Education
Pupils and teachers in each of the UK's nations, pupils eligible for free school meals in Wales, and pupils, attendance and absence, GCSE results, young people not in education, employment or training, and education, health and care plans in England, with each English council's school applications and the shares of applicants offered their first-preference or a preferred school, its admission appeals heard and the share that succeeded, its EHC plans and needs assessments, persistent absence and absence by reason, funded early education and its providers, early years, key stage 2, phonics and multiplication check results, key stage 4 results in its schools and alternative provision, destinations after key stage 4 and 16 to 18 study, progression to higher education, 16 to 18 retention, the education of children in need and children in home education or missing education, children looked after, suspensions and permanent exclusions, the school workforce and teacher vacancies, postgraduate teacher training recruitment against its targets, apprenticeship starts and the young people qualified to level 2 and level 3 by age 19, from the Department for Education, the higher education student loans outstanding in each nation from the Student Loans Company, and the highest qualifications of each small area's residents at the 2021 Census.
Datasets
112 datasets · select a tile to open its page
A level students achieving AAB or better by constituency, England
24.26%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+21 more Verified
A level students retained and assessed by constituency, England
92.47%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Absence by reason by council, England
6.78%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Apprenticeship starts by constituency, England
353,500England · 2024/25
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Apprenticeship starts by council, England
353,500England · 2024/25
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Apprenticeship starts, England
353,500Apprenticeship starts · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified
Attainment 8 by council, England
46.2England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Attainment 8 in alternative provision by council, England
4.9England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Attainment 8 of children in need by council, England
17.3England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Average A level points per entry by constituency, England
34.99 pointsEngland · 2024/25
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Average primary class size by constituency, England
26.11England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Average secondary class size by constituency, England
22.62England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Children in elective home education by council, England
126,000England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education+2 more Verified
Children in elective home education, England
126,000England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education Verified
Children in funded early education by type of provider by council, England
1,127,056England · January 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Children looked after by councils, England
81,770Children looked after on 31 March · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified
Children missing education by council, England
34,700England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education+2 more Verified
Children missing education rate by council, England
0.4%England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education+2 more Verified
Children missing education, England
34,700England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education Verified
Children registered for funded early education by council, England
1,127,056England · January 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Children's homes and places, England
4,747Children's homes · 31 Mar 2026
Ofsted Verified
Destinations after 16 to 18 study by council, England
556,294England · 2023/24
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Destinations after key stage 4 by council, England
614,917England · 2023/24
Department for Education+3 more Verified
EHC plans by council, England
718,838England · January 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Early learning goals at the expected level per child by council, England
14.43England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Early years foundation stage profile results by council, England
576,725England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Education, health and care plans, England
718,838Children and young people with an EHC plan · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Elective home education rate by council, England
1.5%England · 2025/26 autumn term
Department for Education+2 more Verified
Fostering households and carers, England
33,435Approved fostering households · 31 Mar 2025
Ofsted Verified
GCSE Attainment 8 by constituency, England
46.2 pointsEngland · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
GCSE English and maths, grade 4 or above, by constituency, England
64.8%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
GCSE English and maths, grade 4 or above, by council, England
64.8%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
GCSE English and maths, grade 4 or above, by region
64.8%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+4 more Verified
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above, by constituency, England
46.3%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above, by council, England
46.3%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Good level of development at the end of reception by council, England
72.31%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Higher education student loans outstanding, by nation
£294.6bnStudent loans outstanding, England · 2025/26
Student Loans Company Verified
Highest qualification by LSOA, Census 2021
9,777Oxford 008A (E01028521) · Census Day, 21 March 2021
35,672 small areas, each on its council's page
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021, via Nomis) Verified
Highest qualification by constituency, Census 2021
32,120No qualifications, highest: Leicester East · Census Day, 21 March 2021
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021)+19 more Verified
Highest qualification by council, Census 2021
212,198No qualifications, highest: Birmingham · Census Day, 21 March 2021
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021)+19 more Verified
Households deprived in education by council, Census 2021
315,511Household is not deprived in the education dimension, highest: Birmingham · Census Day, 21 March 2021
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021)+19 more Verified
Key stage 2 average scaled scores by council, England
106England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 2 higher standard by constituency, England
9.0%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Key stage 2 pupils by council, England
650,469England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 2 results by constituency, England
63.0%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+21 more Verified
Key stage 2 results by council, England
63.0%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 4 in alternative provision by council, England
10,725England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 4 pupils and grades by council, England
632,560England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 4 results in alternative provision by council, England
2.9%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 4 results of children in need by council, England
13,260England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Key stage 4 results of children in need by council, England (shares)
18.1%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Multiplication tables check average score by council, England
