Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 15 May 2025

Last updated 15 May 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 FSM eligibility.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 18 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• 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	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
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	FSM eligible	34.65	633263	12022	645285	128459	70198	58261	34371	773744	295555	308252	603807	29456	43501	3732	146	238	8	0	7677	6715	7	140	8034	5802	0	248	3365	1756	851	1051	4915	51158	1137	83.39773878698897	16.602261213011023	9.072509770673506	7.529751442337518	5.6221437581422276	0.48233007299571956	0.13583304038545047	6.61174755474679	0.6352230194999897	0.14694782770528755	0.018869290101118718	0.030759527699083935	0.0010339337041708886	0.992188630864989	9.046919911495275E-4	0.01809383982299055	1.0383279224136148	0.8678581029384396	44.48491913157511	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	FSM eligible	58.1166666666667	382027	3398	385425	34135	21415	12720	12126	419560	181035	190101	371136	10891	17279	1576	223	0	0	0	222	1034	14	9	1058	681	0	52	2617	0	48	944	1235	10179	362	91.86409571932501	8.135904280674993	5.1041567356278	3.0317475450471925	4.11836209362189	0.37563161407188483	0.22499761655067216	2.426113070836114	0.2943559919916103	0.08628086566879589	0.05315092001144056	0.0	0.0	0.05291257507865383	0.0033368290590142053	0.0021451043950805604	0.25216893888835923	0.24644866050147776	29.452418926103135	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000019	Herefordshire, County of	884	Special	FSM eligible	3.671875	17574	299	17873	2934	2190	744	324	20807	8613	8829	17442	132	1067	193	0	0	12	0	13	296	2	4	603	298	0	0	1	0	0	10	192	512	30	85.89897630605084	14.101023693949152	10.525303984236075	3.5757197097130775	5.1280818955159315	0.9275724515787956	0.048060748786466094	2.460710337867064	0.922766376700149	0.14418224635939828	0.0	0.0	0.057672898543759316	0.06247897342240592	0.009612149757293218	0.019224299514586436	2.8980631518239055	1.4225981640793963	39.57219251336899	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Special	FSM eligible	9.86666666666667	62921	656	63577	8190	6206	1984	391	71767	31371	31342	62713	208	3523	916	16	0	0	0	114	1035	0	2	600	304	0	10	330	12	0	76	183	1708	17	88.58806972563991	11.411930274360083	8.647428483843548	2.7645017905165323	4.9089414354787015	1.2763526411860604	0.10589825407220589	2.3799239204648375	0.2549918486212326	0.023687767358256583	0.022294369278359136	0.0	0.0	0.15884738110830882	0.0	0.002786796159794892	0.8360388479384676	1.4421670126938564	32.75039745627981	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000035	Medway	887	Primary	FSM eligible	74.45	689168	3153	692321	66735	44323	22412	14969	759056	332567	344136	676703	12465	33493	2723	493	0	70	0	645	4344	2	11	2542	556	0	709	1722	0	166	1374	2504	17449	1085	91.20815855483654	8.791841445163467	5.83922661832592	2.9526148268375456	4.412454417065407	0.3587350603908012	0.18101431251449168	2.2987763748656227	0.32988343416032545	0.14294070529710587	0.06494909466495224	0.0	0.009221980986910057	0.0849739676650998	2.6348517105457306E-4	0.0014491684408001516	0.33488965241036234	0.5722897915305326	31.23132098027496	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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