Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025 by SEN - Spring term

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Published 26 June 2025

Last updated 26 June 2025

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 24 2025
• Number of rows: 1,461
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2024/25 Spring 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	sen	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000025	Birmingham	330	Primary	EHC plan	280.338461538462	216349	1372	217721	30044	21967	8077	8042	247765	101939	107712	209651	6698	11904	1852	1189	0	1	0	1246	2280	10	12	3473	433	0	29	846	0	64	1158	1344	5313	262	87.87399350190704	12.12600649809295	8.866062599640788	3.2599438984521627	4.804552701148265	0.7474824934918168	0.467378362561298	2.1443706738239863	0.5424494985167396	0.10574536355013822	0.4798902185538716	0.0	4.036082578249551E-4	0.502895889249894	0.004036082578249551	0.004843299093899461	1.4017314794260691	0.9202268278408976	36.75131768088165	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000006	Salford	355	Special	SEN support	2.2	786	17	803	111	88	23	2	914	393	392	785	1	53	22	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	87.85557986870897	12.144420131291028	9.62800875273523	2.516411378555799	5.798687089715536	2.4070021881838075	0.0	2.4070021881838075	0.10940919037199125	0.0	0.437636761487965	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7658643326039387	0.2188183807439825	45.45454545454545	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	806	Special	EHC plan	5	71997	1094	73091	9541	6423	3118	519	82632	35648	35954	71602	395	2918	792	141	0	0	0	47	949	2	2	1572	889	0	13	186	6	0	387	124	2399	208	88.45362571400909	11.5463742859909	7.773017717107174	3.7733565688837256	3.531319585632685	0.9584664536741214	0.46834156259076387	2.9032336140962336	0.15006292961564527	0.2517184625810824	0.17063607319198373	0.0	0.0	0.056878691063994576	0.0024203698325104077	0.0024203698325104077	1.9024106883531802	1.1484654855261884	29.447852760736197	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000009	Ealing	307	Primary	SEN support	64.6333333333333	337681	2108	339789	26304	18835	7469	8781	366093	161260	168507	329767	7914	14438	1306	1572	0	8	0	152	1034	42	25	258	67	0	314	1711	0	16	2287	867	4144	171	92.81494046594719	7.185059534052822	5.1448675609749435	2.0401919730778793	3.9438066283703868	0.35673995405539033	0.6247046515502891	1.1319528098051588	0.23682506903983414	0.046709442682597045	0.4293990871172079	0.0	0.0021852370845659437	0.041519504606752924	0.011472494693971203	0.006828865889268574	0.07047389597725168	0.28244189318014823	25.73309395571514	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000017	Rutland	857	Secondary	EHC plan	3	11807	786	12593	2281	1495	786	215	14874	5882	5775	11657	150	755	114	0	0	0	0	58	87	0	8	473	532	0	3	76	0	175	12	65	707	2	84.66451526153018	15.335484738469813	10.051095871991395	5.284388866478419	5.075971493881942	0.7664380798709157	0.08067769261799113	4.753260723409977	0.4370041683474519	0.01344628210299852	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3899421809869571	0.0	0.05378512841199408	3.18004571735915	0.5849132714804356	34.375	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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