21England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Multiplication tables check by council, England
96.0%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Multiplication tables check pupils by council, England
655,151England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
New EHC plans and those issued within 20 weeks by council, England
95,411England · 2025
Department for Education+3 more Verified
New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks by council, England
46.11%England · 2025
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Permanent exclusions and suspensions from schools, England
9,906Permanent exclusions · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified
Persistent absence so far this school year by council, England
19.05%England · 2025/26 to week 30 of 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Persistent and severe absence by council, England
18.14%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Persistent and severe absence, England
18.1%Persistently absent enrolments · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified
Persistently and severely absent pupils by council, England
7,388,150England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Phonics screening check pupils by council, England
584,482England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Phonics screening check results by council, England
82.0%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Postgraduate teacher training recruitment against target, England
100%Recruitment target achieved, primary and secondary · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Primary school admission appeals heard by council (number), England
7,627England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Primary school admission appeals heard by council, England
1.0%England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Primary school applicants offered one of their preferred schools by council, England
98.66%England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 6 November 2026
Primary school applicants offered their first-preference school by council, England
92.42%England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 6 November 2026
Primary school applications by council, England
541,547England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 8 November 2026
Progression to higher education or training by council, England
399,817England · 2022/23
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Providers of funded early education by council, England
46,425England · January 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Pupil absence each school week, England
7.01%Overall absence, week beginning · 19 Oct 2026
Department for Education Verified
Pupils and teachers in each of the UK's nations
10,643,366Pupils in the UK · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified
Pupils by constituency, England
8,359,972England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Pupils by first language by constituency, England
1,808,419England · 2025/26
Department for Education+19 more Verified
Pupils eligible for free school meals by constituency, England
26.50%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Pupils eligible for free school meals by council, England
26.50%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Pupils eligible for free school meals, England
26.5%Pupils eligible for free school meals · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Pupils eligible for free school meals, Wales
20.5%Pupils eligible for free school meals · 2025/26
Welsh Government Verified
Pupils eligible for free school meals, by region
32.97%Highest: North East · 2025/26
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Pupils in classes of more than 30 by constituency, England
39,354England · 2025/26
Department for Education+19 more Verified
Pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2, England
63.3%Reading, writing and maths · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Pupils on SEN support by constituency, England
14.80%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Pupils on SEN support by type of need, by constituency, England
1,216,756England · 2025/26
Department for Education+19 more Verified
Pupils with an EHC plan by constituency, England
6.04%England · 2025/26
Department for Education+5 more Verified
Pupils with an EHC plan by type of need, by constituency, England
493,764England · 2025/26
Department for Education+19 more Verified
Registered childcare providers, England
59,676Registered childcare providers · 31 Mar 2026
Ofsted Verified
Requests for an EHC needs assessment by council, England
162,702England · 2025
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Retention in 16 to 18 study by council, England
–England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
School applicants offered their first-preference school, England
83.60%Secondary, England · 2026/27
Department for Education Last verified 8 November 2026
School funding for pupils aged 5 to 16, England
£64.9bnRevenue funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Secondary school admission appeals heard by council (number), England
27,084England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Secondary school admission appeals heard by council, England
3.6%England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Secondary school applicants offered one of their preferred schools by council, England
96.43%England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 6 November 2026
Secondary school applicants offered their first-preference school by council, England
83.60%England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 6 November 2026
Secondary school applications by council, England
589,747England · 2026/27
Department for Education+4 more Last verified 6 November 2026
Sessions missed by reason by council, England
2,604,665,903England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Share of EHC needs assessment requests decided to assess by council, England
65.2%England · 2025
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Share of children in need with special educational needs by council, England
53.3%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Share progressing to higher education or training by council, England
63.4%England · 2022/23
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Special educational needs of children in need by council, England
141,630England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Students in 16 to 18 study by council, England
–England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Students living away in term time by council, Census 2021
415,948Household has no students away, highest: Birmingham · Census Day, 21 March 2021
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021)+19 more Verified
Successful primary school admission appeals by council, England
15.0%England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Successful secondary school admission appeals by council, England
19.5%England · 2026
Department for Education+5 more Last verified 7 November 2026
Sustained destinations after 16 to 18 study by council, England
77.5%England · 2023/24
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Sustained destinations after key stage 4 by council, England
91.3%England · 2023/24
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Take-up of funded early education by council, England
90.15%England · January 2026
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Take-up of funded early education, England
90.15%England · January 2026
Department for Education Verified
Teachers and teacher vacancies in state-funded schools, England
466,372.34Full-time equivalent teachers · 2025/26
Department for Education Verified
Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), England
13.3%16 to 24 year olds NEET · Q4 2025
Department for Education Verified
Young people qualified to level 3 by age 19, England
60.71%Qualified to level 3 by age 19 · 2024/25
Department for Education Verified