Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 20 February 2025

Last updated 20 February 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 sex.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 6 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Sex
• 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	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	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Special	Male	20.685714285714287	237333	1555	238888	26296	19449	6847	2228	265184	117359	118230	235589	1744	13896	2217	74	0	0	14	87	2417	0	14	730	429	1	52	1072	1	0	1093	484	5241	29	90.08386629660914	9.916133703390853	7.334152890068782	2.5819808133220707	5.240135151442018	0.836023289489562	0.4121666465548449	1.9763635815132135	0.1825147821889707	0.010935803065041633	0.02790515264872692	0.0	0.0	0.0328074091951249	0.0	0.005279353203813202	0.27528055991311695	0.9114426209726076	29.477422628107558	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000024	Nottinghamshire	891	Primary	Female	279.81538461538463	3316239	23062	3339301	170141	118348	51793	32959	3509442	1633153	1655168	3288321	27918	98101	7910	86	2	541	24	138	9754	161	60	1571	1905	0	1319	19801	0	37	24395	5041	20784	1573	95.15190734025522	4.848092659744768	3.3722739968348243	1.4758186629099441	2.7953446730277918	0.22539195689799119	0.6951247520261056	0.592230901664709	0.14364106886507885	0.04482194035405059	0.002450532021899778	5.698911678836692E-5	0.015415556091253254	0.003932249058397318	0.004587623901463537	0.001709673503651008	0.04476495123726222	0.2779359225768655	14.272945046301261	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	896	Special	Male	9.9	90006	1693	91699	9851	7639	2212	987	101550	44405	44862	89267	739	4810	834	0	2	0	12	143	1462	0	2	374	705	0	322	536	93	37	369	248	1543	52	90.29935992122108	9.700640078778926	7.522402757262432	2.178237321516494	4.736582964057115	0.8212703101920236	0.36336779911373707	1.5194485475135402	0.2442146725750862	0.05120630231413097	0.0	0.0019694731659281144	0.0	0.14081733136386015	0.0	0.0019694731659281144	0.3682914820285574	1.4396848842934515	31.25827814569536	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000041	Wokingham	872	Primary	Female	54.542857142857144	841239	10399	851638	39095	31124	7971	8099	890733	414402	419735	834137	7102	24831	2118	48	6	20	2	88	2286	21	655	1049	642	0	1665	8072	1	19	4046	997	2595	333	95.61091819883175	4.389081801168252	3.494200843574898	0.8948809575933528	2.7877040594656313	0.23778169215690897	0.45423263761418964	0.29133309308176525	0.11193028662910211	0.037384940268295884	0.00538882021885346	6.736025273566826E-4	0.0022453417578556087	0.00987950373456468	0.0023576088457483895	0.07353494256977118	0.11776817519952669	0.25664256292289606	12.155788833105127	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	806	Primary	Female	40.55714285714286	732269	6852	739121	41480	26703	14777	15717	780601	352605	365359	717964	14305	23649	1460	3	0	16	0	23	1366	39	4	143	39	0	1465	5255	0	93	5767	1412	7438	160	94.68614567493509	5.313854325064918	3.420825748365682	1.8930285766992356	3.029588739958058	0.1870353740259108	0.7387897274023477	0.9528555561676196	0.18088626583875755	0.020497027290510773	3.8431926169707703E-4	0.0	0.0020497027290510774	0.002946447673010924	0.004996150402062001	5.124256822627693E-4	0.018319218140894003	0.17499337049273572	18.06385521598088	202425

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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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