Children missing education rate by council, England

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Children missing education on the autumn census day per 100 children aged 5 to 16 in each of England's 153 councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

0.4%

2025/26 autumn term

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:19 UTC

Children missing education per 100 aged 5 to 16

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub Children missing education per 100 aged 5 to 16

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

1Nottingham4.2%
2Southampton3.0%
3Hackney2.6%
4East Sussex2.0%
5Lincolnshire1.8%
6Blackpool1.4%
=7Bury1.2%
=7Sheffield, its area before 1 April 20251.2%
=7Stoke-on-Trent1.2%
=10Redbridge1.0%
=10Rotherham1.0%
=10Thurrock1.0%
=13Doncaster0.9%
=13Warwickshire0.9%
=15Bristol, City of0.8%
=15Coventry0.8%
=15Kingston upon Hull, City of0.8%
=15Newham0.8%
19Calderdale0.7%
=20Bradford0.6%
=20Central Bedfordshire0.6%
=20Derby0.6%
=20Hillingdon0.6%
=20Lancashire0.6%
=20Leeds0.6%
=20Leicester0.6%
=20Oldham0.6%
=20Stockport0.6%
=20Walsall0.6%
=30Birmingham0.5%
=30Cambridgeshire0.5%
=30Ealing0.5%
=30Kent0.5%
=30Middlesbrough0.5%
=30Norfolk0.5%
=30Wandsworth0.5%
=37Bath and North East Somerset0.4%
=37Blackburn with Darwen0.4%
=37Dudley0.4%
=37Halton0.4%
=37Haringey0.4%
=37Isles of Scilly0.4%
=37Newcastle upon Tyne0.4%
=37North Northamptonshire0.4%
=37Peterborough0.4%
=37Slough0.4%
=37Tameside0.4%
=37Telford and Wrekin0.4%
=37West Northamptonshire0.4%
=50Bedford0.3%
=50Brent0.3%
=50Cornwall0.3%
=50County Durham0.3%
=50Derbyshire0.3%
=50East Riding of Yorkshire0.3%
=50Essex0.3%
=50Hartlepool0.3%
=50Hertfordshire0.3%
=50Hounslow0.3%
=50Kirklees0.3%
=50Knowsley0.3%
=50Leicestershire0.3%
=50Manchester0.3%
=50Medway0.3%
=50Merton0.3%
=50North Yorkshire0.3%
=50Nottinghamshire0.3%
=50Reading0.3%
=50Redcar and Cleveland0.3%
=50Rochdale0.3%
=50Salford0.3%
=50Somerset0.3%
=50Southwark0.3%
=50Suffolk0.3%
=50Swindon0.3%
=50Tower Hamlets0.3%
=50York0.3%
=78Bolton0.2%
=78Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0.2%
=78Buckinghamshire0.2%
=78Cheshire East0.2%
=78Devon0.2%
=78Enfield0.2%
=78Gloucestershire0.2%
=78Greenwich0.2%
=78Hampshire0.2%
=78Liverpool0.2%
=78North East Lincolnshire0.2%
=78North Lincolnshire0.2%
=78North Somerset0.2%
=78Oxfordshire0.2%
=78Plymouth0.2%
=78Sandwell0.2%
=78Sefton0.2%
=78Shropshire0.2%
=78South Gloucestershire0.2%
=78South Tyneside0.2%
=78St. Helens0.2%
=78Sutton0.2%
=78Trafford0.2%
=78West Sussex0.2%
=78Westminster0.2%
=78Wigan0.2%
=78Wiltshire0.2%
=78Wolverhampton0.2%
=78Worcestershire0.2%
=107Barking and Dagenham0.1%
=107Barnet0.1%
=107Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20250.1%
=107Bexley0.1%
=107Bracknell Forest0.1%
=107Brighton and Hove0.1%
=107Bromley0.1%
=107Camden0.1%
=107Croydon0.1%
=107Cumberland0.1%
=107Darlington0.1%
=107Dorset0.1%
=107Gateshead0.1%
=107Hammersmith and Fulham0.1%
=107Harrow0.1%
=107Havering0.1%
=107Herefordshire, County of0.1%
=107Isle of Wight0.1%
=107Islington0.1%
=107Kensington and Chelsea0.1%
=107Kingston upon Thames0.1%
=107Milton Keynes0.1%
=107North Tyneside0.1%
=107Northumberland0.1%
=107Portsmouth0.1%
=107Richmond upon Thames0.1%
=107Rutland0.1%
=107Solihull0.1%
=107Southend-on-Sea0.1%
=107Staffordshire0.1%
=107Stockton-on-Tees0.1%
=107Sunderland0.1%
=107Surrey0.1%
=107Torbay0.1%
=107Wakefield0.1%
=107Waltham Forest0.1%
=107Warrington0.1%
=107West Berkshire0.1%
=107Westmorland and Furness0.1%
=107Windsor and Maidenhead0.1%
=107Wirral0.1%
148City of London0.0%

No figure published for Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), Cheshire West and Chester (fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10), Lambeth (fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10), Lewisham (fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10), Luton (fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10), Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019), Wokingham (fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10).

