93 datasets found
  1. Pupil attendance in schools

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    Updated Nov 20, 2025
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    Department for Education (2025). Pupil attendance in schools [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools
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    Nov 20, 2025
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    Authors
    Department for Education
    Description

    This 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.

    Explore Education Statistics includes previous pupil attendance releases since September 2022.

  2. Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2024 and spring 2025

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    Updated Oct 23, 2025
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    Department for Education (2025). Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2024 and spring 2025 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-autumn-2024-and-spring-2025
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 23, 2025
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    GOV.UKhttp://gov.uk/
    Authors
    Department for Education
    Area covered
    England
    Description

    Absence statistics relating to the autumn 2024 and spring 2025 terms.

    This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

    • state-funded primary schools
    • state-funded secondary schools
    • special schools

    It includes:

    • reasons for absence
    • absence by pupil characteristic
    • rates of persistent and severe absence

    We have presented information separately on absence levels in state-funded alternative provision, including pupil referral units.

    The release uses pupil-level absence data that we collect in the school census.

  3. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2021 to 2022

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    Updated Mar 16, 2023
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    Department for Education (2023). Pupil absence in schools in England: 2021 to 2022 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2021-to-2022
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 16, 2023
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    GOV.UKhttp://gov.uk/
    Authors
    Department for Education
    Description

    This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

    • state-funded primary schools
    • state-funded secondary schools
    • state-funded special schools

    It includes information on:

    • reasons for absence
    • persistent absentees
    • pupil characteristics
    • absence information for pupil referral units
    • absence by term

    The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the school census.

  4. Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 09...

    • explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
    Updated Aug 7, 2025
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    Department for Education (2025). Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 09 September 2024 by FSM - Academic year 2024 - 2025 [Dataset]. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/9b8a2f94-d46a-45c1-8e5b-f942224c696d
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 7, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Full 2024/25 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 09 September 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for primary, secondary and special schools broken down by Free School Meals eligibility.

  5. Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance between 01 April and 19 July...

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    Updated Aug 8, 2024
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    Department for Education (2024). Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024 - Summer term [Dataset]. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/423a5c85-3b60-4797-9f6c-79fa3fd1df0b
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 8, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Summer term local authority, regional and national attendance between 01 April and 19 July 2024, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  6. PISA: Truancy rate in the UK compared to selected OECD countries 2015

    • statista.com
    Updated Dec 9, 2016
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    Statista (2016). PISA: Truancy rate in the UK compared to selected OECD countries 2015 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285237/pisa-truancy-ratein-the-uk-compared-to-selected-oecd-countries/
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    Dec 9, 2016
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2015
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    This statistic shows the truancy rate as reported by ** year olds in the United Kingdom and selected OECD countries in 2015. The highest rate was found in Montenegro, at ** percent. The United Kingdom was above the OECD average, whilst Japan had the lowest reported rate. Rather than being collected from schools, the data here represents the percentage of ** year olds who personally said in the PISA that they had skipped classes or days of school. The countries shown here are a selection of those tested and do not represent the full survey.

  7. Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 11...

    • explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
    Updated Aug 8, 2024
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    Department for Education (2024). Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2024 - Academic year 2023 - 2024 [Dataset]. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5e6c3f8b-1e03-4e2b-973e-da2c4a2af9a8
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 8, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Academic year 2023 to 2024 local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  8. Attendance at primary and post-primary schools

    • data.gov.uk
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    Updated Mar 12, 2013
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    Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (2013). Attendance at primary and post-primary schools [Dataset]. https://data.gov.uk/dataset/59573657-9850-4a72-95ee-b76c57e3aac8/attendance-at-primary-and-post-primary-schools
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 12, 2013
    Dataset provided by
    Department of Educationhttps://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
    Authors
    Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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    Description

    Analysis of pupil attendance at primary, post-primary and special schools in Northern Ireland, by school and pupil characteristics.

    Source agency: Education (Northern Ireland)

    Designation: National Statistics

    Language: English

    Alternative title: Attendance at primary and post-primary schools

  9. Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 11...

    • explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
    Updated Aug 8, 2024
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    Department for Education (2024). Pupil attendance in schools - Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 by sex - Academic year 2023 - 2024 [Dataset]. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5346313d-e219-4e70-82b4-1c3724b6faed
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 8, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Full 2023/24 academic year local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools broken down by sex. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

  10. Workforce and school absence because of health reasons

    • ons.gov.uk
    • cy.ons.gov.uk
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    Updated Mar 24, 2023
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    Office for National Statistics (2023). Workforce and school absence because of health reasons [Dataset]. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/datasets/workforceandschoolabsencebecauseofhealthreasons
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 24, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Office for National Statisticshttp://www.ons.gov.uk/
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Absence from school and employment in the UK because of health reasons and respiratory illness, including breakdowns by age, sex and work sector over time. Self-reported data from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey.

  11. Primary School Attendance - Dataset - data.gov.uk

    • ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Updated Oct 18, 2019
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    ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk (2019). Primary School Attendance - Dataset - data.gov.uk [Dataset]. https://ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/primary-school-attendance
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 18, 2019
    Dataset provided by
    CKANhttps://ckan.org/
    Description

    A data set which shows the number of sessions attended at primary schools in Leeds by LSOA and overall attendance. A session is half a day. As a result of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no attendance data available for 2019/20.

  12. Pupil absence in schools in England: 2018 to 2019

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    Updated Mar 26, 2020
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    Department for Education (2020). Pupil absence in schools in England: 2018 to 2019 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2018-to-2019
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 26, 2020
    Dataset provided by
    GOV.UKhttp://gov.uk/
    Authors
    Department for Education
    Description

    This release provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in:

    • state-funded primary schools
    • state-funded secondary schools
    • state-funded special schools

    It includes information on:

    • reasons for absence
    • persistent absentees
    • pupil characteristics
    • absence information for pupil referral units
    • absence by term

    The information is based on pupil level absence data collected via the School Census.

    It updates and supplements information published in the October 2019 release - Pupil absence in schools in England, autumn 2018 and spring 2019.

    A guide on how we produce pupil absence statistics is also available.

    School census statistics team

    Email mailto:schools.statistics@education.gov.uk">schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

    Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

  13. u

    GBHD

    • beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk
    • datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk
    Updated Aug 16, 2022
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    Southall, H., University of Portsmouth; Aucott, P., University of Portsmouth (2022). GBHD [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8945-1
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 16, 2022
    Dataset provided by
    UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
    Authors
    Southall, H., University of Portsmouth; Aucott, P., University of Portsmouth
    Time period covered
    Mar 31, 1851
    Area covered
    Great Britain, United Kingdom, Scotland, England and Wales
    Description

    The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on A Vision of Britain webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.

    Although these data come from the reports of the 1851 Census, they result not from the main household enumeration but from a separate survey of school attendance conducted on 31st March 1851. While modern census education statistics, from 1951 onwards, are concerned mainly with educational attainment, measured by either level of qualification achieved or age at termination of education, the 1851 data are concerned mainly with how schools were funded, and in particular the role of different religious denominations, which were very finely categorised. The only data concerning pupils are the numbers of female and male pupils on the attendance register of each category of school, except that for Scotland there are separate counts of the actual numbers of females and males in attendance on the census day.

  14. s

    scottish primary school attendance (2022-2023) education - open data

    • data.stirling.gov.uk
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    Updated Mar 24, 2025
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    Stirling Council - insights by location (2025). scottish primary school attendance (2022-2023) education - open data [Dataset]. https://data.stirling.gov.uk/datasets/stirling-council::scottish-primary-school-attendance-2022-2023-education-open-data/about
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    Mar 24, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Stirling Council - insights by location
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    This dataset contains information released by the Scottish Government relating to recorded attendance within Scottish Primary Schools and accounts for half-day attendance figures.The data shown;Local Authority CodeLocal Authority NameSchool Seed CodeSchool NamePossible AttendanceAttendanceAttendance PercentageAuthorised AbsenceAuthorised Absence PercentageUnauthorised AbsenceUnauthorised Absence PercentageExclusionsExclusions Percentage

