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Why the caveats matter

Every figure carries the publisher's own caveats. Where a statistic is published for a wider area than the one you clicked, or where the publisher itself flags it as unreliable, the page says so rather than quietly rounding it off.

The UK's four nations publish separately, so some figures stop at a border: house sale prices cover England and Wales, road collisions Great Britain, and pupil absence England only. An area with fewer datasets isn't missing data — its nation publishes that statistic through a different body.

Persistent pupil absence — Peterborough

18.9%, latest 2024/25.

The rate stood at 18.9% in 2024/25. That is 1.0 percentage points lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 24.8% in 2021/22; the latest figure is 23.5% below that peak. Its low point was 10.8% in 2015/16; the latest reading is 75% 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.
  • 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 — Peterborough
18.9% for Peterborough, 2024/25
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 4 Sep 2026.
Source: DfE -- Explore Education Statistics, via statsmapped.com
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/peterborough/persistent-pupil-absence

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