Data table

162 rows

Area	Children missing education per 100 aged 5 to 16
Nottingham E06000018	4.2%
Southampton E06000045	3.0%
Hackney E09000012	2.6%
East Sussex E10000011	2.0%
Lincolnshire E10000019	1.8%
Blackpool E06000009	1.4%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	1.2%
Bury E08000002	1.2%
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	1.2%
Thurrock E06000034	1.0%
Rotherham E08000018	1.0%
Redbridge E09000026	1.0%
Doncaster E08000017	0.9%
Warwickshire E10000031	0.9%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	0.8%
Bristol, City of E06000023	0.8%
Coventry E08000026	0.8%
Newham E09000025	0.8%
Calderdale E08000033	0.7%
Derby E06000015	0.6%
Leicester E06000016	0.6%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	0.6%
Oldham E08000004	0.6%
Stockport E08000007	0.6%
Walsall E08000030	0.6%
Bradford E08000032	0.6%
Leeds E08000035	0.6%
Hillingdon E09000017	0.6%
Lancashire E10000017	0.6%
Middlesbrough E06000002	0.5%
Birmingham E08000025	0.5%
Ealing E09000009	0.5%
Wandsworth E09000032	0.5%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	0.5%
Kent E10000016	0.5%
Norfolk E10000020	0.5%
Halton E06000006	0.4%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	0.4%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	0.4%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	0.4%
Peterborough E06000031	0.4%
Slough E06000039	0.4%
Isles of Scilly E06000053	0.4%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	0.4%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	0.4%
Tameside E08000008	0.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	0.4%
Dudley E08000027	0.4%
Haringey E09000014	0.4%
Hartlepool E06000001	0.3%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	0.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	0.3%
York E06000014	0.3%
Swindon E06000030	0.3%
Medway E06000035	0.3%
Reading E06000038	0.3%
County Durham E06000047	0.3%
Cornwall E06000052	0.3%
Bedford E06000055	0.3%
North Yorkshire E06000065	0.3%
Somerset E06000066	0.3%
Manchester E08000003	0.3%
Rochdale E08000005	0.3%
Salford E08000006	0.3%
Knowsley E08000011	0.3%
Kirklees E08000034	0.3%
Brent E09000005	0.3%
Hounslow E09000018	0.3%
Merton E09000024	0.3%
Southwark E09000028	0.3%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	0.3%
Derbyshire E10000007	0.3%
Essex E10000012	0.3%
Hertfordshire E10000015	0.3%
Leicestershire E10000018	0.3%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	0.3%
Suffolk E10000029	0.3%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	0.2%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	0.2%
North Somerset E06000024	0.2%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	0.2%
Plymouth E06000026	0.2%
Cheshire East E06000049	0.2%
Shropshire E06000051	0.2%
Wiltshire E06000054	0.2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	0.2%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	0.2%
Bolton E08000001	0.2%
Trafford E08000009	0.2%
Wigan E08000010	0.2%
Liverpool E08000012	0.2%
St. Helens E08000013	0.2%
Sefton E08000014	0.2%
South Tyneside E08000023	0.2%
Sandwell E08000028	0.2%
Wolverhampton E08000031	0.2%
Enfield E09000010	0.2%
Greenwich E09000011	0.2%
Sutton E09000029	0.2%
Westminster E09000033	0.2%
Devon E10000008	0.2%
Gloucestershire E10000013	0.2%
Hampshire E10000014	0.2%
Oxfordshire E10000025	0.2%
West Sussex E10000032	0.2%
Worcestershire E10000034	0.2%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	0.1%
Darlington E06000005	0.1%
Warrington E06000007	0.1%
Rutland E06000017	0.1%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	0.1%
Torbay E06000027	0.1%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	0.1%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	0.1%
West Berkshire E06000037	0.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	0.1%
Milton Keynes E06000042	0.1%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	0.1%
Portsmouth E06000044	0.1%
Isle of Wight E06000046	0.1%
Northumberland E06000057	0.1%
Dorset E06000059	0.1%
Cumberland E06000063	0.1%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	0.1%
Wirral E08000015	0.1%
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	0.1%
North Tyneside E08000022	0.1%
Sunderland E08000024	0.1%
Solihull E08000029	0.1%
Wakefield E08000036	0.1%
Gateshead E08000037	0.1%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	0.1%
Barnet E09000003	0.1%
Bexley E09000004	0.1%
Bromley E09000006	0.1%
Camden E09000007	0.1%
Croydon E09000008	0.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	0.1%
Harrow E09000015	0.1%
Havering E09000016	0.1%
Islington E09000019	0.1%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	0.1%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	0.1%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	0.1%
Waltham Forest E09000031	0.1%
Staffordshire E10000028	0.1%
Surrey E10000030	0.1%
City of London E09000001	0.0%
Luton E06000032	fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10
Wokingham E06000041	fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10
Lambeth E09000022	fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10
Lewisham E09000023	fewer than 5 (low): the DfE's ‘count that rounds to 0, but is not 0’, its counts rounded to 10
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	0.2%
North West	0.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber	0.5%
East Midlands	0.8%
West Midlands	0.4%
East of England	0.4%
South East	0.4%
South West	0.3%
England	0.4%

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Children missing education per 100 aged 5 to 16 · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

0.0% to 0.1%
0.1% to 0.2%
0.2% to 0.3%
0.3% to 0.5%
0.5% to 4.2%

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Notes

Children of compulsory school age the council knows are not registered at a school and not receiving suitable education otherwise on the census day in October, as local authorities report them. Collecting these figures became mandatory in the autumn of 2024, and the DfE publishes them as official statistics in development.
The DfE's methodology: “The rates of CME are calculated using ONS mid-year population estimates for children aged 5 to 16 years in England as the denominator.” Rates are rounded to one decimal place.
The DfE gives no population beside these rates, so the hub cannot recompute them: they are checked by the DfE's CSV of the same version giving every figure exactly as its API does (decision 48.6).
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
The DfE gives Inner and Outer London, not London, so London's figure is not shown.