Data set from Pupil absence in schools in England

Absence rates in state funded alternative provision school level - autumn term

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Published 7 August 2025

Last updated 7 August 2025

School level absence information for all enrolments in state-funded alternative provision (including pupil referral units) with information on overall absence, persistent absence and reason for absence for pupils aged 5-15.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil absence in schools in England
• Release: Autumn term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 3,021
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of authorised holiday sessions
  • Number of authorised other sessions
  • Number of authorised reasons sessions
  • Number of excluded sessions
  • Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
  • Number of illness sessions
  • Number of interview sessions
  • Number of late sessions
  • Number of medical appointments sessions
  • Number of no reason yet sessions
  • Number of overall reasons sessions
  • Number of regulated performance sessions
  • Number of religious observance sessions
  • Number of study leave sessions
  • Number of temporary reduced timetable sessions
  • Number of traveller sessions
  • Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
  • Number of unauthorised other sessions
  • Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
  • Overall absence rate
  • Authorised absence rate
  • Unauthorised absence rate
  • Percentage of persistent absentees
  • Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
  • Number of pupil enrolments
  • Number of sessions possible
  • Number of overall absence sessions
  • Number of authorised absence sessions
  • Number of unauthorised absence sessions
  • Number of persistent absentees
  • Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
  • Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances
  • Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
  • Number of sessions recorded as unable to attend because of access arrangements
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2024/25 Autumn 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	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	school_name	school_laestab	school_urn	enrolments	sess_possible	sess_overall	sess_authorised	sess_unauthorised	sess_overall_percent	sess_authorised_percent	sess_unauthorised_percent	enrolments_pa_10_exact	enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	enrolments_pa_50_exact	enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	sess_auth_illness	sess_auth_appointments	sess_auth_religious	sess_auth_study	sess_auth_traveller	sess_auth_holiday	sess_auth_ext_holiday	sess_auth_excluded	sess_auth_interview	sess_auth_reg_performance	sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	sess_auth_other	sess_auth_totalreasons	sess_unauth_holiday	sess_unauth_late	sess_unauth_other	sess_unauth_noyet	sess_unauth_totalreasons	sess_overall_totalreasons	sess_x_covid	sess_y_exceptional	sess_q_la_arrangements
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	Heath School	2021100	100006	70	6925	2589	1382	1207	37.3863	19.9567	17.4296	63	90	25	35.71428571	333	86	0	0	0	z	z	59	0	1	608	295	1382	8	187	959	53	1207	2589	z	10	0
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	Camden Primary Pupil Referral Unit	2021101	100007	20	2860	284	245	39	9.93007	8.56643	1.36364	9	45	0	0	191	21	0	0	0	z	z	0	0	0	0	33	245	0	4	33	2	39	284	z	0	0
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	202	E09000007	Camden	State-funded alternative provision	The ArtsXchange	2024001	141164	27	3317	1473	918	555	44.4076	27.6756	16.732	25	92.59259259	12	44.44444444	189	38	0	0	0	z	z	121	3	0	164	403	918	6	60	476	13	555	1473	z	34	2
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	203	E09000011	Greenwich	State-funded alternative provision	Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit	2031101	100103	174	20621	6669	4942	1727	32.3408	23.9659	8.37496	122	70.11494253	49	28.16091954	1997	127	0	2	0	z	z	46	6	9	615	2140	4942	62	0	1665	0	1727	6669	z	375	2
202425	Autumn term	School	E92000001	England	E12000007	London	204	E09000012	Hackney	State-funded alternative provision	New Regent's College	2041103	134635	142	15009	6122	2434	3688	40.7889	16.2169	24.5719	117	82.3943662	55	38.73239437	448	79	0	0	0	z	z	228	23	0	878	778	2434	56	7	3564	61	3688	6122	z	33	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 34 variables

Variable name	Variable description
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact	Number of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees
enrolments_pa_50_exact	Number of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (50% or more missed)
sess_auth_appointments	Number of medical appointments sessions
sess_auth_excluded	Number of excluded sessions
sess_auth_ext_holiday	Number of extended authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_holiday	Number of authorised holiday sessions
sess_auth_illness	Number of illness sessions
sess_auth_interview	Number of interview sessions
sess_auth_other	Number of authorised other sessions
sess_auth_reg_performance	Number of regulated performance sessions
sess_auth_religious	Number of religious observance sessions
sess_auth_study	Number of study leave sessions
sess_auth_temp_reduced_timetable	Number of temporary reduced timetable sessions
sess_auth_totalreasons	Number of authorised reasons sessions
sess_auth_traveller	Number of traveller sessions
sess_authorised	Number of authorised absence sessions
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall	Number of overall absence sessions
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_overall_totalreasons	Number of overall reasons sessions
sess_possible	Number of sessions possible
sess_q_la_arrangements	Number of sessions recorded as unable to attend because of access arrangements
sess_unauth_holiday	Number of unauthorised holiday sessions
sess_unauth_late	Number of late sessions
sess_unauth_noyet	Number of no reason yet sessions
sess_unauth_other	Number of unauthorised other sessions
sess_unauth_totalreasons	Number of unauthorised reasons sessions
sess_unauthorised	Number of unauthorised absence sessions
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised absence rate
sess_x_covid	Number of sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances
sess_y_exceptional	Number of sessions recorded as exceptional circumstances

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Footnotes

1. Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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