Persistent absences for all pupils Education and skills

This indicator shows the percentage of pupils in state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools that were persistently absent (those absent for 10% of schooling sessions) during the academic year, in England (state-funded schools), for academic years 2006/07 to 2024/25.

Data source:
Department for Education (opens in a new tab)
Published on:
26 March 2026

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Note: Confidence intervals are not available for this indicator.

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Persistent absences for all pupils

Percentage of pupils in state-funded schools that were absent for 10% of academic year, upper tier/unitary authorities, AY 2024-25

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Persistent absences for all pupils

Percentage of pupils in state-funded schools that were absent for 10% of academic year, upper tier/unitary authorities, AY 2006-7 to AY 2024-25

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Persistent absences for all pupils

Percentage of pupils in state-funded schools that were absent for 10% of academic year, upper tier/unitary authorities, AY 2024-25

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Persistent absences for all pupils

Percentage of pupils in state-funded schools that were absent for 10% of academic year, upper tier/unitary authorities, AY 2006-7 to AY 2024-25

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Interpretation

Data is not available for academic year 2019/20.

Total includes state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

Sessions recorded as not attending due to COVID circumstances are included as possible sessions in 2020/21 and 2021/22 only, but not as an absence within absence rates.

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Other indicators

Persistent absences for all pupils is one of 104 local indicators on the Explore local statistics service. See the full list of local indicators.

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