Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 08 September 2025 - weekly

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Published 9 October 2025

Last updated 9 October 2025

Weekly local authority, regional and national attendance since 08 September 2025, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 39 2025
• Number of rows: 1,941
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • Education Phase
• Time period: 2025 Week 37 to 2025 Week 39

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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	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
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000020	Telford and Wrekin	894	Primary	55	13788.6	131197	131534	337	5236	3438	1798	1023	136770	64771	65541	130312	885	2494	296	0	0	20	0	8	452	2	2	164	36	0	7	284	0	10	481	138	958	221	56	16001	96.1716750749433	3.82832492505666	2.51370914674271	1.31461577831396	1.82349930540323	0.21642172991153	0.351685311106237	0.700446004240696	0.100899320026322	0.161585142940703	0	0	0.0146230898588872	0.00584923594355487	0.00146230898588872	0.00146230898588872	0.119909336842875	0.33048183081085
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E08000035	Leeds	383	Primary	220.8	59315.2	536783	539795	3012	23454	12348	11106	5653	563249	264055	267871	531926	4857	8403	1287	24	0	6	0	63	1734	21	4	806	509	0	53	2380	0	70	5506	796	4090	714	222	70430	95.835944671007	4.16405532899304	2.19228085624653	1.97177447274651	1.49188014537087	0.22849574522103	0.977542791909085	0.726144209754478	0.141322931776177	0.126764539306772	0.00426099291787469	0	0.00106524822946867	0.0111851064094211	0.00372836880314035	0.000710165486312448	0.143098345491958	0.307856738316446
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E06000060	Buckinghamshire	825	Primary	183	38453.2	353055	353359	304	12035	8315	3720	3379	365394	173732	176349	350081	2974	5784	774	2	4	114	0	24	1180	37	11	385	127	0	35	104	0	38	1348	405	1564	403	184	45431	96.7062951225253	3.29370487747473	2.27562576287514	1.01807911459958	1.58294881689355	0.211826138360236	0.368916840451677	0.428031111621975	0.110839258444309	0.110291904081621	0.000547354362687948	0.0010947087253759	0.031199198673213	0.00656825235225537	0.010126055709727	0.00301044899478371	0.10536571481743	0.322939073985889
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	Newcastle upon Tyne	391	Primary	72	17873.2	168098	168487	389	7079	3945	3134	1882	175566	82396	83979	166375	1723	2855	428	2	0	0	0	13	470	1	5	171	60	0	2	307	0	20	1530	159	1266	179	72	22750	95.9678981123908	4.03210188760922	2.247018215372	1.78508367223722	1.626169076017	0.243782964810954	0.871467140562524	0.72109633983801	0.0905642322545368	0.101955959582151	0.00113917273276147	0	0	0.00740462276294955	0.000569586366380734	0.00284793183190367	0.0973992686511056	0.267705592198945
2025	Week 37	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000009	Blackpool	890	Primary	30	9072.4	85062	86321	1259	3979	1852	2127	1134	90300	41615	42472	84087	975	1274	247	4	0	24	0	21	242	0	0	40	0	0	70	1189	0	0	799	159	1058	111	30	11439	95.59357696567	4.40642303433001	2.05094130675526	2.35548172757475	1.41085271317829	0.273532668881506	0.884828349944629	1.17165005537099	0.176079734219269	0.122923588039867	0.0044296788482835	0	0.026578073089701	0.0232558139534884	0	0	0.044296788482835	0.267995570321152

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 56 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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