Department for Education · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024
Pupils persistently absent during the Conservative 2019–2024 government
2018/19 academic year → 2022/23 academic year · 3 periods
↑ 103.3%+797,440 pupils
Pupils persistently absent rose by 103.3% over the period, from 771,863 pupils (2018/19 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 1,569,303 (2022/23 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2018/19 academic year: 771,863
Level when it left 2022/23 academic year: 1,569,303
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.