Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence by school location - IDACI and urban or rurality - school level

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Published 26 March 2026

Last updated 21 May 2026

School level absence information by the school location including the level of deprivation and rurality. Includes where a school location may differ from administrative authority responsible for the school.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 132,989
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Percentage of persistent absentees
  • Unauthorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • IDACI band of school location
  • Local authority responsible for school
  • Rurality band of school location
  • School type
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2024/25

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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	lad_code	lad_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	sch_rurality	sch_idaci	sch_admin_la	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	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
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000023	Bristol, City of		E06000023	Bristol, City of	State-funded primary	Urban - city and town C1 C2	0 - 10 % most deprived	801	8012299	109110	Hannah More Primary School	214	72932	6393	3789	2604	8.7657	5.19525	3.57045	64	29.90654
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000054	Wiltshire		E06000054	Wiltshire	State-funded primary	Rural - town and fringe D1 D2	70 - 80 %	865	8653163	126356	Sherston CofE Primary School	102	37068	1279	1080	199	3.45042	2.91356	0.53685	7	6.86275
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey		E09000014	Haringey	State-funded primary	Urban - major conurbation A1	20 - 30 %	309	3093510	102152	St John Vianney RC Primary School	182	66273	3853	3159	694	5.81383	4.76665	1.04718	38	20.87912
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E07000245	West Suffolk		E10000029	Suffolk	State-funded primary	Rural - town and fringe D1 D2	30 - 40 %	935	9352026	124547	Stanton Community Primary School	156	56675	3004	2470	534	5.3004	4.35818	0.94221	18	11.53846
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000003	Redcar and Cleveland		E06000003	Redcar and Cleveland	State-funded secondary	Rural - town and fringe D1 D2	50 - 60 %	807	8074015	148335	Huntcliff School	555	193340	17121	10970	6151	8.85538	5.67394	3.18144	141	25.40541

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 14 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School type - Filter by school type
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
sch_admin_la	Local authority responsible for school
sch_idaci	IDACI band of school location - Filter by IDACI band of school location
sch_rurality	Rurality band of school location - Filter by rurality band of school location
sess_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
sess_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised absence rate

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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.

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