Reasons for absence and attendance
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Daily and weekly local authority, regional and national reasons for pupil attendance and 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 43 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,267,898
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of sessions
- Percent of sessions
- Reference date
- Filters
- Attendance reason
- Education phase
- Time frame
- Time period
- 2025 Week 37 to 2025 Week 43
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | time_frame | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | la_name | old_la_code | reference_date | education_phase | attendance_status | attendance_type | attendance_reason | session_count | session_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2025-09-08 | All schools | Attendance | Present | All present | 13106228 | x | |||||
| 2025 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2025-09-08 | All schools | Attendance | Approved educational activity | All approved educational activity | 44014 | x | |||||
| 2025 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2025-09-08 | All schools | Attendance | Overall attendance | Overall attendance | 13150242 | 95.37 | |||||
| 2025 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2025-09-08 | All schools | Absence | Overall absence | Overall absence | 637747 | 4.63 | |||||
| 2025 | Week 37 | Monday | National | E92000001 | England | 2025-09-08 | All schools | Absence | Authorised | All authorised | 352588 | 2.56 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| attendance_reason | Attendance reason |
| education_phase | Education phase |
| reference_date | Reference date |
| session_count | Number of sessions |
| session_percent | Percent of sessions |
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