Persistently and severely absent pupils by council, England
Enrolments persistently and severely absent in each of England's 153 councils with education duties over the academic year, and all enrolments, with the regions and England, from the DfE.
England
7,388,150
2024/25 · Enrolments
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:22 UTCSource: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
163 rows
| Area | Enrolments | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent E10000016 | 218,212 | 42,376 | 5,210 |
| Essex E10000012 | 198,316 | 35,846 | 4,983 |
| Birmingham E08000025 | 181,577 | 38,055 | 4,431 |
| Hampshire E10000014 | 171,331 | 27,018 | 4,189 |
| Hertfordshire E10000015 | 167,880 | 28,068 | 3,455 |
| Lancashire E10000017 | 161,335 | 28,384 | 3,644 |
| Surrey E10000030 | 143,219 | 21,564 | 2,993 |
| Leeds E08000035 | 115,196 | 21,896 | 3,394 |
| Staffordshire E10000028 | 110,394 | 17,400 | 2,002 |
| Nottinghamshire E10000024 | 109,902 | 18,293 | 2,521 |
| West Sussex E10000032 | 107,118 | 18,830 | 2,486 |
| Norfolk E10000020 | 104,276 | 18,861 | 2,908 |
| Lincolnshire E10000019 | 96,125 | 17,610 | 2,358 |
| Derbyshire E10000007 | 93,965 | 14,832 | 2,256 |
| Leicestershire E10000018 | 91,393 | 14,069 | 2,051 |
| Suffolk E10000029 | 90,599 | 16,409 | 2,531 |
| Devon E10000008 | 88,248 | 16,274 | 2,836 |
| Oxfordshire E10000025 | 86,734 | 15,398 | 2,530 |
| Bradford E08000032 | 86,152 | 19,934 | 2,951 |
| Manchester E08000003 | 83,605 | 15,728 | 2,093 |
| Cambridgeshire E10000003 | 82,952 | 13,415 | 2,182 |
| Gloucestershire E10000013 | 81,695 | 14,036 | 1,923 |
| Warwickshire E10000031 | 79,267 | 14,296 | 2,310 |
| Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025 | 75,710 | 16,113 | 2,781 |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | 75,566 | 13,451 | 1,584 |
| Worcestershire E10000034 | 71,918 | 13,103 | 1,815 |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | 71,415 | 12,379 | 1,909 |
| Cornwall E06000052 | 66,069 | 12,402 | 1,765 |
| Liverpool E08000012 | 66,033 | 13,829 | 1,816 |
| Somerset E06000066 | 64,703 | 12,242 | 1,977 |
| East Sussex E10000011 | 64,232 | 13,341 | 2,023 |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | 62,322 | 9,975 | 1,621 |
| County Durham E06000047 | 62,067 | 12,013 | 1,521 |
| Kirklees E08000034 | 60,760 | 10,715 | 1,333 |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | 59,739 | 9,871 | 1,511 |
| Sandwell E08000028 | 56,308 | 11,096 | 1,231 |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | 55,200 | 12,271 | 1,814 |
| Leicester E06000016 | 55,170 | 10,705 | 1,369 |
| Coventry E08000026 | 53,729 | 10,872 | 1,640 |
| Newham E09000025 | 53,663 | 10,502 | 1,165 |
| Barnet E09000003 | 51,242 | 7,992 | 647 |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | 49,797 | 8,884 | 1,304 |
| Croydon E09000008 | 49,512 | 9,283 | 971 |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | 49,317 | 7,277 | 978 |
| Bolton E08000001 | 48,438 | 8,859 | 943 |
| Redbridge E09000026 | 48,310 | 8,542 | 582 |
| Wakefield E08000036 | 48,196 | 9,419 | 1,549 |
| Enfield E09000010 | 46,832 | 8,885 | 817 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | 46,645 | 7,723 | 1,042 |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | 45,713 | 8,080 | 1,147 |
| Walsall E08000030 | 45,613 | 9,847 | 1,228 |
| Ealing E09000009 | 45,610 | 8,300 | 830 |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | 44,810 | 7,951 | 1,116 |
| Medway E06000035 | 44,490 | 8,359 | 1,054 |
| Bromley E09000006 | 44,342 | 6,752 | 721 |
| Nottingham E06000018 | 44,218 | 9,102 | 1,226 |
| Wigan E08000010 | 44,164 | 7,742 | 966 |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | 44,137 | 8,469 | 735 |
| Dudley E08000027 | 43,237 | 8,675 | 1,184 |
| Wirral E08000015 | 42,865 | 8,752 | 1,108 |
| Doncaster E08000017 | 42,635 | 7,823 | 982 |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | 42,627 | 7,539 | 755 |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | 41,536 | 6,790 | 901 |
| Brent E09000005 | 41,115 | 6,977 | 507 |
