Department for Education · 8 May 2015 – 9 June 2017
Pupils persistently absent during the Conservative 2015–2017 government
2013/14 academic year → 2015/16 academic year · 2 periods
↑ 1.1%+7,829 pupils
Pupils persistently absent rose by 1.1% over the period, from 699,561 pupils (2013/14 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 707,390 (2015/16 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2013/14 academic year: 699,561
Level when it left 2015/16 academic year: 707,390
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.