.05457644857798031	0.37069312089694034	0.0	0.0	0.8207803758363336	3.3689165788876736E-4	0.01437404406992074	0.2946679034333752	0.37394974025653177	39.00566393958464	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000027	Torbay	880	Primary	FSM eligible	30.8166666666667	252577	3013	255590	22110	15708	6402	7276	277700	120670	125986	246656	5921	12515	1041	24	0	2	0	272	1046	4	4	800	586	0	328	1948	0	151	352	1355	4582	113	92.03817068779259	7.961829312207418	5.656463809866763	2.3053655023406554	4.5066618653222905	0.37486496218941306	0.12675549153763052	1.6499819949585885	0.48793662225423123	0.04069139359020526	0.008642419877565718	0.0	7.202016564638099E-4	0.09794742527907815	0.0014404033129276198	0.0014404033129276198	0.28808066258552395	0.3766654663305726	26.75765095119934	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	FSM eligible	34.65	633680	12117	645797	128391	70368	58023	33850	774188	295654	309086	604740	28940	43565	3736	148	238	8	0	7676	6730	18	140	8109	5890	0	246	3366	1767	848	1057	4910	51308	748	83.41604364831281	16.58395635168719	9.089265139733502	7.494691211953686	5.627186161500823	0.4825701250858965	0.13653014513270678	6.627330829204276	0.6342128785256295	0.09661735909107348	0.019116803670426306	0.03074188698352338	0.0010333407389419623	0.9914904390148129	0.0023250166626194156	0.018083462931484343	1.0474200065100465	0.8692978966349258	44.48491913157511	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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