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Persistent absence so far this school year by council, England

The share of pupil enrolments persistently absent in the school year to the latest week, in all state-funded schools and in primary, secondary and special schools, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE's attendance data.

England

19.05%

2025/26 to week 30 of 2026 · All schools

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC
Persistent absence so far this school year by council, England
0%5%10%15%20%North East19.96%North West19.05%Yorkshire and The Humber19.93%East Midlands18.52%West Midlands19.95%East of England18.36%London18.49%South East18.7%South West19.38%

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

In order

Ranked by the hub 2025/26 to week 30 of 2026

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 =.

All schools

  1. 1Knowsley25.67%
  2. 2Isle of Wight24.42%
  3. 3Camden24.11%
  4. 4Bradford24.06%
  5. 5Southampton23.0%
  6. 6Bristol, City of22.98%
  7. 7Islington22.5%
  8. 8Middlesbrough22.45%
  9. 9Liverpool22.35%
  10. 10Halton22.34%
  11. 11Derby22.15%
  12. 12Nottingham22.03%
  13. 13North East Lincolnshire22.01%
  14. 14Salford21.99%
  15. 15Birmingham21.95%
  16. 16Walsall21.85%
  17. 17Sefton21.62%
  18. 18Coventry21.58%
  19. 19Stoke-on-Trent21.55%
  20. 20Hillingdon21.44%
  21. 21Redcar and Cleveland21.42%
  22. 22Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202521.38%
  23. 23Westminster21.29%
  24. 24Plymouth21.28%
  25. 25Brighton and Hove21.23%
  26. =26Newham21.19%
  27. =26South Tyneside21.19%
  28. 28Blackpool21.16%
  29. 29East Sussex21.04%
  30. 30Sunderland21.03%
  31. 31Sandwell20.89%
  32. =32Kingston upon Hull, City of20.87%
  33. =32Rochdale20.87%
  34. 34Darlington20.74%
  35. =35Portsmouth20.73%
  36. =35Torbay20.73%
  37. 37Kensington and Chelsea20.63%
  38. 38Rotherham20.6%
  39. 39Slough20.56%
  40. =40Lambeth20.55%
  41. =40Newcastle upon Tyne20.55%
  42. 42Dudley20.5%
  43. 43Kent20.44%
  44. 44Cornwall20.36%
  45. 45Oldham20.34%
  46. 46Dorset20.31%
  47. 47Croydon20.29%
  48. 48Wirral20.28%
  49. 49Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202520.25%
  50. 50Solihull20.22%
  51. 51Somerset20.14%
  52. 52Devon20.03%
  53. 53Doncaster19.98%
  54. 54North Northamptonshire19.95%
  55. 55Reading19.87%
  56. 56Hartlepool19.77%
  57. =57Haringey19.75%
  58. =57Waltham Forest19.75%
  59. 59Manchester19.69%
  60. 60Leicester19.68%
  61. 61Wakefield19.66%
  62. 62Bury19.63%
  63. 63Leeds19.62%
  64. 64Enfield19.61%
