UK school attendance hub
School Attendance Calculator UK
Start here for UK school attendance tools, clear guides and official resources, with a clear route to the full calculator.
Estimates only. Check your school's own records when decisions matter.
Attendance visual
A typical year at a glance
A calm reference view showing one attendance estimate against the 95% benchmark and the latest England comparator.
190-day school-year stripEach segment represents around 10 school days.
Instant answer
One full day off across a typical 190-day school year is about 0.5 percentage points.
Use the homepage to orient yourself quickly, then open the full calculator for current, future, recovery and year-to-date attendance estimates.
Read the one-day guideStart with the right calculator
Pick the tool, then use the full calculator experience on its own page
The homepage stays focused on routing. Current checks, year-to-date work, recovery planning and fuller benchmark detail live on the dedicated calculator pages.
Main attendance calculator
Check current attendance, future impact, recovery and year-to-date estimates.
Days missed calculatorTurn missed days into sessions and clearer benchmark context.
Recovery calculatorEstimate how many fully attended days a target could take.
Planned absence calculatorSee how a future holiday or planned absence could change the percentage.
Attendance across a school year
Use the school-year pattern before guessing what a percentage means
A common full-year benchmark is about 190 school days, or about 380 sessions. Missing around 9.5 days usually brings the estimate close to 95%, while 19 missed days is about 90%.
Typical school year
190 days / 380 sessionsA common full-year benchmark for quick attendance maths.
95% benchmark
About 9.5 days missedA useful threshold for checking what the percentage means in days.
One missed day
1 day missed | 99.5%
Close to 95%
About 10 days missed | 94.7%
Around 90%
19 days missed | 90%
Read the key follow-up pages, then use the full guide hub if needed
Understanding school attendance percentages in the UK
Start with the main explainer for percentages, sessions and thresholds.
What 95% attendance meansTranslate a common benchmark into missed days, sessions and context.
How much attendance is one day off?See why one missed day means about half a percentage point across a typical full year.
How many days off is 90%, 95% or 97% attendance?Use benchmark examples to sense-check the scale of the percentage.
How we calculate attendanceSee the formula, assumptions and worked examples behind the tools.
Clear estimates, with the method shown
The tools show the assumptions behind each result, including days, sessions and the England comparator where relevant. They are independent estimates, so use your school record for formal decisions.
You can also check the formula, read the background, or contact the site if something looks wrong.