Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024 by SEN - Autumn term

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Published 23 January 2025

Last updated 23 January 2025

Autumn term local authority, regional and national attendance between 09 September and 21 December 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by SEN.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 2 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 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	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	sen	num_schools	present_sessions	approved_educational_activity	overall_attendance	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	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	academic_year
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000058	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	839	Primary	EHC plan	65.05714285714286	87941	2120	90061	11429	9058	2371	2209	101490	42745	43449	86194	1747	4759	634	0	0	0	21	428	1109	0	4	2103	734	0	95	400	0	891	387	462	1220	302	88.73879199921174	11.261208000788255	8.925017243078136	2.3361907577101193	4.689131934180708	0.6246920878904325	0.38131835648832396	1.2020888757513055	0.45521726278451075	0.2975662626859789	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4217164252635727	0.0	0.003941275002463297	2.0721253325450784	1.092718494432949	34.065934065934066	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000019	Lincolnshire	925	Special	No SEN	10.2	61232	566	61798	10739	8853	1886	196	72537	30648	30395	61043	189	4040	894	0	0	0	82	22	2353	0	2	1460	274	0	9	205	31	47	403	7	1448	28	85.19514178970732	14.804858210292679	12.20480582323504	2.6000523870576395	5.569571391152102	1.2324744613094007	0.555578532335222	1.9962226174228326	0.009650247459917008	0.03860098983966803	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.03032934915973917	0.0	0.002757213559976288	2.0127658987826904	3.243861753312103	39.56185567010309	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Primary	No SEN	345.01428571428573	5096152	38723	5134875	224026	176473	47553	37314	5358901	2520702	2544204	5064906	31246	146066	10953	126	0	803	190	324	16977	115	8	911	1533	1	3584	33509	4	92	24480	6068	15173	1832	95.81955330020092	4.180446699799082	3.2930819210879245	0.8873647787111574	2.725670804517568	0.20438892228089303	0.45681008102220966	0.283136411738153	0.11323217204423071	0.03418611390656405	0.0023512283582025496	0.0	0.014984415647909899	0.0060460157782351275	0.0021459623904229617	1.4928434020333647E-4	0.01699975424065494	0.3168000304540054	11.747369446609508	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000027	Richmond upon Thames	318	Special	EHC plan	2.914285714285714	38896	790	39686	4137	3248	889	1164	43823	18496	19261	37757	1139	2414	400	0	0	0	17	27	244	0	1	145	523	0	0	255	0	12	100	25	722	42	90.55975172854437	9.440248271455628	7.411633160669055	2.028615110786573	5.508522921753417	0.9127627045158935	0.22819067612897337	1.6475366816511876	0.05704766903224334	0.09584008397416882	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.06161148255482281	0.0	0.0022819067612897337	0.3308764803870114	0.556785249754695	26.888217522658607	202425
202425	Autumn term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000015	Harrow	310	Secondary	SEN support	12.5	165842	1298	167140	17692	12459	5233	8261	184832	76872	81302	158174	7668	9168	1075	10	0	0	0	577	1371	3	110	145	512	0	26	730	0	30	431	593	3499	710	90.42806440443213	9.571935595567867	6.740715893351801	2.8312197022160666	4.960180055401662	0.5816092451523546	0.23318472991689748	1.8930704639889198	0.32083189058171746	0.38413261772853186	0.005410318559556786	0.0	0.0	0.3121753808864266	0.0016230955678670361	0.05951350415512465	0.07844961911357341	0.7417546745152355	30.234029095509175	202425

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Table showing first 5 of 54 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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