The extremes of pupils persistently absent as published by Department for Education, across the 18 periods held here (2006/07 academic year to 2024/25 academic year). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
Highest published
1,643,8762021/22 academic year
Lowest published
699,5612013/14 academic year
The full series
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A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.