  65. 65Northumberland19.57%
  66. 66Medway19.53%
  67. 67County Durham19.52%
  68. 68North Lincolnshire19.49%
  69. 69Hackney19.47%
  70. 70Stockton-on-Tees19.3%
  71. 71Shropshire19.28%
  72. 72Bolton19.26%
  73. 73Blackburn with Darwen19.24%
  74. 74Wolverhampton19.23%
  75. 75Worcestershire19.22%
  76. 76Peterborough19.13%
  77. 77St. Helens19.12%
  78. 78Barking and Dagenham19.09%
  79. 79Lincolnshire19.08%
  80. 80Norfolk19.03%
  81. 81Tameside18.99%
  82. 82Hammersmith and Fulham18.98%
  83. 83Redbridge18.96%
  84. 84Luton18.91%
  85. 85Essex18.9%
  86. 86Suffolk18.89%
  87. 87Bedford18.86%
  88. 88North Somerset18.84%
  89. 89Warwickshire18.68%
  90. 90Southend-on-Sea18.66%
  91. 91West Sussex18.65%
  92. 92Hounslow18.57%
  93. 93Tower Hamlets18.56%
  94. 94Greenwich18.5%
  95. 95West Berkshire18.47%
  96. 96Buckinghamshire18.46%
  97. 97Gloucestershire18.45%
  98. 98Cheshire West and Chester18.42%
  99. 99Calderdale18.39%
  100. 100Windsor and Maidenhead18.37%
  101. 101Ealing18.28%
  102. 102Brent18.24%
  103. 103Telford and Wrekin18.23%
  104. 104Southwark18.21%
  105. 105Wigan18.19%
  106. =106Lancashire18.18%
  107. =106York18.18%
  108. 108Oxfordshire18.11%
  109. 109West Northamptonshire17.89%
  110. 110Swindon17.86%
  111. 111Cumberland17.82%
  112. 112Gateshead17.81%
  113. 113South Gloucestershire17.74%
  114. 114Wandsworth17.68%
  115. =115North Tyneside17.62%
  116. =115North Yorkshire17.62%
  117. 117Central Bedfordshire17.54%
  118. 118Thurrock17.5%
  119. =119Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole17.44%
  120. =119East Riding of Yorkshire17.44%
  121. 121Hertfordshire17.42%
  122. 122Nottinghamshire17.4%
  123. 123Cambridgeshire17.35%
  124. =124Bath and North East Somerset17.34%
  125. =124Herefordshire, County of17.34%
  126. 126Lewisham17.32%
  127. =127Kirklees17.14%
  128. =127Milton Keynes17.14%
  129. 129Havering17.1%
  130. 130Derbyshire17.07%
  131. 131Stockport17.01%
  132. 132Hampshire16.95%
  133. 133Bexley16.94%
  134. 134Wiltshire16.88%
  135. 135Bracknell Forest16.87%
  136. 136Harrow16.72%
  137. 137Staffordshire16.6%
  138. 138Leicestershire16.58%
  139. 139Westmorland and Furness16.21%
  140. 140Bromley16.1%
  141. 141Cheshire East15.91%
  142. 142Surrey15.89%
  143. 143Barnet15.68%
  144. 144Kingston upon Thames15.5%
  145. 145Merton15.33%
  146. 146Sutton15.25%
  147. 147Warrington15.15%
  148. 148Wokingham15.13%
  149. 149Rutland15.05%
  150. =150Richmond upon Thames13.55%
  151. =150Trafford13.55%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Isles of Scilly, Sheffield.