  15. Pupil Absence in Schools in England

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    Updated Dec 29, 2014
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    Department for Education (2014). Pupil Absence in Schools in England [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/data_gov_uk/MjY4MmM5NTUtNzZjMy00NDhjLWFiYWYtOGE4MjhlMTI3NDU1
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    html, shtmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Dec 29, 2014
    Dataset provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This Statistical First Release reports on absence in primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Source agency: Education Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Pupil Absence in Schools

  16. Number of fines issues to parents for unauthorized school absence England...

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 18, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of fines issues to parents for unauthorized school absence England 2016-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1553188/england-school-absence-parental-fines/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 18, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United Kingdom, England
    Description

    There were ******* penalty notices issued to parents for unauthorized school absence in England during the 2023/24 academic year, the highest during this time period. The vast majority of these fines were related to unauthorized family holiday absence, with just over ****** for arriving late or other reasons.

  17. Neighbourhood Statistics - Small Area Pupil Absence & Attainment By Pupil...

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    • ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk
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    Updated Dec 29, 2014
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    Department for Education (2014). Neighbourhood Statistics - Small Area Pupil Absence & Attainment By Pupil Characteristics [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/data_gov_uk/YmU2NmFjMWUtYWVhNi00MzU0LThhZmEtOGJmYjg0NTlkNGYz
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    shtml, htmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Dec 29, 2014
    Dataset provided by
    Department for Educationhttps://gov.uk/dfe
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Absence: The tables provide information on pupil residency-based pupil absence broken down by gender. Attainment:The tables provide information on pupil residency-based small area pupil attainment (Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and Key Stages 1, 2, 4 and 5) broken down by gender, free school meal eligibility (Key Stages 2 and 4 only) and ethnicity (Key Stages 2 and 4 only).

    Source agency: Education

    Designation: National Statistics

    Language: English

    Alternative title: Small Area Pupil Absence and Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England

  18. s

    stirling secondary school attendance (2022-2023) education - open data

    • data.stirling.gov.uk
    Updated Mar 24, 2025
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    Stirling Council - insights by location (2025). stirling secondary school attendance (2022-2023) education - open data [Dataset]. https://data.stirling.gov.uk/datasets/stirling-secondary-school-attendance-2022-2023-education-open-data/about
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 24, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Stirling Council - insights by location
    Area covered
    Stirling
    Description

    This dataset contains information released by the Scottish Government relating to recorded attendance within Scottish Secondary Schools and accounts for half-day attendance figures. Information has been filtered to show Stirling Council schools.The data shown;Local Authority CodeLocal Authority NameSchool Seed CodeSchool NamePossible AttendanceAttendanceAttendance PercentageAuthorised AbsenceAuthorised Absence PercentageUnauthorised AbsenceUnauthorised Absence PercentageExclusionsExclusions Percentage

  19. Number of pupils in private schools in the UK 2020-2025

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    Statista, Number of pupils in private schools in the UK 2020-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447867/uk-private-school-pupils/
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    As of 2025, there were approximately 545,640 pupils attending private or independent schools in the United Kingdom, compared with 565,550 in the previous year.

  20. Secondary School Attendance - Dataset - data.gov.uk

    • ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Updated Oct 18, 2019
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    ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk (2019). Secondary School Attendance - Dataset - data.gov.uk [Dataset]. https://ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk/dataset/secondary-school-attendance
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 18, 2019
    Dataset provided by
    CKANhttps://ckan.org/
    Description

    Secondary school attendance based on sessions attended for pupils living in the LSOA for the academic year. A session is a half day at school. As a result of school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no attendance data available for 2019/20.

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Dataset updated
Nov 20, 2025
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Authors
Department for Education
Description

This 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.

Explore Education Statistics includes previous pupil attendance releases since September 2022.

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