Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 13 April and 24 July 2026 by FSM - Summer term

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 13 April to 24 July 2026, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by FSM eligibility.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 29 2026 (End of 25/26 AY)
• Number of rows: 1,828
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Authorised appointments absence rate
  • Authorised exclusions absence rate
  • Authorised illness absence rate
  • Authorised interview rate
  • Authorised mobile child absence rate
  • Authorised other absence rate
  • Authorised part-time timetable rate
  • Authorised regulated performance rate
  • Authorised religious observance absence rate
  • Authorised study leave absence rate
  • Morning sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Persistent absence rate
  • Sessions marked as absence
  • Sessions marked as approved education off site
  • Sessions marked as approved educational activity
  • Sessions marked as approved educational provision
  • Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
  • Sessions marked as approved interview
  • Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
  • Sessions marked as approved work experience
  • Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
  • Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
  • Sessions marked as authorised absence
  • Sessions marked as authorised excluded
  • Sessions marked as authorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as authorised illness
  • Sessions marked as authorised interview
  • Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
  • Sessions marked as authorised mobile child absence
  • Sessions marked as authorised other
  • Sessions marked as authorised part-time timetable
  • Sessions marked as authorised regulated performance
  • Sessions marked as authorised study leave
  • Sessions marked as late
  • Sessions marked as late before registers closed
  • Sessions marked as no reason yet
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
  • Sessions marked as unauthorised other
  • Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
  • Total possible sessions
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised holiday absence rate
  • Unauthorised late absence rate
  • Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
  • Unauthorised other absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• Time period: 2025/26 Summer 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	free_school_meals_indicator	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
202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Secondary	FSM eligible	15.8474576271186	441685	15530	457215	90312	34399	55913	30781	547527	197907	217370	415277	26408	18009	1905	6	1157	40	0	5112	3459	35	72	4604	2859	0	204	7170	3688	1609	4582	4373	46568	390	83.5054709630758	16.494529036924206	6.282612546961154	10.211916489963052	3.289152863694393	0.34792804738396466	0.8368537076710373	8.505151344134628	0.7986820741260248	0.07122936403136285	0.0010958363697132745	0.21131377995970974	0.007305575798088496	0.9336525869957097	0.006392378823327434	0.013150036436559293	0.8408717743599858	0.6317496671397027	43.45853747051352	202526
202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000008	Blackburn with Darwen	889	Special	FSM eligible	2.984375	22893	89	22982	3631	2344	1287	166	26613	11442	11382	22824	69	1487	290	0	28	0	0	134	67	0	0	338	67	0	0	21	1	0	133	97	1037	20	86.35629203772592	13.643707962274076	8.807725547664676	4.8359824146094015	5.587494833352121	1.0896930071769437	0.4997557584639086	3.896591891181002	0.36448352309021903	0.07515124187427197	0.0	0.10521173862398077	0.0	0.5035133205576222	0.0	0.0	1.2700559876751962	0.2517566602788111	38.22222222222222	202526
202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000023	Lewisham	209	Primary	FSM eligible	63.28125	544795	9860	554655	52186	26921	25265	22669	606841	253388	271931	525319	19476	16348	2308	20	0	0	0	89	6729	28	959	440	1313	0	725	7581	0	241	3322	3193	17317	1433	91.40038329644833	8.599616703551671	4.4362526592633	4.163364044288373	2.6939511338225333	0.38033026773075645	0.547425108059607	2.8536305226575	0.5261674804438066	0.23614093312745843	0.0032957562195039553	0.0	0.0	0.014666115176792602	0.004614058707305538	0.15803151072521468	0.07250663682908702	1.1088571800521059	30.12168362258129	202526
202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000023	South Tyneside	393	Special	FSM eligible	3.94915254237288	36118	976	37094	4705	3022	1683	89	41799	18108	17934	36042	76	1855	345	0	0	0	0	79	709	0	10	24	491	0	27	380	78	0	254	13	1411	5	88.7437498504749	11.256250149525108	7.2298380344027375	4.026412115122372	4.437905213043374	0.8253785975741047	0.607670039953109	3.375678843991483	0.0311012225172851	0.01196200866049427	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.18899973683580948	0.0	0.02392401732098854	0.05741764157037249	1.6962128280580875	30.900243309002434	202526
202526	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Special	FSM eligible	9.63768115942029	81063	888	81951	10821	7424	3397	763	92772	40477	40112	80589	474	3531	1196	0	0	0	0	140	1476	2	6	1073	276	0	6	548	26	32	688	289	2286	134	88.33592032078644	11.664079679213556	8.002414521622905	3.6616651575906523	3.8061052903893415	1.2891820808002414	0.7416030698917777	2.464105549088087	0.3115164058120985	0.14444013279868925	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1509076014314664	0.0021558228775923768	0.006467468632777131	1.1565989738283102	1.590997283663174	33.37696335078534	202526

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 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
auth_mob_perc	Authorised mobile child absence rate
auth_other_perc	Authorised other absence rate
auth_part_time_perc	Authorised part-time timetable rate
auth_performance_perc	Authorised regulated performance rate
auth_religious_perc	Authorised religious observance absence rate
auth_study_perc	Authorised study leave absence rate
authorised_absence	Sessions marked as authorised absence
authorised_absence_perc	Authorised absence rate
education_phase	Education Phase
free_school_meals_indicator	Free school meal eligibility
illness_perc	Authorised illness absence rate
late_sessions	Sessions marked as late
overall_absence	Sessions marked as absence
overall_absence_perc	Overall absence rate
overall_attendance	Sessions marked at attending (including approved educational activity)
pa_perc	Persistent absence rate
possible_sessions	Total possible sessions
present_sessions	Sessions marked as attending (including late before registers closed)
reason_b_aea_education_off_site	Sessions marked as approved education off site
reason_c_authorised_other	Sessions marked as authorised other
reason_c1_authorised_regulated_performance	Sessions marked as authorised regulated performance
reason_c2_authorised_temp_reduced_timetable	Sessions marked as authorised part-time timetable
reason_e_authorised_excluded	Sessions marked as authorised excluded
reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	Sessions marked as unauthorised holiday
reason_h_authorised_holiday	Sessions marked as authorised holiday
reason_i_authorised_illness	Sessions marked as authorised illness
reason_j_aea_interview	Sessions marked as approved interview
reason_j1_authorised_interview	Sessions marked as authorised interview
reason_k_aea_education_arranged_by_la	Sessions marked as approved educational provision
reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	Sessions marked as late before registers closed
reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	Sessions marked as authorised medical or dental appointments
reason_n_no_reason_yet	Sessions marked as no reason yet
reason_o_other_unauthorised	Sessions marked as unauthorised other
reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	Sessions marked as approved sporting activity
reason_present	Sessions marked as attending (excluding late before registers closed)
reason_present_am	Morning sessions
reason_present_pm	Afternoon sessions
reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	Sessions marked as authorised religious observance
reason_s_authorised_study_leave	Sessions marked as authorised study leave
reason_t_authorised_mobile_child	Sessions marked as authorised mobile child absence
reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	Sessions marked as unauthorised late after registers closed
reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	Sessions marked as approved educational visit or trip
reason_w_aea_work_experience	Sessions marked as approved work experience
unauth_hol_perc	Unauthorised holiday absence rate
unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	Unauthorised late absence rate
unauth_not_yet_perc	Unauthorised no reason yet absence rate
unauth_oth_perc	Unauthorised other absence rate
unauthorised_absence	Sessions marked as unauthorised absence
unauthorised_absence_perc	Unauthorised absence rate

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