Primary schools

  1. 1Knowsley20.23%
  2. 2Newham19.65%
  3. 3Islington19.47%
  4. =4Hillingdon18.27%
  5. =4Nottingham18.27%
  6. 6Westminster18.12%
  7. 7Tower Hamlets17.56%
  8. 8Slough17.42%
  9. 9Birmingham17.33%
  10. 10Isle of Wight17.19%
  11. 11Southampton17.18%
  12. 12Lambeth17.14%
  13. =13Bradford17.06%
  14. =13Kensington and Chelsea17.06%
  15. 15Camden17.0%
  16. 16Redbridge16.99%
  17. 17Coventry16.94%
  18. 18Barking and Dagenham16.88%
  19. 19Salford16.86%
  20. =20Liverpool16.69%
  21. =20Sandwell16.69%
  22. 22Derby16.67%
  23. 23Blackpool16.54%
  24. 24Darlington16.52%
  25. 25Haringey16.48%
  26. 26Bristol, City of16.34%
  27. 27Manchester16.3%
  28. 28Croydon16.19%
  29. 29Wolverhampton16.0%
  30. 30Reading15.96%
  31. 31Medway15.93%
  32. 32Enfield15.89%
  33. 33Walsall15.86%
  34. 34Hounslow15.85%
  35. 35Hackney15.78%
  36. 36Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202515.66%
  37. 37East Sussex15.65%
  38. 38Leicester15.46%
  39. 39Rochdale15.41%
  40. 40Stoke-on-Trent15.39%
  41. 41Kingston upon Hull, City of15.36%
  42. 42Hammersmith and Fulham15.35%
  43. 43Greenwich15.32%
  44. =44Halton15.27%
  45. =44Kent15.27%
  46. 46Brent15.21%
  47. =47Leeds15.16%
  48. =47Rotherham15.16%
  49. 49Middlesbrough15.1%
  50. 50Oldham15.06%
  51. 51Lewisham15.01%
  52. 52Brighton and Hove14.98%
  53. 53Waltham Forest14.95%
  54. 54Dudley14.91%
  55. 55Southwark14.9%
  56. 56South Tyneside14.79%
  57. 57Southend-on-Sea14.78%
  58. 58Newcastle upon Tyne14.73%
  59. 59Torbay14.69%
  60. 60Luton14.65%
  61. 61Doncaster14.56%
  62. 62Ealing14.55%
  63. 63Wandsworth14.44%
  64. 64North East Lincolnshire14.41%
  65. 65County Durham14.39%
  66. 66Solihull14.33%
  67. 67Thurrock14.31%
  68. 68Sunderland14.29%
  69. 69Bolton14.24%
  70. 70Telford and Wrekin14.22%
  71. 71Havering14.2%
  72. 72Essex14.13%
  73. 73Portsmouth14.11%
  74. 74North Northamptonshire14.09%
  75. 75Redcar and Cleveland14.06%
  76. 76Wirral14.04%
  77. 77Wakefield13.9%
  78. =78North Lincolnshire13.8%
  79. =78St. Helens13.8%
  80. 80Peterborough13.73%
  81. 81Plymouth13.62%
  82. 82Sefton13.59%
  83. 83Somerset13.57%
  84. 84Norfolk13.49%
  85. 85Northumberland13.45%
  86. 86Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202513.4%
  87. 87Stockton-on-Tees13.39%
  88. 88Cornwall13.37%
  89. 89Dorset13.36%
  90. =90Hartlepool13.3%
  91. =90Warwickshire13.3%
  92. 92Worcestershire13.23%
  93. 93Kirklees13.17%
  94. 94Lancashire13.12%
  95. =95West Sussex13.05%
  96. =95Wigan13.05%
  97. 97Bury13.01%
  98. 98Tameside13.0%
  99. =99Calderdale12.98%
  100. =99Gloucestershire12.98%
  101. 101Bexley12.94%
  102. 102Suffolk12.92%
  103. 103Buckinghamshire12.86%
  104. 104Cambridgeshire12.85%
  105. 105Lincolnshire12.68%
  106. 106Bedford12.64%
  107. 107York12.6%
  108. 108Devon12.51%
  109. 109Shropshire12.48%
  110. 110North Tyneside12.47%
  111. 111West Northamptonshire12.46%
  112. 112Oxfordshire12.45%
  113. 113Central Bedfordshire12.44%
  114. 114Hertfordshire12.42%
  115. 115Blackburn with Darwen12.36%
  116. 116Windsor and Maidenhead12.35%
  117. 117Gateshead12.34%
  118. 118Derbyshire12.27%
  119. 119Bracknell Forest12.21%
  120. 120West Berkshire12.2%
  121. 121Nottinghamshire12.19%
  122. 122Bromley12.08%
  123. 123Kingston upon Thames12.06%
  124. 124Stockport12.02%
  125. =125Sutton11.94%
  126. =125Swindon11.94%
  127. 127Merton11.92%
  128. 128South Gloucestershire11.85%
  129. 129Herefordshire, County of11.79%
  130. 130Cheshire West and Chester11.77%
  131. 131North Somerset11.74%
  132. 132Harrow11.71%
  133. 133Surrey11.66%
  134. 134Milton Keynes11.65%
  135. 135Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole11.64%
  136. 136Staffordshire11.42%
  137. 137Cumberland11.22%
  138. 138Hampshire11.16%
  139. 139East Riding of Yorkshire11.07%
  140. 140North Yorkshire11.01%
  141. 141Barnet10.92%
  142. 142Leicestershire10.73%
  143. 143Wiltshire10.62%
  144. 144Bath and North East Somerset10.39%
  145. 145Wokingham10.3%
  146. 146Cheshire East10.19%
  147. 147Warrington10.04%
  148. 148Trafford9.45%
  149. 149Westmorland and Furness9.2%
  150. 150Richmond upon Thames8.84%
  151. 151Rutland8.66%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Isles of Scilly, Sheffield.

