Pupils in schools in England
8,920,227
Academic year 2025/26 · Schools, pupils and their characteristics
Education
Official figures for every open school in England, latest Ofsted outcomes, GCSE and KS2 results, absence and registered universities — each with its source and date. Each UK nation publishes its own measures, so they're shown separately and never added together.
England — national figures
Schools in England (school census)
24,499
Academic year 2025/26 · Schools, pupils and their characteristics
Pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2)
63.3%
Academic year 2025/26 · Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines
Average Attainment 8 score (GCSE)
46.2
Academic year 2025/26 · Key stage 4 performance
Pupils achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
46.3%
Academic year 2025/26 · Key stage 4 performance
Pupils persistently absent (missing 10%+ of sessions)
18.1%
Academic year 2024/25 · Pupil absence in schools in England
Pupils severely absent (missing 50%+ of sessions)
2.4%
Academic year 2024/25 · Pupil absence in schools in England
Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, read 08 Nov 2026. Figures are the DfE's own national totals, not summed by UKStats. They update when the DfE publishes a new release.
Open schools and colleges on the register
27,192 open establishments listed on 08 Nov 2026, including independent schools, colleges and nurseries. This is a count of register entries, not the school census total above.
Primary 16,672Secondary 3,179All-through 171Nursery 37316 plus 290Middle deemed primary 3Middle deemed secondary 86
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools, downloaded daily.
Ofsted — latest inspections of state-funded schools
Ofsted moved to report cards in November 2025. Schools inspected before then still carry their older one-word or ungraded outcome, so the two are shown side by side and never combined.
Report cards — "Achievement" (3,189 schools)
- Exceptional49 (1.5%)
- Strong standard514 (16.1%)
- Expected standard1,720 (53.9%)
- Needs attention835 (26.2%)
- Urgent improvement71 (2.2%)
Safeguarding: 3,174 met, 15 not met.
Older graded inspections — overall effectiveness (10,714 schools)
- Outstanding983 (9.2%)
- Good5,738 (53.6%)
- Requires improvement597 (5.6%)
- Inadequate121 (1.1%)
- Not judged3,275 (30.6%)
A further 7,777 schools' latest visit was an ungraded inspection; 251 have no inspection on the list yet.
Source: Ofsted state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information, as at 30 Sept 2026. Published monthly.
Universities and higher-education providers
425 providers on the Office for Students Register (England), read 08 Nov 2026.
Browse every registered provider →Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide higher education
No live feed yet. These publishers don't offer a file we can read automatically, so no figures are shown here. Their official pages:
- Scotland
Scottish Government — school contact details and summary statistics for schools - Scotland
Education Scotland — inspection reports - Wales
StatsWales — schools and teachers - Wales
My Local School (Welsh Government) - Wales
Estyn — inspection reports - Northern Ireland
Department of Education NI — school enrolment and level data - Northern Ireland
Education and Training Inspectorate — reports - UK universities
HESA — open data on students, staff and graduate outcomes - UK universities
Discover Uni — official course data (incl. National Student Survey)