Pupils persistently absent during the Labour 2024– government
2022/23 academic year → 2024/25 academic year · 2 periods
↓ 14.6%−228,866 pupils
Pupils persistently absent fell by 14.6% over the period, from 1,569,303 pupils (2022/23 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 1,340,437 (2024/25 academic year, the latest available).
Inherited level 2022/23 academic year: 1,569,303
Latest 2024/25 academic year: 1,340,437
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.