Secondary schools

  1. 1Knowsley34.14%
  2. 2Bradford31.71%
  3. 3North East Lincolnshire31.44%
  4. 4Middlesbrough31.4%
  5. 5Isle of Wight31.3%
  6. 6Camden31.22%
  7. 7Bristol, City of30.57%
  8. 8Sefton29.81%
  9. 9Brighton and Hove29.42%
  10. 10Halton29.2%
  11. 11Southampton28.91%
  12. 12Walsall28.77%
  13. 13Redcar and Cleveland28.41%
  14. 14Stoke-on-Trent28.39%
  15. =15Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202528.27%
  16. =15Plymouth28.27%
  17. 17Devon28.17%
  18. 18Cornwall28.15%
  19. 19Sunderland28.12%
  20. 20Salford28.0%
  21. 21South Tyneside27.86%
  22. 22Liverpool27.78%
  23. 23Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202527.35%
  24. 24Rochdale27.06%
  25. 25Derby26.98%
  26. 26Kingston upon Hull, City of26.86%
  27. 27Blackburn with Darwen26.77%
  28. 28Dudley26.75%
  29. 29Hartlepool26.54%
  30. =30Coventry26.5%
  31. =30Shropshire26.5%
  32. 32Somerset26.31%
  33. 33North Somerset26.23%
  34. 34Nottingham26.16%
  35. 35Portsmouth26.15%
  36. 36Wakefield26.13%
  37. 37Blackpool26.1%
  38. 38Doncaster26.01%
  39. 39Cheshire West and Chester25.93%
  40. 40Stockton-on-Tees25.91%
  41. =41Newcastle upon Tyne25.87%
  42. =41North Northamptonshire25.87%
  43. 43Wirral25.72%
  44. 44Bury25.63%
  45. 45East Sussex25.59%
  46. 46Birmingham25.58%
  47. 47Suffolk25.57%
  48. 48Dorset25.46%
  49. 49Bedford25.45%
  50. 50Sandwell25.37%
  51. 51North Lincolnshire25.31%
  52. 52Islington25.29%
  53. 53Rotherham25.23%
  54. 54Solihull25.22%
  55. 55Croydon25.2%
  56. 56Tameside25.17%
  57. 57Kent25.15%
  58. 58Lincolnshire25.07%
  59. 59Darlington25.06%
  60. 60South Gloucestershire25.03%
  61. 61Cumberland25.02%
  62. 62Oldham24.94%
  63. 63Torbay24.93%
  64. =64County Durham24.83%
  65. =64Norfolk24.83%
  66. 66St. Helens24.72%
  67. 67Waltham Forest24.61%
  68. 68Hillingdon24.54%
  69. 69West Sussex24.41%
  70. 70Warwickshire24.31%
  71. 71East Riding of Yorkshire24.29%
  72. 72Bolton24.27%
  73. 73Oxfordshire24.25%
  74. 74West Berkshire24.22%
  75. 75North Yorkshire24.2%
  76. 76Worcestershire24.19%
  77. 77Reading24.18%
  78. 78Leeds24.14%
  79. 79Essex24.06%
  80. =80Peterborough24.04%
  81. =80Swindon24.04%
  82. 82York24.02%
  83. 83Gloucestershire23.95%
  84. 84Kensington and Chelsea23.92%
  85. 85Lambeth23.81%
  86. 86Buckinghamshire23.74%
  87. 87Lancashire23.71%
  88. 88Wiltshire23.67%
  89. 89Northumberland23.65%
  90. 90Wigan23.47%
  91. =91Bath and North East Somerset23.42%
  92. =91Slough23.42%
  93. 93Luton23.27%
  94. 94Hackney23.26%
  95. 95Gateshead23.22%
  96. 96Hampshire23.21%
  97. 97West Northamptonshire23.18%
  98. 98Nottinghamshire23.17%
  99. 99Haringey23.02%
  100. 100Herefordshire, County of23.0%
  101. 101Enfield22.98%
  102. 102Calderdale22.94%
  103. 103Westminster22.93%
  104. =104Leicestershire22.88%
  105. =104Medway22.88%
  106. 106Stockport22.83%
  107. 107Ealing22.81%
  108. 108Leicester22.8%
  109. 109Windsor and Maidenhead22.78%
  110. 110Westmorland and Furness22.76%
  111. 111Harrow22.7%
  112. 112Milton Keynes22.65%
  113. 113Telford and Wrekin22.63%
  114. 114Derbyshire22.57%
  115. 115Wolverhampton22.5%
  116. 116Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole22.4%
  117. 117Newham22.38%
  118. 118Manchester22.26%
  119. 119Hertfordshire22.16%
  120. 120Southend-on-Sea22.14%
  121. 121Cambridgeshire22.07%
  122. 122Cheshire East21.82%
  123. 123Bracknell Forest21.72%
  124. 124Greenwich21.71%
  125. =125North Tyneside21.59%
  126. =125Staffordshire21.59%
  127. 127Brent21.41%
  128. 128Kirklees21.37%
  129. 129Thurrock21.36%
  130. 130Central Bedfordshire21.35%
  131. 131Hammersmith and Fulham21.06%
  132. 132Southwark20.97%
  133. 133Hounslow20.8%
  134. 134Warrington20.78%
  135. 135Barking and Dagenham20.55%
  136. 136Wokingham20.42%
  137. 137Redbridge20.41%
  138. 138Wandsworth20.4%
  139. 139Havering20.39%
  140. 140Bexley20.34%
  141. 141Surrey20.2%
  142. 142Bromley20.12%
  143. 143Rutland19.87%
  144. 144Lewisham19.69%
  145. 145Barnet19.48%
  146. 146Richmond upon Thames18.96%
  147. 147Tower Hamlets18.83%
  148. 148Merton18.41%
  149. 149Kingston upon Thames18.06%
  150. 150Sutton17.5%
  151. 151Trafford16.72%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Isles of Scilly, Sheffield.

