Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 17 April 2025

Last updated 17 April 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 FSM eligibility.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 14 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• 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	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
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000001	City of London	201	Primary	FSM eligible	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	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000029	Sutton	319	Secondary	FSM eligible	14.5	285812	3736	289548	35784	21811	13973	12285	325332	134050	141631	275681	10131	16539	1430	17	5	0	0	1441	1778	15	35	551	1839	0	404	1428	0	65	860	2154	10832	127	89.00077459333849	10.999225406661504	6.704228296017607	4.294997110643896	5.083729851351849	0.4395509817663187	0.2643453456776462	3.3295218423026323	0.6620928774298256	0.039037045233791944	0.0052254312517674255	0.0015368915446374782	0.0	0.4429321431645212	0.004610674633912434	0.010758240812462346	0.16936544821905009	0.5465186332730871	31.8557475582269	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E10000008	Devon	878	Special	FSM eligible	12.9	91434	3078	94512	15041	10920	4121	837	109553	45615	45165	90780	654	6903	806	0	0	0	0	239	1661	0	10	1301	2104	0	23	924	25	2	224	183	3714	0	86.2705722344436	13.729427765556398	9.967778153040081	3.7616496125163166	6.301059761028909	0.7357169589148631	0.20446724416492476	3.390139932270225	0.1670424360811662	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2181592471223974	0.0	0.009128001971648425	1.18755305651146	1.5161611274908036	40.99526066350711	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Secondary	FSM eligible	12.7285714285714	400696	5100	405796	68896	29060	39836	23279	474692	182623	197464	380087	20609	17995	1993	8	1	0	0	6527	1613	17	6	900	2861	0	195	1574	153	317	3081	2670	33920	165	85.48616787306295	14.513832126937046	6.121864282524248	8.391967844412799	3.7908791384729468	0.4198511877175095	0.6490524382125673	7.145686044845921	0.5624699805347467	0.034759380819563	0.0016853033124636606	2.1066291405795758E-4	0.0	1.374996840056289	0.0035812695389852785	0.0012639774843477454	0.18959662265216184	0.33979928037548557	43.27798607391537	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	301	Special	FSM eligible	2.97142857142857	26980	174	27154	6059	4473	1586	462	33213	13151	13395	26546	434	1883	360	0	0	0	0	44	1667	2	2	515	145	0	3	12	14	0	152	28	1406	0	81.75714328726703	18.242856712732966	13.467618101345858	4.775238611387107	5.66946677505796	1.0839129256616387	0.45765212416824735	4.233282148556288	0.08430433866257189	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1324782464697558	0.006021738475897992	0.006021738475897992	1.550597657543733	5.019119019660976	47.43083003952569	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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