37% of Year 1-6 and 58% of Year 7-11 pupils who missed school at the start of the year went on to miss at least 10% of sessions across the whole of the 2022/23 academic year.
Absence rates remain above pre-pandemic rates. With that in mind, should the persistent absence measure now be redefined?
We use the latest Attendance Tracker data to analyse attendance and persistent absence among Year 11 pupils, nationally and regionally
We bring you an up-to-date picture of absence across the country
Why looking at the number of spells of absence alongside rates of absence helps to identify those who are most likely to remain persistently absent
We bring you the latest insights from Attendance Tracker, and summarise the picture across (almost) the whole of Autumn Term
There are early signs of an improvement in attendance in primary and secondary schools this year
We present persistent absence figures for Autumn and Spring Term using different methods
The impact of COVID on pupil absence appears to have been much greater in Wales than in England
