Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025 by FSM - Spring term

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Published 29 May 2025

Last updated 29 May 2025

Spring term local authority, regional and national attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by FSM eligibility.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 20 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
  • Free school meal eligibility
• Time period: 2024/25 Spring 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	free_school_meals_indicator	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	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000034	Kirklees	382	Primary	FSM eligible	123.353846153846	872715	6583	879298	81185	58178	23007	20621	960483	419554	436299	855853	16862	37805	3573	7712	0	0	0	923	5877	13	6	2269	1152	0	783	4485	0	163	4233	3759	14452	563	91.54748183986598	8.452518160134016	6.057160824293611	2.395357335840405	3.9360405129502554	0.3720003373302807	0.44071576488079434	1.504659634787914	0.39136559418542544	0.05861634198627149	0.8029293594993353	0.0	0.0	0.09609748428655165	0.001353485694176784	6.246857050046695E-4	0.23623531077593252	0.6118796480520738	29.20343839541547	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000066	Somerset	933	Secondary	FSM eligible	34.65	633414	12023	645437	128455	70210	58245	34374	773892	295634	308321	603955	29459	43501	3734	146	238	8	0	7674	6721	18	144	8026	5805	0	246	3365	1756	851	1043	4915	51167	1120	83.40143069058732	16.598569309412685	9.072325337385578	7.526243972027105	5.621068572875801	0.4824962656287958	0.13477332754441188	6.611646069477395	0.6351015387159965	0.14472303628930136	0.018865681516283928	0.030753645211476534	0.0010337359734950097	0.9916112325750881	0.0023259059403637717	0.018607247522910174	1.0370956154088684	0.868467434732495	44.47682891285339	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000018	Nottingham	892	Secondary	FSM eligible	18.8166666666667	760235	10379	770614	120058	47550	72508	51897	890672	343113	374393	717506	42729	28142	2716	3292	0	0	0	7322	3333	2	128	2615	5773	0	268	2808	930	600	2312	9168	60405	623	86.52051484721648	13.479485152783516	5.338665636732713	8.140819516050803	3.1596367686421036	0.30493829378267195	0.2595792839563835	6.781957892467711	1.0293351536817146	0.06994718594499434	0.36960856521817237	0.0	0.0	0.8220759157130796	2.2454955359548745E-4	0.014371171430111197	0.2935985413260998	0.37421183106687983	39.06367983891266	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000019	Herefordshire, County of	884	Special	FSM eligible	3.671875	17574	299	17873	2934	2190	744	324	20807	8613	8829	17442	132	1067	193	0	0	12	0	13	296	2	4	603	298	0	0	1	0	0	10	192	512	30	85.89897630605084	14.101023693949152	10.525303984236075	3.5757197097130775	5.1280818955159315	0.9275724515787956	0.048060748786466094	2.460710337867064	0.922766376700149	0.14418224635939828	0.0	0.0	0.057672898543759316	0.06247897342240592	0.009612149757293218	0.019224299514586436	2.8980631518239055	1.4225981640793963	39.57219251336899	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Special	FSM eligible	9.86666666666667	62921	656	63577	8188	6205	1983	392	71765	31371	31342	62713	208	3523	916	16	0	0	0	114	1035	0	2	599	304	0	10	330	12	0	76	184	1707	16	88.59053856336654	11.409461436633457	8.646276039852294	2.763185396781161	4.909078241482616	1.2763882115237233	0.10590120532292902	2.378596809029471	0.2563923918344597	0.022294990594300842	0.022294990594300842	0.0	0.0	0.1588518079843935	0.0	0.0027868738242876052	0.8346687103741378	1.4422072040688358	32.75039745627981	202425

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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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