Special schools

  1. 1Newham57.24%
  2. 2Portsmouth54.32%
  3. 3Leicester53.11%
  4. 4Barking and Dagenham48.38%
  5. 5Birmingham48.36%
  6. 6Bury47.75%
  7. 7Waltham Forest47.26%
  8. 8Wandsworth46.08%
  9. 9Oldham45.84%
  10. 10Reading44.13%
  11. 11Rochdale44.05%
  12. 12Torbay43.92%
  13. 13Isle of Wight43.51%
  14. 14Manchester43.46%
  15. 15Knowsley43.37%
  16. 16Camden43.34%
  17. 17Derby43.22%
  18. 18Bristol, City of42.73%
  19. 19Plymouth42.51%
  20. 20Somerset42.3%
  21. 21Kent41.82%
  22. 22Havering41.76%
  23. 23Merton41.64%
  24. 24Solihull40.98%
  25. 25Tower Hamlets40.96%
  26. 26Shropshire40.86%
  27. 27Barnet40.64%
  28. 28Southwark40.27%
  29. 29Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202540.22%
  30. 30Northumberland40.17%
  31. 31East Sussex39.78%
  32. 32Bromley39.65%
  33. 33Bradford39.64%
  34. 34Islington39.49%
  35. 35Sutton39.33%
  36. 36Hammersmith and Fulham39.28%
  37. 37Slough39.05%
  38. 38Newcastle upon Tyne38.78%
  39. 39Enfield38.77%
  40. 40Liverpool38.74%
  41. 41Buckinghamshire38.54%
  42. 42Warrington38.52%
  43. 43Luton38.38%
  44. 44Wakefield38.3%
  45. 45Salford38.26%
  46. 46North Yorkshire38.17%
  47. 47Sandwell38.15%
  48. 48Bexley38.04%
  49. 49Herefordshire, County of37.8%
  50. 50Redbridge37.72%
  51. 51Stoke-on-Trent37.46%
  52. 52Lincolnshire37.34%
  53. 53Bath and North East Somerset37.16%
  54. 54Blackburn with Darwen37.13%
  55. 55Kingston upon Thames37.1%
  56. 56Greenwich37.07%
  57. 57Haringey37.03%
  58. 58Westminster36.65%
  59. 59Harrow36.53%
  60. 60Croydon35.98%
  61. 61Worcestershire35.89%
  62. 62Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202535.88%
  63. 63Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole35.8%
  64. 64Tameside35.79%
  65. 65Wirral35.62%
  66. 66Medway35.56%
  67. 67Brighton and Hove35.28%
  68. 68Hertfordshire35.26%
  69. 69Stockport35.23%
  70. 70Cambridgeshire35.06%
  71. 71Leeds35.02%
  72. 72Hillingdon35.0%
  73. 73Milton Keynes34.99%
  74. 74West Sussex34.95%
  75. 75Hampshire34.93%
  76. 76Southampton34.89%
  77. 77Walsall34.83%
  78. 78Central Bedfordshire34.81%
  79. 79Kirklees34.78%
  80. 80Gloucestershire34.65%
  81. 81Cheshire East34.6%
  82. 82Nottingham34.59%
  83. 83Coventry34.55%
  84. 84Peterborough34.54%
  85. 85Devon34.5%
  86. 86St. Helens34.31%
  87. 87Rotherham34.24%
  88. 88Redcar and Cleveland34.11%
  89. 89Calderdale34.08%
  90. 90Wolverhampton33.99%
  91. 91Southend-on-Sea33.98%
  92. =92Halton33.95%
  93. =92Sunderland33.95%
  94. 94County Durham33.87%
  95. 95Swindon33.82%
  96. 96Warwickshire33.7%
  97. 97North Northamptonshire33.68%
  98. 98Lambeth33.65%
  99. 99West Northamptonshire33.64%
  100. 100Essex33.61%
  101. 101Bolton33.45%
  102. 102Westmorland and Furness33.44%
  103. 103Surrey33.31%
  104. 104South Gloucestershire33.08%
  105. 105Hartlepool32.75%
  106. 106Lewisham32.57%
  107. 107Stockton-on-Tees32.48%
  108. 108Cheshire West and Chester32.47%
  109. 109Doncaster32.45%
  110. 110Sefton32.4%
  111. 111Bracknell Forest32.39%
  112. 112Kingston upon Hull, City of32.38%
  113. 113Wigan32.3%
  114. 114North Tyneside32.29%
  115. 115North Somerset32.23%
  116. 116Suffolk32.19%
  117. 117Trafford32.18%
  118. 118West Berkshire31.9%
  119. 119Ealing31.88%
  120. 120Oxfordshire31.52%
  121. 121Brent31.45%
  122. 122Norfolk31.4%
  123. 123Cornwall31.32%
  124. 124Hounslow31.21%
  125. 125Dorset31.08%
  126. 126Windsor and Maidenhead31.02%
  127. 127Kensington and Chelsea30.7%
  128. 128Blackpool30.52%
  129. 129Dudley30.24%
  130. =130Hackney30.16%
  131. =130Nottinghamshire30.16%
  132. 132Staffordshire29.82%
  133. 133Lancashire29.79%
  134. 134Richmond upon Thames29.7%
  135. 135Wokingham29.35%
  136. 136Leicestershire29.23%
  137. 137Derbyshire29.14%
  138. 138Telford and Wrekin29.11%
  139. 139Bedford29.04%
  140. 140Middlesbrough28.94%
  141. 141Wiltshire28.58%
  142. 142Thurrock28.39%
  143. 143Cumberland27.79%
  144. 144North Lincolnshire27.59%
  145. 145East Riding of Yorkshire27.49%
  146. 146South Tyneside27.37%
  147. 147Gateshead27.08%
  148. 148Darlington24.94%
  149. 149York24.32%
  150. 150North East Lincolnshire23.15%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland, Sheffield.

