Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence in state funded alternative provision school level - autumn term

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Published 6 August 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

School level absence information for all enrolments in state-funded alternative provision (including pupil referral units) with information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2025/26
• Number of rows: 3,349
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2025/26 Autumn term

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	school_name	school_laestab	school_urn	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_interview	sess_auth_reg_performance	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_q_la_arrangements
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	The ArtsXchange	2024001	141164	13	1610	380	165	215	23.6025	10.2484	13.354	11	84.6153846153846	2	15.3846153846154	96	30	0	0	0	z	z	18	0	8	1	12	165	30	36	147	2	215	380	z	161	3
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit	2021101	100007	17	2336	225	196	29	9.63185	8.39041	1.24144	6	35.2941176470588	0	0	143	13	0	0	0	z	z	2	0	0	0	38	196	16	1	12	0	29	225	z	10	0
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	Heath School	2021100	100006	66	6534	2618	1520	1098	40.0673	23.2629	16.8044	63	95.4545454545455	16	24.2424242424242	391	47	0	12	0	z	z	162	0	0	638	270	1520	6	186	876	30	1098	2618	z	103	0
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	203	E09000011	Greenwich	State-funded alternative provision	Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit	2031101	100103	186	23013	9357	6637	2720	40.6596	28.8402	11.8194	155	83.3333333333333	81	43.5483870967742	2479	218	0	0	0	z	z	39	1	0	3093	807	6637	7	1	2701	11	2720	9357	z	297	3
202526	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	204	E09000012	Hackney	State-funded alternative provision	New Regent's College	2041103	134635	121	13124	6078	2184	3894	46.3121	16.6413	29.6708	99	81.8181818181818	50	41.3223140495868	560	95	0	16	0	z	z	103	11	7	222	1170	2184	40	331	3515	8	3894	6078	z	40	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 34 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates. Comparisons with these years should be treated with caution.

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