Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 - year to date

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Published 25 September 2025

Last updated 25 September 2025

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 08 September 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 37 2025
• Number of rows: 647
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025/26

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	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	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	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	time_identifier
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	Primary	52	12736.4	121226	121562	336	4683	3018	1665	912	126245	59915	60511	120426	800	2266	267	0	0	19	0	3	321	2	2	138	35	0	7	284	0	10	427	112	867	259	55	17379	96.290546160244	3.70945383975603	2.3905897263258	1.31886411343023	1.79492257119094	0.21149352449602	0.338231217077904	0.686759871678086	0.0887163848073191	0.205156639866925	0	0	0.0150501009940988	0.00237633173591033	0.00158422115727356	0.00158422115727356	0.109311259851875	0.254267495742406	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	218.8	58508.8	530657	533685	3028	22499	12054	10445	5597	556184	261189	264648	525837	4820	8239	1268	22	0	6	0	63	1672	21	4	759	483	0	53	2417	0	75	4876	777	3796	996	222	71138	95.9547559800354	4.04524401996462	2.16726838600175	1.87797563396286	1.48134430332408	0.227982106640968	0.876688290206119	0.682507947010342	0.139701969132517	0.179077427613883	0.0039555255095436	0	0.00107877968442098	0.0113271866864203	0.00377572889547344	0.000719186456280655	0.136465630079254	0.300619938725314	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Primary	182	38356	351022	351313	291	11982	8080	3902	3364	363295	172928	175132	348060	2962	5692	763	2	0	102	0	24	1081	38	14	364	123	0	35	105	0	28	1321	402	1570	609	183	45431	96.7018538653161	3.29814613468393	2.2240878624809	1.07405827220303	1.56677080609422	0.210022158301105	0.363616344843722	0.432155686150374	0.110653876326401	0.167632364882533	0.000550516797643788	0	0.0280763566798332	0.00660620157172546	0.010459819155232	0.00385361758350652	0.100194057171169	0.297554329126468	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Primary	30	9035	84774	86033	1259	3983	1797	2186	1132	90016	41517	42282	83799	975	1261	239	4	0	0	0	21	232	0	0	40	0	0	70	1189	0	0	787	157	1099	143	30	11439	95.575231070032	4.42476892996801	1.99631176679701	2.42845716317099	1.40086206896552	0.265508354070387	0.874289015286171	1.22089406327764	0.174413437611091	0.15886064699609	0.00444365446142908	0	0	0.0233291859225027	0	0	0.0444365446142908	0.257731958762887	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	Primary	72	17782.6	167995	168374	379	7094	3843	3251	1883	175468	82384	83887	166271	1724	2801	426	2	0	0	0	13	463	2	5	131	57	0	2	309	0	11	1503	159	1363	226	72	22750	95.9570975904438	4.04290240955616	2.19014293204459	1.85275947751157	1.59630245970775	0.242779310187613	0.856566439464746	0.776779811703558	0.0906148129573484	0.128798413385917	0.00113980896801696	0	0	0.00740875829211024	0.00113980896801696	0.0028495224200424	0.0746574874051109	0.263865776095926	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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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