Department for Education · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Pupils persistently absent during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
2015/16 academic year → 2018/19 academic year · 3 periods
↑ 9.1%+64,473 pupils
Pupils persistently absent rose by 9.1% over the period, from 707,390 pupils (2015/16 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 771,863 (2018/19 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2015/16 academic year: 707,390
Level when it left 2018/19 academic year: 771,863
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.