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Persistent pupil absence — Knowsley

24.36%, latest 2024.

The rate stood at 24.36% in 2024. That is 2.6 percentage points lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 28.71% in 2021; the latest figure is 15.1% below that peak. Its low point was 14.82% in 2018; the latest reading is 64% above that.

What these terms mean

Persistent absence
A pupil who missed 10% or more of their own possible school sessions across the academic year, for any reason (authorised or unauthorised). Source
Academic year
1 September to 31 August -- DfE's own reporting year for school statistics, different from the calendar year.

Before you use these figures

  • England only: The Department for Education publishes this figure for state-funded schools in England only. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not covered here.
  • Unusually high in 2013: This area's 2013 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for 2013 — 16 against a typical figure (median) of about 11 across 121 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it -- flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
  • All state-funded school types combined: This figure combines state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. DfE also publishes a per-school-type breakdown, not loaded here.
  • Persistent absence, not all absence: "Persistent absentees" are pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible school sessions across the academic year. This is narrower than overall absence, which DfE also publishes separately.
  • Open Government Licence: Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Cite this figure:

Persistent pupil absence — Knowsley
24.36% for Knowsley, 2024
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 4 Sep 2026.
Source: DfE -- Explore Education Statistics, via statsmapped.com
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/knowsley/uk_pupil_absence_e08000011

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