Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 08 September and 20 December 2025 by SEN - 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 SEN.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2026
• Number of rows: 1,929
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• 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	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
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000015	Wirral	344	Primary	No SEN	89.1857142857143	1986893	11871	1998764	99219	72199	27020	22660	2097983	974728	992364	1967092	19801	62091	4392	108	18	0	0	186	4731	208	159	306	3363	0	631	7862	0	15	12185	2859	10727	1249	95.27074337589961	4.729256624100386	3.4413529566254826	1.2879036674749034	2.9595568696219177	0.20934392700036178	0.5807959359060583	0.5113006158772497	0.13627374483015353	0.05953337086144168	0.005147801483615454	8.579669139359089E-4	0.0	0.00886565811067106	0.009914284338814947	0.007578707739767196	0.014585437536910452	0.22550230387948805	14.326935139882071	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000010	Kingston upon Hull, City of	810	Primary	No SEN	69.1857142857143	1960446	14624	1975070	103685	68508	35177	25087	2078755	961249	977359	1938608	21838	59693	4833	65	0	2	0	93	3542	11	7	262	2088	0	447	12080	2	7	12475	3249	18516	937	95.01215872000309	4.987841279996921	3.295626468727676	1.6922148112692454	2.8715745722800423	0.23249493086005807	0.6001188211212961	0.8907254582670877	0.15629547493571871	0.04507505694514265	0.0031268716130568534	0.0	9.621143424790318E-5	0.004473831692527498	5.291628883634675E-4	3.367400198676612E-4	0.012603697886475319	0.17039045005303655	16.552857865452705	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000050	Cheshire West and Chester	896	Secondary	EHC plan	19.8714285714286	79138	6032	85170	19869	12537	7332	4621	105039	36268	38944	75212	3926	6469	693	2	0	0	0	944	1613	4	16	2796	4798	0	40	347	225	622	443	695	6102	92	81.08416873732614	18.915831262673862	11.935566789478194	6.98026447319567	6.158664876855263	0.6597549481621112	0.42174811260579403	5.80927084225859	0.6616590028465618	0.08758651548472472	0.0019040546844505376	0.0	0.0	0.8987138110606536	0.003808109368901075	0.0152324374756043	2.6618684488618514	1.5356201030093584	44.69135802469136	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000031	Waltham Forest	320	Secondary	No SEN	16.7428571428571	1498038	14117	1512155	102600	58662	43938	43559	1614755	717134	741174	1458308	39730	46408	5040	170	2	2	0	1940	4653	91	110	246	1687	0	1298	10151	6	975	4848	3829	33885	1376	93.64609491842415	6.353905081575843	3.632873098395732	2.721031983180111	2.8739963647736033	0.31212165313004137	0.3002313044393732	2.0984607572046534	0.23712575591962867	0.08521416561645574	0.010527912903195841	1.2385779886112753E-4	1.2385779886112753E-4	0.12014206489529371	0.005635529848181303	0.006812178937362015	0.015234509259918688	0.2881551690504132	19.567432019434214	202526
202526	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000011	Knowsley	340	Special	No SEN	3.87142857142857	1389	10	1399	215	143	72	10	1614	705	678	1383	6	61	17	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	43	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	68	0	86.67905824039653	13.32094175960347	8.85997521685254	4.4609665427509295	3.7794299876084265	1.0532837670384139	0.0	4.2131350681536555	0.24783147459727387	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.664188351920694	1.3630731102850062	41.81818181818181	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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