England's schools are getting better at mopping up cyber incidents
Ofqual says 27% of English secondary schools reported a cyber incident in 2025/26, with faster recovery.
Ofqual's survey of English secondary schools found 27 percent reported a cybersecurity incident in 2025/26, down from 29 percent a year earlier and 34 percent in 2023/24. Phishing was the most common incident type, followed by data-protection breaches, hacking, and ransomware, which affected 2 percent of respondents. Among schools that reported an incident, 66 percent said they recovered immediately, up from 55 percent, while cases described as critical damage fell from 10 to 7 percent. Many teachers could not identify security improvements, and about a third reported no training in the past year.
- Twenty-seven percent of English secondary schools reported an incident in 2025/26.
- Phishing was most common; ransomware affected 2 percent of respondents.
- Immediate recovery rose to 66 percent, up from 55 percent.
- Student data was affected in 13 percent of reported incidents.
- About a third of teachers reported no cybersecurity training last year.
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