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Thinking about the past week of term, how often would you say you have enjoyed coming to school?

56.4%

of pupils in years 7 to 11 in England answered every day or most days.

Source: DfE Parent, pupil and learner voice, March 2026. Pupils in years 7 to 11 in England, 2,323 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0. How the comparison works.

Fig. 1How England answered
  • Never
  • Some days
  • Most days
  • Every day
  • Don't know

The dark blue shades are the answers counted in the headline figure (every day or most days), which is the number at the end of each bar. Numbers inside the bars are percentages, shown where there is room. The small grey number is how many answered.

A weighted national panel of secondary pupils in years 7 to 11, chosen at random from the National Pupil Database. “Prefer not to say” is left out of the total; “Don't know”, where offered, is counted in it. Figures are from the spring term 2026.

Source: DfE Parent, pupil and learner voice, March 2026. Pupils in years 7 to 11 in England, 2,323 answered. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Same wording, same answers, so a school's result for this question is set beside the figure on this page.

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Fig. 2Is a school's gap from England real?An example school, 6.4 points below England with 48 answers. Change either number to see when a gap is larger than chance would explain.

Percentage who answered every day or most days

From 10 to 5,000; the slider runs to 500

Scale: 30% to 70%, zoomed in to where the figures fall. Positions are exact. Band: your school's 95% interval. Amber rule: England.

In line with England: the gap is within what chance would explain for 48 answers.

Your school
50% of 48
95% interval
36.4% to 63.6%
England
56.4%
Gap
6.4 points below England

The band is the 95% interval: with 48 answers, the school's true figure very likely lies between 36.4% and 63.6%, so a gap counts as clear only when England's figure is outside it.

England's figure comes from 2,323 answers, so its own margin of error is small beside a school's and the test leaves it out. Same test as the reports: a 95% Wilson interval for the school. England: DfE Parent, pupil and learner voice, March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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