Department for Education · 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015
Pupils persistently absent during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
2008/09 academic year → 2013/14 academic year · 5 periods
↓ 41.0%−485,143 pupils
Pupils persistently absent fell by 41.0% over the period, from 1,184,704 pupils (2008/09 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 699,561 (2013/14 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2008/09 academic year: 1,184,704
Level when it left 2013/14 academic year: 699,561
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of pupil enrolments in state-funded schools in England that missed 10% or more of their possible sessions in the academic year.
Doesn’t measure: The same child counted once if they were enrolled at two schools in the year: the unit is the enrolment.