Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 22 April and 18 July 2025 - Summer term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 22 April and 18 July 2025 - Summer term, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 29 2025
• Number of rows: 494
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2024/25 Summer term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

academic_year	time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	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	pa_perc
202425	202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000019	Sheffield	373	Primary	132.5322581	38560.14516	4193797	4285159	91362	267389	144714	122675	82038	4552548	2035444	2087065	4122509	71288	94583	13217	10922	1	10	0	3150	12000	19	570	10242	26687	0	6162	57648	1	864	52399	10750	56129	3397	131	45399	94.12660778	5.873392219	3.178747374	2.694644845	2.077583806	0.290320937	1.150981824	1.232913964	0.236131503	0.074617555	0.239909607	2.19657211741644e-05	0.000219657	0.069192022	0.000417349	0.012520461	0.224972916	0.263588654	18.00596416
202425	202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000001	City of London	201	Primary	1	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	z	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c
202425	202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Primary	26.91935484	8364.516129	946026	958970	12944	57061	26710	30351	17572	1016031	460181	471097	931278	14748	19170	2497	187	1	235	0	722	2633	44	185	1036	1155	0	1287	10499	3	0	10446	2824	16724	357	30	11439	94.3839312	5.616068801	2.628856797	2.987212004	1.886753455	0.245760218	1.028118237	1.646012769	0.277944275	0.035136723	0.01840495	9.84221938110156e-05	0.023129216	0.071060824	0.004330577	0.018208106	0.101965393	0.259145636	18.76323592
202425	202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000017	Doncaster	371	Primary	97.06451613	22624.56452	2447403	2501310	53907	144379	79504	64875	29309	2645689	1203497	1219146	2422643	24760	58769	6784	1825	0	1899	0	1089	6493	30	330	2285	15747	0	2274	34690	0	1196	34374	4549	24444	1508	98	28202	94.54285821	5.457141788	3.005039519	2.452102269	2.221311726	0.256417137	1.299245679	0.923918117	0.171940088	0.056998385	0.068980141	0	0.071777144	0.041161301	0.00113392	0.012473121	0.086366916	0.245418112	17.59687486
202425	202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000018	Rotherham	372	Primary	94.27419355	19127.46774	2147580	2207812	60232	133222	70990	62232	29602	2341034	1053985	1067748	2121733	25847	50887	6244	3532	0	212	0	788	4751	59	37	4480	35010	0	2384	22692	6	140	33062	3755	23603	1812	96	23640	94.30926676	5.69073324	3.032420717	2.658312523	2.173697605	0.266719749	1.412281923	1.008229697	0.160399208	0.077401695	0.150873503	0	0.009055827	0.03366034	0.002520254	0.001580498	0.19136843	0.202944511	18.44853054

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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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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