Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance between 06 January and 12 April 2025 by sex - 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 sex.

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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
  • Sex
• 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	sex	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	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000032	Bradford	380	Primary	Female	154.85	2231677	11842	2243519	143834	98231	45603	39984	2387353	1082576	1114770	2197346	34331	70941	5674	12764	3	12	0	546	7065	24	25	1177	1009	0	549	10011	0	273	12420	5653	25863	1667	93.97516831402814	6.024831685971869	4.1146407757880805	1.9101909101837893	2.971533744695485	0.23766908370902837	0.5202414557042884	1.0833337173011282	0.23678944839745109	0.0698262887809218	0.5346507198558403	1.256621873681856E-4	5.026487494727424E-4	0.02287051810100978	0.0010052974989454848	0.00104718489473488	0.049301464844118154	0.2959344512520771	19.616300489733568	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000031	Warwickshire	937	Primary	Male	191.476923076923	2371088	18634	2389722	131093	105672	25421	27613	2520815	1165687	1181182	2346869	24219	79928	6265	1042	0	404	0	2214	8910	22	69	6818	2011	0	1012	15035	1	575	6301	3394	14517	1209	94.79957870767986	5.200421292320143	4.1919775945477955	1.0084436977723474	3.1707205804471963	0.24853073311607554	0.24995884267588064	0.5758851799913917	0.13463899572162177	0.047960679383453365	0.04133583781435766	0.0	0.016026562837812373	0.08782873792801138	8.727336198808718E-4	0.002737209989626371	0.2704680827430811	0.3534571160517531	14.144483024691358	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E10000007	Derbyshire	830	Secondary	Female	44.7166666666667	2101972	26094	2128066	212813	139738	73075	59137	2340879	1010976	1037633	2048609	53363	95106	9883	203	14	12	0	5953	13006	90	458	15013	8298	0	2019	13400	1554	823	3201	5774	62502	1598	90.90884236220667	9.091157637793325	5.969467024993603	3.121690612799722	4.062832807676091	0.4221918347765946	0.13674350532428203	2.6700226709710324	0.24665948133158525	0.06826495517282184	0.008671956132717666	5.980659401874253E-4	5.126279487320789E-4	0.2543061815668388	0.0038447096154905916	0.019565300043274343	0.6413402828595584	0.5556032584341181	23.39147002784699	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000056	Central Bedfordshire	823	Primary	Unknown	2.01666666666667	49021	302	49323	1865	1525	340	251	51188	24487	24523	49010	11	1240	131	8	0	0	0	4	142	0	0	0	11	0	102	189	0	0	6	240	84	10	96.35656794561226	3.643432054387747	2.9792138782527156	0.6642181761350316	2.4224427600218803	0.2559193560990857	0.011721497225912323	0.1641009611627725	0.4688598890364929	0.019535828709853872	0.015628662967883098	0.0	0.0	0.007814331483941549	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.27740876767992495	8.520179372197308	202425
202425	Spring term	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000042	Milton Keynes	826	Special	Male	6	62213	632	62845	10668	8152	2516	901	73513	30719	30867	61586	627	4278	622	68	0	0	0	230	1359	0	0	1595	244	0	35	353	0	0	149	274	2065	28	85.48828098431571	14.511719015684301	11.089195108348184	3.4225239073361178	5.819378885367214	0.8461088514956537	0.20268523934542187	2.80902697482078	0.37272319181641345	0.0380885013535021	0.09250064614421939	0.0	0.0	0.31286983254662437	0.0	0.0	2.169684273529852	1.8486526192646198	39.04761904761905	202425

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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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