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 1 May 2025

Last updated 1 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 15 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	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Special	FSM eligible	6.92307692307692	58165	1096	59261	12476	6679	5797	492	71737	28931	28967	57898	267	3752	579	10	0	0	0	431	630	0	2	1275	789	0	0	304	1	2	172	225	5372	28	82.6086956521739	17.391304347826086	9.310397702719657	8.080906645106431	5.230215927624517	0.8071148779569817	0.2397646960424885	7.488464808954933	0.3136456779625577	0.039031462146451625	0.01393980790944701	0.0	0.0	0.600805720897166	0.0	0.0027879615818894015	1.7773255084544934	0.8782078982951614	40.63604240282685	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000021	Stoke-on-Trent	861	Primary	FSM eligible	70.1076923076923	971772	8922	980694	77788	48860	28928	25502	1058482	464501	484703	949204	22568	37751	2206	3748	1	0	0	638	2872	0	11	1633	943	0	164	7768	0	47	3005	2934	22312	677	92.65098508996846	7.349014910031536	4.616044486349319	2.7329704236822168	3.5665226239085785	0.208411668786054	0.2838971281514471	2.1079243671597627	0.2771894089838089	0.0639595193871979	0.35409199211701287	9.447491785405893E-5	0.0	0.0602749975908896	0.0	0.0010392240963946482	0.15427754085567824	0.2713319640768572	23.930686554068874	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000004	Bexley	303	Primary	FSM eligible	58.1166666666667	381726	3351	385077	34141	21407	12734	12123	419218	181011	189828	370839	10887	17298	1574	222	0	0	0	221	1028	14	9	1041	676	0	52	2575	0	48	931	1236	10143	424	91.85602717440567	8.143972825594322	5.106412415497426	3.0375604100968947	4.126254120767715	0.3754609773435301	0.22208015877180848	2.419504887671808	0.294834668358706	0.10114069529457229	0.05295574140423359	0.0	0.0	0.05271720202853885	0.0033395512597264427	0.002146854381252713	0.2483194900982305	0.24521847821419884	29.47900053163211	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000018	Nottingham	892	Secondary	FSM eligible	18.8166666666667	759846	10352	770198	120504	47362	73142	51884	890702	343019	374130	717149	42697	27908	2714	3285	0	0	0	7284	3442	2	128	2599	5785	0	268	2804	888	607	2290	9187	60441	1224	86.47089598990459	13.529104010095407	5.317378876436788	8.21172513365862	3.1332589350871562	0.30470348107447837	0.25710057909379347	6.785771223147585	1.0314336332465852	0.13741969817065638	0.36881021935507047	0.0	0.0	0.8177819293096905	2.2454199047492878E-4	0.014370687390395442	0.2917923166221699	0.3864367656073524	39.192249622546555	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	FSM eligible	192.538461538462	1076093	8314	1084407	96652	71716	24936	28350	1181059	514851	537223	1052074	24019	55500	3984	620	0	88	0	1893	5409	5	23	4194	1206	0	316	6398	1	393	2251	4331	17307	1047	91.81649688965581	8.18350311034419	6.072177596546828	2.111325513797363	4.699172522287202	0.33732438430256234	0.19059166392195478	1.4653797989770199	0.3667047962887544	0.08864925460963423	0.05249526060933451	0.0	0.007450940215518446	0.16027988440882293	4.233488758817299E-4	0.0019474048290559574	0.355105037089595	0.4579788139288553	26.877753868224204	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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