Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 - daily

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Published 25 September 2025

Last updated 25 September 2025

Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 08 September 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 37 2025
• Number of rows: 3,235
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025 Week 37

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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	attendance_date	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	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	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	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
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	2025-09-08	Primary	52	12740	24366	24374	8	844	467	377	148	25218	12080	12152	24232	134	321	46	0	0	4	0	1	68	0	0	27	6	0	0	0	0	2	116	14	189	58	55	17379	96.653184233484	3.34681576651598	1.85185185185185	1.49496391466413	1.27290030930288	0.18240939011817	0.459988896819732	0.749464668094218	0.0555159013403125	0.229994448409866	0	0	0.0158616860972321	0.00396542152430803	0	0	0.107066381156317	0.269648663652946
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	2025-09-08	Primary	218	58317	105711	106255	544	4655	2305	2350	1157	110910	52063	52637	104700	1011	1543	225	2	0	2	0	10	371	2	3	147	104	0	10	416	0	14	1174	146	819	211	222	71138	95.8029032548914	4.19709674510865	2.078261653593	2.11883509151564	1.39121810476963	0.2028671896132	1.05851591380399	0.738436570192048	0.131638265260121	0.19024434225949	0.00180326390767289	0	0.00180326390767289	0.00901631953836444	0.00180326390767289	0.00270489586150933	0.132539897213957	0.334505454873321
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	2025-09-08	Primary	182	38380	69644	69669	25	2566	1534	1032	627	72235	34319	34776	69095	549	1042	142	0	0	20	0	0	242	6	2	80	15	0	2	1	0	7	417	78	395	142	183	45431	96.4477054059666	3.55229459403336	2.12362428185783	1.42867031217554	1.44251401675088	0.19658060496989	0.57728248079186	0.546826330726102	0.107980895687686	0.19658060496989	0	0	0.0276874091506887	0	0.00830622274520662	0.00276874091506887	0.110749636602755	0.335017650723334
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	2025-09-08	Primary	30	8987	16979	17137	158	788	301	487	188	17925	8347	8474	16821	158	189	34	4	0	0	0	2	64	0	0	8	0	0	0	158	0	0	180	30	234	43	30	11439	95.6039051603905	4.39609483960948	1.6792189679219	2.71687587168759	1.05439330543933	0.189679218967922	1.00418410041841	1.30543933054393	0.167364016736402	0.239888423988842	0.0223152022315202	0	0	0.0111576011157601	0	0	0.0446304044630404	0.357043235704324
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	2025-09-08	Primary	72	17828	33617	33633	16	1465	698	767	360	35098	16488	16799	33287	330	501	61	0	0	0	0	0	105	0	2	29	14	0	0	0	0	2	390	30	282	65	72	22750	95.825972989914	4.17402701008604	1.98871730582939	2.18530970425665	1.42743176249359	0.173799076870477	1.11117442589321	0.803464584876631	0.0854749558379395	0.185195737648869	0	0	0	0	0	0.00569833038919597	0.0826257906433415	0.299162345432788

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Table showing first 5 of 57 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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