Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by pupil residency - IDACI and urban or rurality

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Published 26 March 2026

Last updated 21 May 2026

Absence information by the pupil’s residence including the level of deprivation and rurality.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 21,213
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of pupil residence
  • IDACI/Rurality
  • Rurality band of pupil residence
• Time period: 2023/24 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	region_code	region_name	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	measure	education_phase	pup_rurality	pup_idaci	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent
Academic year	202425	National	England	E92000001								IDACI and rurality	Total	Urban - minor conurbation B1	80 - 90 %	15077	5423638	260234	4.798144714	179970	3.318252435	80264	1.479892279	1491	9.889235259
Academic year	202425	National	England	E92000001								IDACI and rurality	Total	Rural - town and fringe D1 D2	0 - 10 % most deprived	17839	6264063	564879	9.017773289	336159	5.366469015	228720	3.651304273	4785	26.82325242
Academic year	202425	National	England	E92000001								IDACI and rurality	Total	Rural - Hamlet F1 F2	10 - 20 %	3637	1281426	92691	7.233425886	61454	4.795750984	31237	2.437674903	728	20.01649711
Academic year	202425	National	England	E92000001								IDACI and rurality	Total	Urban - major conurbation A1	50 - 60 %	200432	70630734	4256341	6.02618826	2919814	4.133914282	1336527	1.892273978	31165	15.54891435
Academic year	202425	National	England	E92000001								IDACI and rurality	Total	Urban - minor conurbation B1	10 - 20 %	43522	15003371	1247451	8.314471461	652125	4.346523191	595326	3.96794827	10497	24.11883645

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 14 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
measure	IDACI/Rurality

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools.
2. 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.

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