Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Reasons for absence and attendance

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Published 12 June 2025

Last updated 12 June 2025

Daily and weekly local authority, regional and national reasons for pupil attendance and absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 21 2025
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of sessions
  • Number of sessions (scaled)
  • Percent of sessions
• Filters:
  • Attendance reason
  • Attendance status
  • Attendance type
• Time period: 2024 Week 37 to 2025 Week 9

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	time_frame	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	reference_date	education_phase	attendance_status	attendance_type	attendance_reason	session_count	session_percent	session_scaled
2024	Week 37	Monday	National	E92000001	England						2024-09-09	All schools	Attendance	Present	All present	13257429	x	x
2024	Week 37	Monday	National	E92000001	England						2024-09-09	All schools	Attendance	Approved educational activity	All approved educational activity	50945	x	x
2024	Week 37	Monday	National	E92000001	England						2024-09-09	All schools	Attendance	Overall attendance	Overall attendance	13308374	95.36	777876343.2
2024	Week 37	Monday	National	E92000001	England						2024-09-09	All schools	Absence	Overall absence	Overall absence	650791	4.64	37849356.8
2024	Week 37	Monday	National	E92000001	England						2024-09-09	All schools	Absence	Authorised	All authorised	365319	2.61	21263600.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
attendance_reason	Attendance reason
attendance_status	Attendance status
attendance_type	Attendance type
education_phase	Education phase
reference_date	Reference date

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