Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 - weekly

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Published 19 February 2026

Last updated 19 February 2026

Weekly 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 6 2026
• Number of rows: 12,263
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025 Week 37 to 2026 Week 6

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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	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
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	Primary	56	13902.2	132345	132718	373	5275	3500	1775	1028	137993	65298	66160	131458	887	2541	303	0	0	20	0	8	452	2	2	172	44	0	8	311	0	10	485	141	978	171	56	15792	96.1773423289587	3.82265767104128	2.53636054002739	1.28629713101389	1.84139775205989	0.219576355322371	0.351467103403796	0.708731602327654	0.102179096041104	0.123919329241338	0	0	0.0144934888001565	0.00579739552006261	0.00144934888001565	0.00144934888001565	0.124644003681346	0.327552846883538
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	220.8	59626.6	538562	541706	3144	23404	12451	10953	5660	565110	264820	268861	533681	4881	8454	1305	24	0	6	0	62	1773	14	3	810	506	0	55	2502	0	81	5514	779	4029	631	221	69738	95.8585054237228	4.14149457627718	2.20328785546177	1.93820672081542	1.49599193077454	0.230928491798057	0.975739236608802	0.712958539045496	0.137849268284051	0.111659676877068	0.0042469607686999	0	0.00106174019217497	0.0109713153191414	0.00247739378174161	0.000530870096087487	0.143334925943622	0.313744226787705
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	Primary	72	18071.8	168187	168577	390	7062	3978	3084	1887	175639	82405	84056	166461	1726	2883	424	2	0	0	0	13	458	1	5	192	58	0	2	308	0	22	1541	161	1243	139	72	22750	95.979252899413	4.020747100587	2.26487283575971	1.75587426482729	1.64143498881228	0.241404243932156	0.877367782781728	0.70770159247092	0.0916652907383895	0.0791395988362494	0.00113869926383093	0	0	0.00740154521490102	0.000569349631915463	0.00284674815957731	0.109315129327769	0.260762131417282
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Primary	183	38803	353632	353965	333	12067	8464	3603	3374	366032	173817	176834	350651	2981	5833	779	2	0	114	0	26	1263	21	8	418	141	0	40	100	0	52	1374	393	1579	257	184	45431	96.7032937010972	3.29670629890283	2.31236613192289	0.984340166979936	1.59357651790007	0.212822922586003	0.375377016217161	0.431383048476636	0.107367661843773	0.0702124404423657	0.000546400314726581	0	0.0311448179394151	0.00710320409144556	0.0057372033046291	0.00218560125890632	0.114197665777855	0.345051798749836
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Primary	30	9099.4	85066	86328	1262	3968	1858	2110	1134	90296	41615	42476	84091	975	1276	246	4	0	24	0	21	248	0	0	39	5	0	70	1187	0	0	789	159	1063	99	30	11439	95.6055639230974	4.39443607690263	2.05767697350935	2.33675910339328	1.41313014972978	0.272437317267653	0.873792859041375	1.17723930185169	0.176087534331532	0.10963940816869	0.00442987507752281	0	0.0265792504651369	0.0232568441569948	0	0	0.0431912820058474	0.274652254806414

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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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