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The need
have a mental health problem, a 昀椀gure that
has risen by 50% in the past three years,
and nearly half of children from low-income
backgrounds worry about money.8
A particular concern is pupil attendance
at school, which remains signi昀椀cantly lower
than in 2019:
• Pupil absence from school in the 昀椀rst two
terms of 2022/23, was 7.3%, compared to
under 5% before the pandemic9
• In 2022/23, 21.2% of pupils were recorded
as ‘persistently absent,’ meaning
they missed more than 10% of school
sessions. 35.7% of pupils eligible for free
school meals were persistent absentees10
• Around 139,000 pupils were severely
absent, missing more than 50% of school
sessions11
• In 2021/22 only 35.6% of persistently
absent pupils received grades 9-4 in
English and Maths, compared with 67.6%
of all pupils12
7 ‘Cost-of-living-crisis: Impact
on schools,’ NFER, September
2023 at https://www.nfer.ac.uk/
media/5488/cost_of_living_
crisis_impact_on_schools_
pupils_and_families.pdf
8 ‘Is youth mental health getting
better or worse?’, Action
for Children, Thursday 16
February 2023 at https://www.
actionforchildren.org.uk/blog/
is-youth-mental-health-gettingbetter-or-worse/?gad=1&gclid=
CjwKCAjw6p-oBhAYEiwAgg2Pgl
mETZ6wb4dUfDY5ygZNx8dl2
-NrRLczBRNQoO3HJwoiJbeg8
C4OJRoCeLkQAvD_BwE
9 https://explore-educationstatistics.service.gov.uk/
昀椀nd-statistics/pupil-absence-inschools-in-england
10 ibid
Schools are going above and beyond to o昀昀er
support to young people and their families:
90% are subsidising extracurricular activities,
87% are providing uniform and clothing,
and 70% are providing food.13 However,
this has placed further pressure on school
budgets, which were already stretched by
higher energy costs and the need to fund
much-deserved increases in sta昀昀 pay from
the existing budget. Almost half of primary
schools and two-昀椀fths of secondary schools
were operating de昀椀cit budgets in 2022/23
and were having to make cuts.14
11 ibid
12 ‘School attendance in England,’
House of Commons Library,
11th September 2023 at
https://commonslibrary.
parliament.uk/researchbrie昀椀ngs/cbp-9710/
13 ‘Cost-of-living-crisis: Impact
on schools,’ NFER, September
2023 at https://www.nfer.ac.uk/
media/5488/cost_of_living_
crisis_impact_on_schools_
pupils_and_families.pdf
14 NFER, ‘Cost-of-living crisis:
Impact on schools,’ September
2023 at https://www.nfer.ac.uk/
media/5493/cost_of_living_
impact_on_schools_school_
provision.pdf
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