Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates school level - autumn term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

School level absence information for all enrolments in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools including information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 190,587
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Overall absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	school_name	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	all_through	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_interview	sess_auth_reg_performance	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_q_la_arrangements	sess_auth_illness_rate	sess_auth_appointments_rate	sess_auth_religious_rate	sess_auth_study_rate	sess_auth_traveller_rate	sess_auth_holiday_rate	sess_auth_ext_holiday_rate	sess_auth_excluded_rate	sess_auth_interview_rate	sess_auth_reg_performance_rate	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable_rate	sess_auth_other_rate	sess_auth_totalreasons_rate	sess_unauth_holiday_rate	sess_unauth_late_rate	sess_unauth_other_rate	sess_unauth_noyet_rate	sess_unauth_totalreasons_rate	sess_overall_totalreasons_rate	sess_x_covid_rate
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	201	E09000001	City of London	State-funded primary	The Aldgate School	3614	2013614	100000					180	25646	918	744	174	3.57951	2.90104	0.67847	15	8.33333	0	0	639	58	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0	0	47	744	128	0	46	0	174	918	z	0	0	2.49162	0.22616	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0	0	0.18326	2.90104	0.4991	0	0.17937	0	0.67847	3.57951	z
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Kentish Town Church of England Primary School	3370	2023370	100034					175	25354	1589	1367	222	6.26726	5.39165	0.8756	33	18.85714	0	0	1078	99	2	0	0	z	z	2	7	0	0	179	1367	68	38	116	0	222	1589	z	0	0	4.25179	0.39047	0.00789	0	0	z	z	0.00789	0.02761	0	0	0.706	5.39165	0.2682	0.14988	0.45752	0	0.8756	6.26726	z
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Brookfield Primary School	2078	2022078	100011					311	44254	2790	2235	555	6.30451	5.05039	1.25412	63	20.25723	2	0.64309	1660	163	4	0	0	z	z	11	0	0	2	395	2235	102	114	339	0	555	2790	z	0	0	3.75107	0.36833	0.00904	0	0	z	z	0.02486	0	0	0.00452	0.89257	5.05039	0.23049	0.2576	0.76603	0	1.25412	6.30451	z
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Rosary Catholic Primary School	3391	2023391	100035					236	33504	2088	1696	392	6.23209	5.06208	1.17001	46	19.49153	1	0.42373	1526	62	2	0	0	z	z	0	16	0	0	90	1696	193	42	157	0	392	2088	z	16	0	4.55468	0.18505	0.00597	0	0	z	z	0	0.04776	0	0	0.26862	5.06208	0.57605	0.12536	0.4686	0	1.17001	6.23209	z
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded primary	Richard Cobden Primary School	2507	2022507	100022					316	44854	2315	1836	479	5.16119	4.09328	1.06791	49	15.50633	2	0.63291	1558	151	0	0	0	z	z	3	1	0	0	123	1836	288	12	171	8	479	2315	z	0	0	3.47349	0.33665	0	0	0	z	z	0.00669	0.00223	0	0	0.27422	4.09328	0.64208	0.02675	0.38124	0.01784	1.06791	5.16119	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 55 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type - Total includes primary, secondary and special
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of severe absentees (50% or more missed)

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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