Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024 by FSM - Autumn term

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Published 15 May 2025

Last updated 15 May 2025

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024, 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 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
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000004	Stockton-on-Tees	808	Secondary	FSM eligible	12.7285714285714	400671	4808	405479	68923	29095	39828	23262	474402	182611	197462	380073	20598	17995	1996	8	1	0	0	6559	1613	17	6	900	2567	0	195	1574	153	319	3081	2664	33918	165	85.47160425124683	14.528395748753168	6.132984262292317	8.39541148646085	3.793196487367254	0.4207402161036421	0.6494492013102812	7.149632590081829	0.5615490659820153	0.03478062908672392	0.0016863335314775232	2.107916914346904E-4	0.0	1.3825827041201344	0.0035834587543897367	0.0012647501486081425	0.18971252229122135	0.34000699828415565	43.27798607391537	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000020	Norfolk	926	Special	FSM eligible	13.8428571428571	100797	2470	103267	15724	11550	4174	1452	118991	49659	50088	99747	1050	6434	1377	2	0	0	10	206	2683	33	7	798	2004	0	64	343	59	0	178	402	3481	113	86.78555521005791	13.214444789942096	9.706616466791607	3.50782832315049	5.407131631804086	1.1572303787681422	0.14959114554882302	2.925431335142994	0.3378406770259936	0.09496516543267979	0.0016807993881890226	0.0	0.0	0.17312233698346932	0.027733189905118878	0.005882797858661579	0.6706389558874201	2.254792379255574	40.723981900452486	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000016	Barnsley	370	Special	FSM eligible	1.97142857142857	26327	171	26498	5601	2041	3560	188	32099	13046	13239	26285	42	1140	335	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	4	543	154	0	0	17	0	0	232	146	3180	2	82.55085828218948	17.449141717810523	6.358453534378018	11.090688183432505	3.5515125081778245	1.0436462195083958	0.7227639490326802	9.906850680706563	0.4548428299947039	0.006230723698557587	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.012461447397115175	1.691641484158385	0.05919187513629708	41.365461847389554	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000005	Rochdale	354	Primary	FSM eligible	68.6857142857143	789559	3760	793319	57088	32832	24256	20800	850407	377306	394738	772044	17515	26400	2341	21	0	0	0	663	2030	45	4	1328	492	0	174	2690	0	404	6081	3285	14452	438	93.28697905826269	6.713020941737309	3.860739622322017	2.8522813194152916	3.1043958951419732	0.2752799541866424	0.7150693726650886	1.6994215710830225	0.38628562558868873	0.051504750078491826	0.002469405825681115	0.0	0.0	0.07796266963936092	0.005291583912173817	4.703630144154505E-4	0.15616052078592954	0.2387092298158411	23.484848484848484	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000051	Shropshire	893	Primary	FSM eligible	124.828571428571	417607	3945	421552	37473	28686	8787	7745	459025	203133	208454	411587	6020	22988	1670	10	0	43	0	249	3047	3	11	665	673	0	410	2843	0	19	1925	1725	4860	277	91.83639235335767	8.16360764664234	6.249332825009532	1.9142748216328085	5.008006099885627	0.3638146070475464	0.41936713686618377	1.0587658624257938	0.3757965252437231	0.060345297097108	0.0021785305811230326	0.0	0.00936768149882904	0.05424541146996351	6.535591743369098E-4	0.002396383639235336	0.14487228364468166	0.6637982680681881	29.25516850750496	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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