Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 07 September 2026 - daily

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Published 24 September 2026

Last updated 24 September 2026

Daily local authority, regional and national attendance since 07 September 2026, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 37 2026 (Start of 26/27 AY)
• Number of rows: 3,233
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Attendance Date
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2026 Week 37

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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	attendance_date	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
2026	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000026	Plymouth	879	2026-09-07	Primary	69	15738	29548	29571	23	1348	637	711	164	30919	14654	14764	29418	130	369	89	0	0	8	0	0	102	1	0	68	20	0	0	1	0	2	247	34	252	178	69	19332	95.6402212231961	4.35977877680391	2.06022187004754	2.29955690675636	1.19344092629128	0.287848895501148	0.798861541447007	0.815032827711116	0.109964746595944	0.575697791002296	0	0	0.0258740580225751	0	0.00323425725282189	0	0.219929493191889	0.329894239787833
2026	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000025	South Gloucestershire	803	2026-09-07	Primary	94	19557	37139	37382	243	1244	759	485	210	38626	18444	18517	36961	178	494	94	0	0	16	0	2	96	0	1	56	31	0	1	203	0	8	187	32	190	76	93	22577	96.77937140786	3.22062859214001	1.96499766996324	1.25563092217677	1.27893128980479	0.243359395226014	0.48412986071558	0.491896649924921	0.0828457515663025	0.196758659969968	0	0	0.0414228757831512	0.00517785947289391	0	0.00258892973644695	0.144980065241029	0.248537254698907
2026	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000008	Croydon	306	2026-09-07	Primary	87	25866	48309	48427	118	2542	1144	1398	556	50969	23716	24103	47819	490	590	104	2	0	5	0	4	398	1	9	31	29	0	28	50	0	11	409	66	726	197	87	31654	95.012654750927	4.98734524907297	2.24450155977163	2.74284368930134	1.15756636386823	0.204045596342875	0.802448547156115	1.4243952206243	0.129490474602209	0.386509446918715	0.00392395377582452	0	0.0098098844395613	0.00784790755164904	0.00196197688791226	0.0176577919912103	0.0608212835252801	0.78086680138908
2026	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	2026-09-07	Primary	60	15114	28146	28269	123	1621	587	1034	275	29890	13810	14087	27897	249	331	54	2	0	0	0	0	182	1	2	15	13	0	0	110	0	0	328	26	453	227	60	18923	94.5767815322851	5.42321846771496	1.9638675142188	3.45935095349615	1.107393777183	0.180662428905989	1.09735697557712	1.51555704248913	0.0869856139176982	0.759451321512211	0.00669120107059217	0	0	0	0.00334560053529609	0.00669120107059217	0.0501840080294413	0.608899297423888
2026	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000007	Stockport	356	2026-09-07	Primary	85	19977	38002	38095	93	1325	736	589	531	39420	18563	18973	37536	466	509	106	0	0	0	0	2	99	2	0	18	5	0	0	85	0	3	215	65	232	77	85	24377	96.638762049721	3.36123795027905	1.86707255200406	1.49416539827499	1.29122272957889	0.268899036022324	0.545408422120751	0.588533739218671	0.164890918315576	0.19533231861999	0	0	0	0.00507356671740233	0.00507356671740233	0	0.045662100456621	0.251141552511416

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 57 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_date	Attendance Date
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate

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