Question follow-through · 19188
Pupils: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the total number of school days lost by pupils due to the incidence of infectious disease in (a) primary (b) secondary schools in England in the school years 2024/25 and 2025/26 and what proportion of a
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 1 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the total number of school days lost by pupils due to the incidence of infectious disease in (a) primary (b) secondary schools in England in the school years 2024/25 and 2025/26 and what proportion of a
1 Sept 2026
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1 Sept 2026
Answer published
The department does not collect data on absence due specifically to infectious disease.The closest available measure is absence due to illness. In 2024/25, illness accounted for 2.83% of all possible sessions in state-funded primary schools and 3.61% in s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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