| Dorset E06000059 | 41,057 | 8,010 | 1,290 |
| Oldham E08000004 | 40,935 | 7,751 | 825 |
| Derby E06000015 | 40,664 | 7,942 | 944 |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | 40,314 | 7,226 | 595 |
| Rotherham E08000018 | 39,859 | 8,009 | 1,183 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | 39,469 | 6,688 | 739 |
| Stockport E08000007 | 38,732 | 6,421 | 962 |
| Havering E09000016 | 38,657 | 5,885 | 590 |
| Luton E06000032 | 38,216 | 6,759 | 565 |
| Greenwich E09000011 | 38,060 | 6,496 | 655 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | 38,034 | 7,567 | 1,015 |
| Hounslow E09000018 | 37,941 | 6,767 | 524 |
| Northumberland E06000057 | 37,556 | 6,683 | 1,017 |
| Trafford E08000009 | 37,513 | 4,725 | 506 |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | 37,202 | 6,447 | 1,012 |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | 37,098 | 7,326 | 948 |
| Peterborough E06000031 | 36,832 | 6,973 | 784 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | 36,545 | 7,480 | 1,136 |
| Bexley E09000004 | 36,515 | 5,725 | 633 |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | 36,252 | 6,693 | 537 |
| Sefton E08000014 | 35,853 | 7,538 | 1,063 |
| Rochdale E08000005 | 35,480 | 7,102 | 848 |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | 35,480 | 6,481 | 431 |
| Sunderland E08000024 | 35,420 | 7,417 | 1,050 |
| Shropshire E06000051 | 35,103 | 6,144 | 721 |
| Salford E08000006 | 34,961 | 7,192 | 1,012 |
| Southwark E09000028 | 34,924 | 6,003 | 576 |
| Tameside E08000008 | 34,196 | 6,295 | 940 |
| Sutton E09000029 | 34,089 | 5,016 | 506 |
| Plymouth E06000026 | 34,087 | 7,084 | 1,125 |
| Harrow E09000015 | 34,077 | 5,441 | 450 |
| Solihull E08000029 | 34,043 | 6,233 | 841 |
| Swindon E06000030 | 33,422 | 5,751 | 836 |
| Cumberland E06000063 | 33,366 | 5,451 | 727 |
| Lewisham E09000023 | 32,847 | 5,469 | 504 |
| Southampton E06000045 | 32,037 | 6,856 | 1,077 |
| Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025 | 31,623 | 5,867 | 984 |
| Haringey E09000014 | 31,242 | 5,899 | 584 |
| Calderdale E08000033 | 30,926 | 5,272 | 598 |
| Warrington E06000007 | 29,988 | 4,327 | 538 |
| Lambeth E09000022 | 28,990 | 5,431 | 539 |
| Slough E06000039 | 28,808 | 5,357 | 477 |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | 28,436 | 4,736 | 614 |
| Thurrock E06000034 | 28,347 | 4,701 | 567 |
| North Somerset E06000024 | 28,117 | 5,036 | 749 |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | 27,926 | 5,933 | 902 |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | 27,903 | 5,372 | 740 |
| Bedford E06000055 | 27,749 | 5,029 | 582 |
| Hackney E09000012 | 27,432 | 4,896 | 446 |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | 26,997 | 4,789 | 558 |
| Bury E08000002 | 26,485 | 4,943 | 655 |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | 26,327 | 5,197 | 934 |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | 26,266 | 4,323 | 564 |
| Wokingham E06000041 | 25,932 | 3,708 | 378 |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | 25,916 | 4,036 | 489 |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | 25,476 | 4,859 | 556 |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | 25,433 | 4,328 | 390 |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | 24,921 | 3,099 | 361 |
| Gateshead E08000037 | 24,772 | 4,245 | 698 |
| St. Helens E08000013 | 23,561 | 4,352 | 663 |
| Merton E09000024 | 23,127 | 3,452 | 310 |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | 23,060 | 3,872 | 572 |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | 22,382 | 4,018 | 583 |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | 22,321 | 4,929 | 728 |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | 22,141 | 3,643 | 549 |
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | 22,012 | 3,305 | 327 |
| York E06000014 | 21,752 | 3,813 | 711 |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | 21,573 | 3,439 | 413 |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | 21,423 | 4,242 | 592 |
