Pupil attendance in schools
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Updated Jun 26, 2025+ more versions
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteDepartment for Education (2025). Pupil attendance in schools [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schoolsDataset updatedJun 26, 2025AuthorsDepartment for EducationDescriptionThis publication provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded:
- primary schools
- secondary schools
- special schools
State-funded schools receive funding through their local authority or direct from the government.
It includes daily, weekly and year-to-date information on attendance and absence, in addition to reasons for absence. The release uses regular data automatically submitted to the Department for Education by participating schools.
The attached page includes links to attendance statistics published since September 2022.
Local authority interactive tool (LAIT)
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Updated May 28, 2025ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteDepartment for Education (2025). Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-laitDataset updatedMay 28, 2025AuthorsDepartment for EducationDescriptionThe local authority interactive tool (LAIT) is an app that presents information in interactive tables and charts, along with local authorities’ rank positions in England and against statistical neighbours.
It includes local authority, regional and national data on:
- children looked after and adoption
- child protection
- the children’s social care workforce
- special educational needs and disability
- pupil attainment and attendance
- children’s health
- youth justice
- post-16
- finance
The ‘Children’s services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool’ allows you to select a local authority and display its ‘closest statistical neighbours’ (local authorities with similar characteristics). The tool has been reviewed and rebuilt to include updated socio-economic variables from the 2021 census. More information is available in the associated update note and technical report.
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FacebookTwitterEmailThis publication provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded:
- primary schools
- secondary schools
- special schools
State-funded schools receive funding through their local authority or direct from the government.
It includes daily, weekly and year-to-date information on attendance and absence, in addition to reasons for absence. The release uses regular data automatically submitted to the Department for Education by participating schools.
The attached page includes links to attendance statistics published since September 2022.