Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence as a percentage of possible sessions by band - autumn term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

The number of pupil enrolments by overall, authorised and unauthorised absence percentage point bands.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 6,732
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
  • Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for non-attendance due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Filters:
  • Absence percentage band
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 Autumn term to 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	education_phase	percent_bands	enrolments_overall	enrolments_overall_percent	enrolments_authorised	enrolments_authorised_percent	enrolments_unauthorised	enrolments_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_sess_x_covid	enrolments_sess_x_covid_percent	enrolments_illness	enrolments_illness_percent
202425	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	7218088	100	7218088	100	7218088	100	z	z	7218088	100
202425	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0	1521409	21.0777	1937166	26.8377	5001435	69.2903	z	z	2531431	35.0707
202425	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	0.01 - 0.99	314777	4.36095	344478	4.77243	318964	4.41895	z	z	173000	2.39676
202425	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	1.00 - 1.99	853054	11.8183	982326	13.6092	539302	7.47154	z	z	1105082	15.3099
202425	Autumn term	National	E92000001	England	Total	2.00 - 2.99	897902	12.4396	971667	13.4616	326097	4.51778	z	z	938379	13.0004

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments_authorised	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_authorised_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for authorised absence
enrolments_illness	Number of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence
enrolments_illness_percent	Percentage of all pupil enrolments that fall into that per cent band for illness absence

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Data for special schools is available from 2016/17 to present.
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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