Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence for four year olds

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Published 26 March 2026

Last updated 26 March 2026

Overall absence for all enrolments in state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools for pupils aged 4.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 6,844
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Overall absence rate
  • Number of schools
  • Number of pupil enrolments
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	year_breakdown	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_overall_percent
202425	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Special	82	937	321106	33586	10.45947
202425	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Total	2470	83373	29669432	1833932	6.18122
202425	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				State-funded secondary	12	647	218035	15264	7.00071
202425	Academic year	Six half terms	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West				State-funded primary	1783	53090	18752734	1104479	5.8897
202425	Academic year	Six half terms	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	State-funded primary	63	1896	686570	39672	5.77829

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate

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Footnotes

1. Total includes state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools.

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