Data table

163 rows

AreaAll schoolsPrimary schoolsSecondary schoolsSpecial schools
Knowsley E0800001125.67%20.23%34.14%43.37%
Isle of Wight E0600004624.42%17.19%31.3%43.51%
Camden E0900000724.11%17.0%31.22%43.34%
Bradford E0800003224.06%17.06%31.71%39.64%
Southampton E0600004523.0%17.18%28.91%34.89%
Bristol, City of E0600002322.98%16.34%30.57%42.73%
Islington E0900001922.5%19.47%25.29%39.49%
Middlesbrough E0600000222.45%15.1%31.4%28.94%
Liverpool E0800001222.35%16.69%27.78%38.74%
Halton E0600000622.34%15.27%29.2%33.95%
Derby E0600001522.15%16.67%26.98%43.22%
Nottingham E0600001822.03%18.27%26.16%34.59%
North East Lincolnshire E0600001222.01%14.41%31.44%23.15%
Salford E0800000621.99%16.86%28.0%38.26%
Birmingham E0800002521.95%17.33%25.58%48.36%
Walsall E0800003021.85%15.86%28.77%34.83%
Sefton E0800001421.62%13.59%29.81%32.4%
Coventry E0800002621.58%16.94%26.5%34.55%
Stoke-on-Trent E0600002121.55%15.39%28.39%37.46%
Hillingdon E0900001721.44%18.27%24.54%35.0%
Redcar and Cleveland E0600000321.42%14.06%28.41%34.11%
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 202521.38%15.66%27.35%35.88%
Westminster E0900003321.29%18.12%22.93%36.65%
Plymouth E0600002621.28%13.62%28.27%42.51%
Brighton and Hove E0600004321.23%14.98%29.42%35.28%
South Tyneside E0800002321.19%14.79%27.86%27.37%
Newham E0900002521.19%19.65%22.38%57.24%
Blackpool E0600000921.16%16.54%26.1%30.52%
East Sussex E1000001121.04%15.65%25.59%39.78%
Sunderland E0800002421.03%14.29%28.12%33.95%
Sandwell E0800002820.89%16.69%25.37%38.15%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E0600001020.87%15.36%26.86%32.38%
Rochdale E0800000520.87%15.41%27.06%44.05%
Darlington E0600000520.74%16.52%25.06%24.94%
Torbay E0600002720.73%14.69%24.93%43.92%
Portsmouth E0600004420.73%14.11%26.15%54.32%
Kensington and Chelsea E0900002020.63%17.06%23.92%30.7%
Rotherham E0800001820.6%15.16%25.23%34.24%
Slough E0600003920.56%17.42%23.42%39.05%
Newcastle upon Tyne E0800002120.55%14.73%25.87%38.78%
Lambeth E0900002220.55%17.14%23.81%33.65%
Dudley E0800002720.5%14.91%26.75%30.24%
Kent E1000001620.44%15.27%25.15%41.82%
Cornwall E0600005220.36%13.37%28.15%31.32%
Oldham E0800000420.34%15.06%24.94%45.84%
Dorset E0600005920.31%13.36%25.46%31.08%
Croydon E0900000820.29%16.19%25.2%35.98%
Wirral E0800001520.28%14.04%25.72%35.62%
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 202520.25%13.4%28.27%40.22%
Solihull E0800002920.22%14.33%25.22%40.98%
Somerset E0600006620.14%13.57%26.31%42.3%
Devon E1000000820.03%12.51%28.17%34.5%
Doncaster E0800001719.98%14.56%26.01%32.45%
North Northamptonshire E0600006119.95%14.09%25.87%33.68%
Reading E0600003819.87%15.96%24.18%44.13%
Hartlepool E0600000119.77%13.3%26.54%32.75%
Haringey E0900001419.75%16.48%23.02%37.03%
Waltham Forest E0900003119.75%14.95%24.61%47.26%
Manchester E0800000319.69%16.3%22.26%43.46%
Leicester E0600001619.68%15.46%22.8%53.11%
Wakefield E0800003619.66%13.9%26.13%38.3%
Bury E0800000219.63%13.01%25.63%47.75%
Leeds E0800003519.62%15.16%24.14%35.02%
Enfield E0900001019.61%15.89%22.98%38.77%
Northumberland E0600005719.57%13.45%23.65%40.17%
Medway E0600003519.53%15.93%22.88%35.56%
County Durham E0600004719.52%14.39%24.83%33.87%
