Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 08 September and 20 December 2025 by FSM - Autumn term

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Published 22 January 2026

Last updated 22 January 2026

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance 08 September and 20 December 2025, 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 2 2026
• Number of rows: 1,900
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• Time period: 2025/26 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
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000002	Barking and Dagenham	301	Special	FSM eligible	2.942857143	28590	176	28766	7093	4655	2438	842	35859	13621	14343	27964	626	2008	465	0	0	0	0	43	1309	0	0	830	133	0	0	43	0	0	200	216	2013	9	80.21974957472322	19.78025042527678	12.981399369753758	6.798851055523021	5.599709975180568	1.2967455868819544	0.5577400373685825	5.6136534761147825	0.6023592403580691	0.025098302	0	0	0	0.11991410803424525	0	0	2.3146211550796174	3.650408544577372	52.836879432624116	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Special	FSM eligible	9.885714286	117868	3310	121178	25590	13741	11849	3815	146768	58731	57070	115801	2067	9419	1489	13	0	0	0	65	960	0	8	1787	3066	0	3	165	28	48	1137	1748	8918	46	82.56431919764526	17.435680802354735	9.362395072495367	8.07328573	6.417611468439986	1.0145263272647989	0.7746920309604274	6.076256404665868	1.190995312329663	0.031341982	0.008857517	0	0	0.044287583124386784	0	0.005450779	1.2175678622042951	0.6540935353755587	44.19604471195185	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000014	Sefton	343	Primary	FSM eligible	73.71428571	582361	2640	585001	54080	35828	18252	18142	639081	275294	291615	566909	15452	29874	2924	2	0	20	0	302	1983	132	4	587	541	0	298	1801	0	0	4357	2690	9695	1510	91.53784887987595	8.462151120124053	5.606175117082185	2.8559760030418677	4.674524825491604	0.45753198733806827	0.681760215	1.5170220989201681	0.42091691	0.23627677868689573	3.1294937574423274E-4	0	0.003129494	0.047255356	0.020654659	6.258987514884655E-4	0.091850642	0.3102893060504068	30.900395092534833	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000013	North Lincolnshire	813	Secondary	FSM eligible	13.8	380012	4523	384535	57373	27508	29865	11721	441908	181510	187969	369479	10533	19325	1799	1	1	0	0	2013	2130	7	30	2202	2669	0	169	1511	108	66	2002	1188	26045	630	87.01698091005368	12.983019089946325	6.224825077	6.758194013233523	4.373082180001267	0.4070983100554867	0.4530354734469618	5.8937606922707895	0.26883423699050485	0.1425636105252677	2.2629144527820268E-4	2.2629144527820268E-4	0	0.455524679	0.00158404	0.006788743	0.4982937625026024	0.4820007784425717	40.71134626690182	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000009	Trafford	358	Special	FSM eligible	7.971428571	51226	1120	52346	6015	4399	1616	480	58361	25613	25383	50996	230	3064	386	15	0	0	0	57	634	0	2	241	417	0	63	612	1	27	331	250	1028	7	89.69345967341204	10.30654032658796	7.537567896369151	2.7689724302188106	5.250081389969329	0.6614005928616713	0.5671595757440756	1.761450283579788	0.42836825962543473	0.011994311269512175	0.025702095577526087	0	0	0.097667963	0	0.003426946	0.4129470022789191	1.0863419064101025	35.147392290249435	202526

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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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