Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 07 September 2026 - year to date

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Published 24 September 2026

Last updated 24 September 2026

Year to date local authority, regional and national attendance since 07 September 2026, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 37 2026 (Start of 26/27 AY)
• Number of rows: 647
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2026/27

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	education_phase	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	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	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	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	time_identifier
202627	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000026	Plymouth	879	Primary	69	15602.2	147821	147997	176	5888	3432	2456	959	153885	73217	73841	147058	763	2094	439	6	0	34	0	9	487	4	7	352	87	0	1	72	0	16	906	196	883	471	69	19332	96.1737661240537	3.82623387594632	2.23023686519154	1.59599701075478	1.36075640900673	0.285277967313253	0.588751340286578	0.573805114208662	0.127367839620496	0.306072716639049	0.00389901549858661	0	0.0220944211586574	0.00584852324787991	0.0025993436657244	0.00454885141501771	0.228742242583748	0.316470091301946	c	Academic year
202627	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000025	South Gloucestershire	803	Primary	94.4	19451.8	185140	186494	1354	6619	4569	2050	1165	193113	91849	92329	184178	962	3042	554	0	0	75	0	35	544	0	3	316	182	0	58	1080	0	34	744	203	806	297	93	22577	96.5724731115979	3.42752688840213	2.36597225458669	1.06155463381543	1.57524351027637	0.286878666894513	0.385266657345699	0.417372212124507	0.105119800324163	0.153795964021065	0	0	0.0388373646517842	0.018124103504166	0	0.00155349458607137	0.163634763066184	0.281700351607608	c	Academic year
202627	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000008	Croydon	306	Primary	87	25789.6	241951	242804	853	11765	6174	5591	3566	254569	117917	120857	238774	3177	3640	587	18	0	21	0	35	1621	4	85	163	128	0	28	653	0	44	1486	389	3005	711	87	31654	95.3784632064391	4.62153679356088	2.42527566200126	2.19626113155962	1.42986773723431	0.230585813669378	0.583731719101697	1.18042652483217	0.152807293896743	0.279295593729009	0.00707077452478503	0	0.00824923694558253	0.0137487282426376	0.00157128322773001	0.0333897685892626	0.0640297915299978	0.636762528037585	c	Academic year
202627	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	E09000014	Haringey	309	Primary	60	15206	143066	143789	723	6759	3202	3557	1772	150548	70063	71372	141435	1631	1864	378	31	0	0	0	1	820	5	27	76	70	0	6	647	0	0	1163	141	1553	700	60	18923	95.5104019980338	4.48959800196615	2.12689640513325	2.3627015968329	1.23814331641736	0.251082711161889	0.77251109280761	1.03156468368892	0.0936578367032442	0.464967983633127	0.0205914392751813	0	0	0.000664239976618753	0.00332119988309376	0.0179344793687063	0.0504822382230252	0.544676780827377	c	Academic year
202627	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000007	Stockport	356	Primary	85.4	19925	189702	190507	805	6468	4053	2415	1895	196975	93247	94820	188067	1635	2903	517	4	0	0	0	16	518	9	0	86	17	0	11	762	0	15	830	260	953	372	85	24377	96.7163345602234	3.28366543977662	2.05762152557431	1.22604391420231	1.47379109023988	0.262469856580784	0.421373270719634	0.483817743368448	0.131996446249524	0.188856453864704	0.00203071455768499	0	0	0.00812285823073994	0.00456910775479122	0	0.0436603629902272	0.262977535220206	c	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 57 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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