Research and analysis

Workless households and educational attainment statutory indicators: 2026

This report contains data on children in workless households and children’s educational attainment.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 26 March 2026

Applies to England

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Workless households and educational attainment statutory indicators 2026

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6200-0, E03534932

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Details

The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 amended the Child Poverty Act 2010 and placed a statutory duty on the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament a report containing data on: 

• children living in workless households in England
• children living in long-term workless households in England
• the educational attainment of children in England at the end of Key Stage 4
• the educational attainment of disadvantaged children in England at the end of Key Stage 4

The data contained in the report, and the provision about how the terms used in it are to be interpreted, must, so far as practical, be derived from any relevant official statistics. 

Find further details in the Child Poverty Act 2010.

Read previous publications of the workless households and educational attainment statutory indicators.

Published 26 March 2026