Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 by SEN - Academic year 2025 - 2026

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

Full 2025/26 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 08 September 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for 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 29 2026 (End of 25/26 AY)
• Number of rows: 1,927
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Special Educational Need
• Time period: 2025/26

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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
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	Secondary	EHC plan	12.6560846560847	89160	6661	95821	21656	13554	8102	3264	117477	42393	44100	86493	2667	5412	661	22	215	0	0	1105	1566	0	17	4556	5449	0	80	617	285	230	329	597	7114	62	81.56575329638993	18.434246703610068	11.537577568375086	6.8966691352349825	4.606859214995276	0.5626633298432885	0.28005481924121317	6.055653447057722	0.5081845808115631	0.05277628812448394	0.01872706997965559	0.1830145475284524	0.0	0.9406096512508831	0.0	0.01447091771155205	3.878205946695949	1.33302689037003	45.431472081218274	202526
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E10000025	Oxfordshire	931	Secondary	EHC plan	40.957671957672	379754	50019	429773	156470	106111	50359	20552	586243	185029	177113	362142	17612	37159	3925	113	652	160	0	3726	20872	96	212	39194	40689	4	264	2674	3015	3373	1471	2940	45086	862	73.30970263184379	26.69029736815621	18.100173477551117	8.59012389060509	6.338497858396604	0.6695175891225993	0.2509198404074761	7.690667521829685	0.5014985253555266	0.14703800301240272	0.01927528345754235	0.11121667977272223	0.027292436754042266	0.6355726209097592	0.01637546205242536	0.036162478699106	6.685623538362079	3.560298374564814	55.55555555555556	202526
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E08000027	Dudley	332	Primary	No SEN	76.984126984127	6078756	54134	6132890	316867	203813	113054	70852	6449757	2989119	3029226	6018345	60411	169041	11720	3974	6	1166	0	616	15108	118	528	1536	8418	0	1597	44106	5	8	43330	10441	57292	1991	95.08714824449976	4.912851755500245	3.1600105244275096	1.7528412310727364	2.6208894381602286	0.18171227226079992	0.6718082557218823	0.8882815275056098	0.16188206780503514	0.030869380040209265	0.06161472439969443	9.302676054307162E-5	0.018078200465536917	0.009550747415755354	0.0018295262906804085	0.008186354927790303	0.023814850699026335	0.23424138304745434	12.599483204134367	202526
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	SEN support	138.296296296296	1752724	19700	1772424	130126	90600	39526	34861	1902550	848850	874609	1723459	29265	63003	7560	2153	2	80	0	2671	6726	67	135	8203	6087	0	1441	10906	0	1266	13000	5596	19377	1553	93.16044256392736	6.839557436072639	4.7620299072297705	2.0775275288428685	3.311502982838822	0.3973614359675173	0.6832934745473181	1.0184752043310294	0.2941315602743686	0.08162728969015269	0.1131639115923366	1.0512207300727969E-4	0.004204882920291188	0.14039052850122205	0.00352158944574387	0.00709573992799138	0.4311581824393577	0.35352553152348165	20.314151940794442	202526
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000047	County Durham	840	Secondary	EHC plan	29.8936170212766	209419	13798	223217	45894	24012	21882	6529	269111	100527	102851	203378	6041	13499	1617	9	114	44	0	1795	3199	9	41	3685	9906	0	88	1804	740	1260	1122	488	19818	454	82.94607058054112	17.053929419458886	8.922712189393968	8.131217230064918	5.016145753982557	0.6008673001103634	0.41692833068882357	7.36424746665874	0.18133781227820492	0.16870362043914963	0.003344344898573451	0.04236170204859705	0.016350130615247985	0.6670110103265938	0.003344344898573451	0.015235348982390167	1.3693234390270186	1.1887288145040522	44.40677966101695	202526

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Variables in this data set

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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