Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 6 February 2025

Last updated 6 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 SEN.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 4 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• 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	sen	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	E12000009	South West	E06000026	Plymouth	879	Primary	EHC plan	66.92857142857143	50461	806	51267	7455	6268	1187	1016	58722	24918	24810	49728	733	3227	447	0	0	0	42	148	899	2	3	1500	422	0	15	149	0	220	203	283	523	178	87.30458771840196	12.695412281598037	10.674023364326828	2.021388917	5.495385034569667	0.7612138551139266	0.3456966724566602	0.89063724	0.48193181431150167	0.30312319062702225	0	0	0	0.2520350124314567	0.003405879	0.005108818	2.554408909778277	1.530942406593781	41.23931623931624	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000026	Redbridge	317	Special	SEN support	2.0869565217391304	820	0	820	72	48	24	13	892	401	407	808	12	38	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	91.92825112107623	8.071748878923767	5.381165919282512	2.690582959641256	4.260089686098654	0.8968609865470852	0	2.578475336	0.11210762331838565	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2242152466367713	38.46153846153847	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000023	South Tyneside	393	Primary	No SEN	44.68571428571428	991147	7218	998365	50880	40358	10522	9377	1049245	488731	494019	982750	8397	34038	2582	21	0	0	8	31	3258	211	6	203	107	0	385	6726	0	0	5993	980	3160	389	95.15079890778607	4.849201092213925	3.8463847814380814	1.0028163107758437	3.244046909920943	0.24608170636981833	0.571172605	0.30116893575856923	0.093400493	0.037074277	0.002001439	0	0	0.002954505	0.020109698	5.718397514403213E-4	0.019347244923730873	0.3105089850320945	15.364154528182395	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	Secondary	SEN support	11.885714285714286	196574	3718	200292	20891	12968	7923	9904	221183	89923	97311	187234	9340	8974	1459	45	0	0	0	838	1372	10	21	249	2573	0	129	903	30	83	719	564	6031	609	90.55487989583287	9.445120104167138	5.863018405573666	3.5821016985934726	4.057273841117989	0.6596347820582956	0.3250701907470285	2.726701419186827	0.25499247229669547	0.2753376163629212	0.020345144066225705	0	0	0.37887179394438086	0.004521143	0.009494401	0.11257646383311558	0.6203008368635926	26.54424040066778	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000025	Oxfordshire	931	Secondary	SEN support	40.58571428571429	718436	11469	729905	132238	83439	48799	38287	862143	340336	344657	684993	33443	55371	4728	68	1	85	0	5508	8147	31	60	9439	5728	2	283	3246	2102	108	2209	4844	40162	1584	84.66170925	15.338290747590596	9.678092845386438	5.660197902204159	6.422484437036548	0.548400903	0.25622199565501314	4.658391937300425	0.5618557478283764	0.18372822142034442	0.007887323	1.1599003877546997E-4	0.009859153	0.6388731335752885	0.003595691	0.006959402	1.094829976001661	0.9449708459037538	37.43352924713126	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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