Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence - school level - autumn term

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

School level absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2025/26
• Number of rows: 211,802
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised holiday rate
  • Authorised other rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2025/26 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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	school_name	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_interview	sess_auth_reg_performance	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_q_la_arrangements	sess_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_interview_rate	sess_auth_reg_performance_rate	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	sess_x_covid_rate
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	The Aldgate School	3614	2013614	100000					176	24853	976	752	224	3.92709	3.02579	0.9013	15	8.52273	0	0	632	60	1	0	0	z	z	10	29	0	0	20	752	88	80	53	3	224	976	z	1	0	2.54295	0.24142	0.00402	0	0	z	z	0.04024	0.11669	0	0	0.08047	3.0257900000000002	0.3540800000000000	0.3218900000000000	0.2132500000000000	0.01207	0.9013000000000000	3.9270900000000002	z
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Argyle Primary School	2019	2022019	100008					222	31591	1798	1153	645	5.69149	3.64977	2.04172	47	21.17117	1	0.45045	929	76	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0	0	148	1153	253	114	278	0	645	1798	z	0	0	2.94071	0.24057	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0	0	0.46849	3.64977	0.80086	0.36086	0.88	0	2.04172	5.69149	z
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded secondary	Hampstead School	4275	2024275	100052					942	124894	10510	8108	2402	8.41514	6.49191	1.92323	214	22.71762	36	3.82166	5689	559	8	0	1	z	z	509	23	23	565	731	8108	97	163	2138	4	2402	10510	z	5791	2	4.55506	0.44758	0.00641	0	0.0008	z	z	0.40755	0.01842	0.01842	0.45238	0.5853	6.49191	0.07767	0.13051	1.71185	0.0032	1.92323	8.41514	z
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School	3441	2023441	100040					154	22214	1375	1107	268	6.18979	4.98334	1.20645	32	20.77922	0	0	982	68	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	2	2	53	1107	156	14	98	0	268	1375	z	0	0	4.42064	0.30611	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0.009	0.009	0.23859	4.98334	0.70226	0.06302	0.44116	0	1.20645	6.18979	z
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded secondary	Acland Burghley School	4285	2024285	100053					931	129853	10354	7769	2585	7.97363	5.98292	1.99071	208	22.34157	30	3.22234	6304	306	32	0	0	z	z	233	7	1	101	785	7769	128	247	2210	0	2585	10354	z	389	0	4.85472	0.23565	0.02464	0	0	z	z	0.1794300000000000	0.00539	0.00077	0.07778	0.60453	5.98292	0.09857	0.19022	1.70192	0	1.99071	7.97363	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 55 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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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. Comparisons with these years should be treated with caution.

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