Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 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 sex.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 29 2025
• Number of rows: 1,314
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Sex
• 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	sex	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	E12000002	North West	E06000063	Cumberland	942	Primary	Unknown	1.016949153	3099	45	3144	142	98	44	2	3286	1569	1528	3097	2	93	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	36	0	0	44	0	0	0	95.67863664029215	4.321363359707851	2.982349360925137	1.3390139987827145	2.8301886792452833	0.091296409	1.3390139987827145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.060864273	0	10.344827586206897	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	Gateshead	390	Special	Unknown	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	Female	154.8666667	2237226	11894	2249120	143938	98688	45250	40020	2393058	1084824	1118019	2202843	34383	71222	5727	12781	3	12	0	542	7172	24	24	1181	922	0	544	10145	0	283	12354	5637	26325	934	93.98518548234101	6.014814517658995	4.123928463079457	1.890886054579538	2.976191968602516	0.23931722507352518	0.5162432335530522	1.1000569146255543	0.23555634673292497	0.03902956	0.5340865119023442	1.2536261135333954E-4	5.014504454133582E-4	0.022648845117836675	0.001002901	0.001002901	0.049351081336097995	0.29970021620871706	19.58396980860814	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000030	Walsall	335	Special	Female	6.923076923	26565	167	26732	3336	2672	664	299	30068	13153	13283	26436	129	2118	223	88	0	0	0	22	219	0	2	0	13	0	0	154	0	0	79	170	409	6	88.90514833045098	11.094851669549023	8.886523879	2.2083277903418916	7.044033524012239	0.7416522548889184	0.26273779433284555	1.360250099773846	0.5653851270453638	0.019954769189836373	0.2926699481176001	0	0	0.073167487	0	0.00665159	0	0.7283490754290275	38.114754098360656	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000017	Doncaster	371	Primary	Unknown	3	23583	215	23798	1206	1032	174	254	25004	11677	11699	23376	207	931	65	0	0	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	14	199	0	0	76	47	51	0	95.17677171652535	4.823228283474644	4.127339625659895	0.6958886578147496	3.723404255319149	0.25995840665493525	0.303951368	0.20396736522156453	0.18796992481203006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.14397696368581028	12.288135593220339	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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