North Lincolnshire E0600001319.49%13.8%25.31%27.59%
Hackney E0900001219.47%15.78%23.26%30.16%
Stockton-on-Tees E0600000419.3%13.39%25.91%32.48%
Shropshire E0600005119.28%12.48%26.5%40.86%
Bolton E0800000119.26%14.24%24.27%33.45%
Blackburn with Darwen E0600000819.24%12.36%26.77%37.13%
Wolverhampton E0800003119.23%16.0%22.5%33.99%
Worcestershire E1000003419.22%13.23%24.19%35.89%
Peterborough E0600003119.13%13.73%24.04%34.54%
St. Helens E0800001319.12%13.8%24.72%34.31%
Barking and Dagenham E0900000219.09%16.88%20.55%48.38%
Lincolnshire E1000001919.08%12.68%25.07%37.34%
Norfolk E1000002019.03%13.49%24.83%31.4%
Tameside E0800000818.99%13.0%25.17%35.79%
Hammersmith and Fulham E0900001318.98%15.35%21.06%39.28%
Redbridge E0900002618.96%16.99%20.41%37.72%
Luton E0600003218.91%14.65%23.27%38.38%
Essex E1000001218.9%14.13%24.06%33.61%
Suffolk E1000002918.89%12.92%25.57%32.19%
Bedford E0600005518.86%12.64%25.45%29.04%
North Somerset E0600002418.84%11.74%26.23%32.23%
Warwickshire E1000003118.68%13.3%24.31%33.7%
Southend-on-Sea E0600003318.66%14.78%22.14%33.98%
West Sussex E1000003218.65%13.05%24.41%34.95%
Hounslow E0900001818.57%15.85%20.8%31.21%
Tower Hamlets E0900003018.56%17.56%18.83%40.96%
Greenwich E0900001118.5%15.32%21.71%37.07%
West Berkshire E0600003718.47%12.2%24.22%31.9%
Buckinghamshire E0600006018.46%12.86%23.74%38.54%
Gloucestershire E1000001318.45%12.98%23.95%34.65%
Cheshire West and Chester E0600005018.42%11.77%25.93%32.47%
Calderdale E0800003318.39%12.98%22.94%34.08%
Windsor and Maidenhead E0600004018.37%12.35%22.78%31.02%
Ealing E0900000918.28%14.55%22.81%31.88%
Brent E0900000518.24%15.21%21.41%31.45%
Telford and Wrekin E0600002018.23%14.22%22.63%29.11%
Southwark E0900002818.21%14.9%20.97%40.27%
Wigan E0800001018.19%13.05%23.47%32.3%
York E0600001418.18%12.6%24.02%24.32%
Lancashire E1000001718.18%13.12%23.71%29.79%
Oxfordshire E1000002518.11%12.45%24.25%31.52%
West Northamptonshire E0600006217.89%12.46%23.18%33.64%
Swindon E0600003017.86%11.94%24.04%33.82%
Cumberland E0600006317.82%11.22%25.02%27.79%
Gateshead E0800003717.81%12.34%23.22%27.08%
South Gloucestershire E0600002517.74%11.85%25.03%33.08%
Wandsworth E0900003217.68%14.44%20.4%46.08%
North Yorkshire E0600006517.62%11.01%24.2%38.17%
North Tyneside E0800002217.62%12.47%21.59%32.29%
Central Bedfordshire E0600005617.54%12.44%21.35%34.81%
Thurrock E0600003417.5%14.31%21.36%28.39%
East Riding of Yorkshire E0600001117.44%11.07%24.29%27.49%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E0600005817.44%11.64%22.4%35.8%
Hertfordshire E1000001517.42%12.42%22.16%35.26%
Nottinghamshire E1000002417.4%12.19%23.17%30.16%
Cambridgeshire E1000000317.35%12.85%22.07%35.06%
Herefordshire, County of E0600001917.34%11.79%23.0%37.8%
Bath and North East Somerset E0600002217.34%10.39%23.42%37.16%
Lewisham E0900002317.32%15.01%19.69%32.57%
Milton Keynes E0600004217.14%11.65%22.65%34.99%
Kirklees E0800003417.14%13.17%21.37%34.78%
Havering E0900001617.1%14.2%20.39%41.76%
Derbyshire E1000000717.07%12.27%22.57%29.14%
Stockport E0800000717.01%12.02%22.83%35.23%
Hampshire E1000001416.95%11.16%23.21%34.93%
Bexley E0900000416.94%12.94%20.34%38.04%
Wiltshire E0600005416.88%10.62%23.67%28.58%