| Reading E06000038 | 21,080 | 4,007 | 516 |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | 19,783 | 4,042 | 529 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | 19,474 | 3,492 | 429 |
| Islington E09000019 | 18,768 | 4,203 | 470 |
| Knowsley E08000011 | 18,663 | 4,547 | 480 |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | 18,264 | 3,569 | 534 |
| Blackpool E06000009 | 18,126 | 3,991 | 538 |
| Halton E06000006 | 17,156 | 3,725 | 445 |
| Torbay E06000027 | 17,150 | 3,275 | 567 |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | 16,480 | 2,324 | 295 |
| Westminster E09000033 | 16,401 | 3,632 | 342 |
| Camden E09000007 | 16,264 | 3,778 | 404 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | 15,979 | 3,053 | 258 |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | 14,696 | 3,268 | 492 |
| Darlington E06000005 | 14,360 | 2,880 | 392 |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | 13,027 | 2,560 | 363 |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | 10,992 | 2,287 | 240 |
| Rutland E06000017 | 5,366 | 762 | 140 |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | 241 | 43 | 4 |
| City of London E09000001 | 184 | 11 | 0 |
| Barnsley E08000038 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 |
| Sheffield E08000039 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 |
| North East | 338,284 | 65,513 | 9,272 |
| North West | 1,016,974 | 185,777 | 23,911 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 745,532 | 143,755 | 21,304 |
| East Midlands | 646,339 | 112,070 | 15,680 |
| West Midlands | 840,923 | 158,761 | 20,133 |
| East of England | 843,700 | 147,640 | 20,016 |
| London | 1,085,664 | 190,278 | 17,647 |
| South East | 1,191,516 | 212,202 | 29,265 |
| South West | 679,218 | 124,441 | 19,133 |
| England | 7,388,150 | 1,340,437 | 176,361 |
Map
Enrolments · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- 184 to 22k
- 22k to 32k
- 32k to 38k
- 38k to 47k
- 47k to 182k
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.
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Education
- Check it yourself
- https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england
- Licence
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- https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d209c-08dc-74b6-9edb-52d521406fcf/query?dataSetVersion=1.0&indicators=emgou,TuAuP&geographicLevels.in=LA,REG,NAT&timePeriods.eq=2024%2F2025%7CAY&filters.notIn=zPT9F,ksZ6h,uWLso&pageSize=10000SHA-256 0efc1edf117f4eeac018d119862a4d31676a085670b1e06069f17179fd9163b5 · 104,614 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:22 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:22 UTC; 489 of 489 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:51Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 489 of 489 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 489 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 489 of 489 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | EES data set is current | latest period 2024/25 ended 426 days before retrieval (limit 600) |
| Pass | The data set's CSV agrees | 978 of 978 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d209c-08dc-74b6-9edb-52d521406fcf/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 489 rows read) |
| Pass | The councils add up to their region and the regions to England | 30 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 30 within the rounding the DfE states (30 exactly) |
| Pass | Each share and average is its count over its whole | 326 of 326 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 163 for a figure marked 'z' |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Enrolments in the council's state-funded primary, secondary and special schools over the academic year: persistently absent where a pupil missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, severely absent 50% or more, as the DfE defines them.
- 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's methodology: “Current published absence data has no rounding or suppression applied”