Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 22 April and 18 July 2025 by FSM - Summer term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 22 April and 18 July 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 29 2025
• Number of rows: 1,442
• 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 Summer 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	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000046	Isle of Wight	921	Secondary	FSM eligible	6.87301587301587	144679	3695	148374	31749	21653	10096	11754	180123	65354	68609	133963	10716	13236	967	16	31	0	0	1102	1339	0	17	4945	815	0	290	2454	135	1	851	1038	8025	182	82.3737112972802	17.62628870271981	12.021229937320609	5.605058765399199	7.348311986809014	0.5368553710520033	0.4724549335731695	4.455288885927949	0.576272880198531	0.10104206569954974	0.00888281896259778	0.017210461740033198	0.0	0.6118041560489221	0.0	0.009437995147760142	2.7453462356278764	0.7433809119324017	45.64705882352941	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000032	Wandsworth	212	Secondary	FSM eligible	10.8965517241379	268469	14085	282554	33891	16347	17544	16350	316445	122233	131470	253703	14766	10377	1509	1734	136	0	0	788	1472	11	72	248	3240	0	1958	4200	4617	70	751	1584	13117	2092	89.29008200477176	10.709917995228238	5.165826604939247	5.544091390288992	3.2792428384079386	0.47686011787198407	0.23732402155192847	4.145112104789142	0.5005609189590609	0.6610943449888607	0.5479625211332143	0.04297745263789916	0.0	0.24901641675488634	0.0034761174927712556	0.022752769043593673	0.07837064892793376	0.4651677226690262	31.044126786824116	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000024	Nottinghamshire	891	Primary	FSM eligible	275.412698412698	1604340	37078	1641418	139959	78165	61794	36536	1781377	774792	799839	1574631	29709	54548	6523	865	0	743	0	1229	7969	9	596	5683	11454	0	1353	24104	1	166	21591	6827	31329	2047	92.14321280672199	7.8567871932780085	4.387897676909492	3.4688895163685176	3.0621255354705936	0.3661774009656575	1.212039899471027	1.7586956607164008	0.3832428508956835	0.11491110528540562	0.04855794141273857	0.0	0.04170930690134654	0.0689915722500066	5.052271360862973E-4	0.03345726367860369	0.31902286826426973	0.44735056083018926	26.14046822742475	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000056	Central Bedfordshire	823	Primary	FSM eligible	92.0172413793103	258868	6173	265041	27785	16231	11554	6025	292826	125699	129212	254911	3957	10962	1311	282	0	311	0	297	1607	3	148	1310	1077	0	252	4514	0	330	2507	2068	6702	277	90.5114299959703	9.488570004029697	5.5428821211231245	3.9456878829065727	3.743520042619166	0.4477061463121444	0.8561398236495394	2.2887311919023583	0.7062214420850608	0.09459542526961404	0.0963029239206901	0.0	0.1062064160969313	0.10142541987391829	0.0010244991906456394	0.05054196007185154	0.44736464658192926	0.5487900664558475	33.28330206378987	202425
202425	Summer term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Special	FSM eligible	7.93103448275862	35939	689	36628	6783	5216	1567	588	43411	17634	17873	35507	432	2070	447	52	95	0	0	131	972	1	1	1447	413	0	15	217	16	28	270	156	1067	74	84.3749280136371	15.625071986362904	12.015387804934234	3.60968418142867	4.768376678721983	1.0296929349703992	0.621962175485476	2.457902374974085	0.3593559236138306	0.17046370735527863	0.11978530787127688	0.2188385432263712	0.0	0.3017668332911013	0.0023035636129091707	0.0023035636129091707	3.3332565478795697	2.2390638317477136	42.65402843601896	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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