Bracknell Forest E0600003616.87%12.21%21.72%32.39%
Harrow E0900001516.72%11.71%22.7%36.53%
Staffordshire E1000002816.6%11.42%21.59%29.82%
Leicestershire E1000001816.58%10.73%22.88%29.23%
Westmorland and Furness E0600006416.21%9.2%22.76%33.44%
Bromley E0900000616.1%12.08%20.12%39.65%
Cheshire East E0600004915.91%10.19%21.82%34.6%
Surrey E1000003015.89%11.66%20.2%33.31%
Barnet E0900000315.68%10.92%19.48%40.64%
Kingston upon Thames E0900002115.5%12.06%18.06%37.1%
Merton E0900002415.33%11.92%18.41%41.64%
Sutton E0900002915.25%11.94%17.5%39.33%
Warrington E0600000715.15%10.04%20.78%38.52%
Wokingham E0600004115.13%10.3%20.42%29.35%
Rutland E0600001715.05%8.66%19.87%the DfE gives no row for the council's schools of this phase
Trafford E0800000913.55%9.45%16.72%32.18%
Richmond upon Thames E0900002713.55%8.84%18.96%29.7%
Isles of Scilly E06000053suppressed (c): the DfE's methodology says “Data has been suppressed in the dashboard and underlying data where data for a single school is presented in a breakdown”the DfE gives no row for the council's schools of this phasesuppressed (c): the DfE's methodology says “Data has been suppressed in the dashboard and underlying data where data for a single school is presented in a breakdown”the DfE gives no row for the council's schools of this phase
City of London E09000001suppressed (c): the DfE's methodology says “Data has been suppressed in the dashboard and underlying data where data for a single school is presented in a breakdown”suppressed (c): the DfE's methodology says “Data has been suppressed in the dashboard and underlying data where data for a single school is presented in a breakdown”the DfE gives no row for the council's schools of this phasethe DfE gives no row for the council's schools of this phase
Barnsley E08000038given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East19.96%14.05%25.68%33.4%
North West19.05%13.63%24.57%36.23%
Yorkshire and The Humber19.93%14.26%25.87%34.81%
East Midlands18.52%13.19%23.93%35.86%
West Midlands19.95%14.86%24.9%38.01%
East of England18.36%13.37%23.45%33.72%
London18.49%15.13%21.63%37.91%
South East18.7%13.42%23.93%37.28%
South West19.38%12.82%25.96%36.04%
England19.05%13.9%24.21%36.25%

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  • 18.86% to 19.77%
  • 19.77% to 21.19%
  • 21.19% to 25.67%

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  • The share of enrolments in state-funded schools persistently absent in the school year so far, to the week shown: the DfE's methodology says “A pupil is classified as a persistent absentee if they miss 10% or more of their own possible sessions” and “Persistent absence rates are calculated once the full autumn term of data has been collected in an academic year.”
  • These come from the attendance data schools share with the DfE each day, published every fortnight in term. Its release says “figures are estimates that we expect to change as registers are adjusted” and calls them “an early indicator” for its termly absence statistics, which the hub's other persistent absence records read.
  • The DfE gives no count of enrolments 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.