How often do you feel lonely?
47.9%
of pupils in years 7 to 11 in England answered hardly ever or never.
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.
- Often
- Some of the time
- Hardly ever or never
Pupils in years 7 to 11 2,32347.9%
The dark blue shades are the answers counted in the headline figure (hardly ever or never), 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.
Percentage who answered hardly ever or never
From 10 to 5,000; the slider runs to 500
Scale: 20% to 60%, 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
- 42% of 48
- 95% interval
- 29.1% to 56.0%
- England
- 47.9%
- Gap
- 5.9 points below England
The band is the 95% interval: with 48 answers, the school's true figure very likely lies between 29.1% and 56.0%, 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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