Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Enrolments with one or more sessions of absence, school level - autumn and spring terms combined

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Published 23 October 2025

Last updated 23 October 2025

The number of enrolments with one or more session of absence, including by reason for absence, at school level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn and spring term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 169,794
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to arriving late
  • Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to exceptional circumstances
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn and spring term to 2024/25 Autumn and 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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	school_estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	enrolments	enrol_overall	enrol_authorised	enrol_unauthorised	enrol_auth_illness	enrol_auth_appointments	enrol_auth_religious	enrol_auth_study	enrol_auth_traveller	enrol_auth_holiday	enrol_auth_excluded	enrol_auth_interview	enrol_auth_reg_performance	enrol_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	enrol_auth_other	enrol_unauth_holiday	enrol_unauth_late	enrol_unauth_other	enrol_unauth_noyet	enrol_x_covid	enrol_y_exceptional	enrol_q_la_arrangements
202425	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	3614	2013614	100000	The Aldgate School				185	163	150	83	129	61	0	0	0	z	1	2	0	0	26	28	14	63	2	z	0	0
202425	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	2000	2022000	136807	St Luke's Church of England School	Primary free school	12/09/2011		86	77	74	28	68	30	3	0	0	z	0	3	0	1	9	11	7	11	6	z	0	0
202425	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	2001	2022001	139837	Abacus Belsize Primary School	Primary free school	01/09/2013		145	132	122	73	100	49	28	0	0	z	0	1	0	0	24	35	29	36	7	z	0	0
202425	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	2002	2022002	140686	Kings Cross Academy	Primary sponsor led academy	01/09/2015		333	321	308	144	283	114	33	0	0	z	3	0	1	5	75	34	37	124	0	z	2	0
202425	Autumn and spring term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	2019	2022019	100008	Argyle Primary School				241	212	204	108	192	76	0	0	0	z	0	0	2	0	31	28	61	54	0	z	3	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 23 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrol_auth_appointments	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to medical or dental appointments
enrol_auth_excluded	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to exclusion
enrol_auth_holiday	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to agreed family holiday
enrol_auth_illness	Number of enrolments with at least one absence session due to illness

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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