{
 "id": "persistent-absence-england",
 "title": "Persistent and severe absence, England",
 "category": "education",
 "summary": "Percentage of pupil enrolments aged 5 to 15 in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools in England that missed 10% or more of sessions (persistent) or 50% or more (severe), by academic year.",
 "unit": "percent",
 "chart": "line",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "",
 "notes": [
  "The data set holds no figures for 2019/20, when the pandemic closed schools."
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "publisher": "Department for Education",
  "publisher_url": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/",
  "source_page": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england",
  "licence": "OGL-3.0",
  "licence_name": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:47:12Z",
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 "meta": {
  "years": [
   "2006/07",
   "2007/08",
   "2008/09",
   "2009/10",
   "2010/11",
   "2011/12",
   "2012/13",
   "2013/14",
   "2014/15",
   "2015/16",
   "2016/17",
   "2017/18",
   "2018/19",
   "2020/21",
   "2021/22",
   "2022/23",
   "2023/24",
   "2024/25"
  ]
 },
 "headline": {
  "label": "Persistently absent enrolments",
  "value": 18.1,
  "period": "2024/25"
 },
 "series": [
  {
   "name": "Persistent absence",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2006/07",
     "v": 19.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2007/08",
     "v": 18.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2008/09",
     "v": 18.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2009/10",
     "v": 17.4
    },
    {
     "x": "2010/11",
     "v": 16.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2011/12",
     "v": 13.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2012/13",
     "v": 13.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2013/14",
     "v": 10.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2014/15",
     "v": 11.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 10.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 10.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 11.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 10.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 12.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 22.5
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 21.2
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 20.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 18.1
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Severe absence",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2006/07",
     "v": 1.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2007/08",
     "v": 0.9
    },
    {
     "x": "2008/09",
     "v": 0.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2009/10",
     "v": 0.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2010/11",
     "v": 0.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2011/12",
     "v": 0.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2012/13",
     "v": 0.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2013/14",
     "v": 0.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2014/15",
     "v": 0.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 0.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 0.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 0.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 0.8
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 1.1
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 1.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 2.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 2.3
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 2.4
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}