Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

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

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Published 22 January 2026

Last updated 22 January 2026

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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2026
• 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	pa_perc	time_identifier
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000030	Tower Hamlets	211	Primary	64.4666666666667	17800.4266666667	2393513	2410400	16887	159849	115229	44620	46212	2570249	1155879	1192197	2348076	45437	97808	6552	277	0	0	0	217	7616	14	1253	1492	2387	0	597	13549	0	354	20821	775	19814	3210	66	23491	93.7807971134314	6.21920288656858	4.48318431404895	1.73601857251963	3.80539006142985	0.254916936063393	0.810077155948704	0.770898072521378	0.030152720611894	0.124890623437651	0.010777165947735	0	0	0.00844276177133033	0.000544694307827763	0.0487501405505848	0.0580488505199302	0.296313703458303	20.8328843874582	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000030	Walsall	335	Primary	84.08	22782.5466666667	3059268	3074316	15048	181434	111265	70169	53282	3255750	1484047	1527350	3011397	47871	89050	7113	652	2	175	0	1014	8276	62	93	4828	1909	0	723	12359	0	57	19967	5411	43625	1166	85	23138	94.4272748214697	5.57272517853029	3.41749212930968	2.15523304922061	2.73516086923136	0.218475005759042	0.613284189510865	1.33993703447746	0.166198264608769	0.0358135606235123	0.0200261076556861	6.14297780849267e-05	0.00537510558243108	0.0311448974890578	0.00190432312063273	0.00285648468094909	0.148291484297013	0.254196421715427	17.5138792505205	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	56.72	16978.3066666667	2328764	2351259	22495	122395	87363	35032	33928	2473654	1136028	1161264	2297292	31472	73086	6990	463	6	29	0	356	4018	51	358	2006	4309	0	390	17528	0	268	11382	2456	20092	1102	60	22044	95.0520565932018	4.9479434067982	3.53173887698118	1.41620452981702	2.95457650908332	0.282577919143098	0.460129023703396	0.812239706927485	0.0992863189435548	0.0445494802425885	0.0187172498659877	0.000242556153770899	0.00117235474322601	0.01439166512374	0.00206172730705264	0.014472517174997	0.0810946074107373	0.162431770975246	14.8575530035336	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	193.786666666667	39430.8533333333	5421419	5460893	39474	297786	231966	65820	62049	5758679	2664017	2703803	5367820	53599	182094	13280	800	8	860	8	2427	21736	106	222	10425	4340	0	2051	31730	0	1353	22608	8450	32346	2416	196	45405	94.828918229337	5.17108177066303	4.02811130816634	1.14297046249669	3.16207935882517	0.230608443360014	0.392590036708071	0.561691318442997	0.146735041143985	0.041954066201641	0.0138920749012056	0.000138920749012056	0.0149339805187961	0.0421450822315326	0.00184069992440975	0.00385505078508457	0.181031101056336	0.377447675065757	15.2409653434775	Academic year
202526	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000036	Bracknell Forest	867	Primary	28.5466666666667	8659.88	1126532	1135238	8706	51097	40091	11006	9902	1186335	555488	562223	1117711	8821	30400	2757	236	1	28	0	605	4219	42	426	1377	577	0	1016	6717	0	396	4567	1081	4769	589	29	9188	95.6928692148508	4.30713078514922	3.37939957937682	0.9277312057724	2.56251396106496	0.232396414166319	0.384967146716568	0.401994377642066	0.0911209734181323	0.0496487079956336	0.0198932004872148	8.42932224034526e-05	0.00236021022729667	0.0509973995540889	0.00354031534094501	0.0359089127438708	0.116071767249554	0.355633105320167	12.2487810679034	Academic year

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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_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_interview_perc	Authorised interview rate

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