UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
1	City of London	9	60	C
3	Camden	103	53	D
#5	Ealing	115	52	D
#7	Lambeth	102	52	D
#10	Hackney	104	51	D
#11	Hammersmith and Fulham	82	51	D
#12	Harrow	75	51	D
#13	Islington	72	51	D
#14	Richmond upon Thames	86	51	D
#15	Tower Hamlets	115	51	D
#16	Waltham Forest	88	51	D
#17	Haringey	98	50	D
#18	Kensington and Chelsea	75	50	D
#19	Newham	114	50	D
#20	Westminster	92	50	D
#21	Barnet	175	49	D
#22	Bromley	120	49	D
#24	Kingston upon Thames	65	49	D
#26	Wandsworth	114	49	D
#27	Barking and Dagenham	68	48	D
#28	Greenwich	107	48	D
#32	Merton	74	48	D
#38	Croydon	157	47	D
#41	Hillingdon	114	47	D
#42	Hounslow	89	47	D
#43	Lewisham	98	47	D
#47	Southwark	121	47	D
#48	Sutton	74	47	D
#50	Brent	103	46	D
#69	Enfield	108	45	D
#70	Havering	92	45	D
#77	Redbridge	95	45	D
#85	Bexley	92	44	E

North

51 councils · 7326 schools · avg 44/100 · Unclear / Hard to find

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UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
#34	Trafford	103	48	D
#37	Blackburn with Darwen	89	47	D
#39	Darlington	48	47	D
#44	Liverpool	194	47	D
#49	Wigan	145	47	D
#53	Cumberland	181	46	D
#54	East Riding of Yorkshire	160	46	D
#57	Leeds	309	46	D
#58	Wakefield	159	46	D
#61	Westmorland and Furness	162	46	D
#62	Barnsley	96	45	D
#65	Calderdale	114	45	D
#73	Lancashire	703	45	D
#75	Manchester	219	45	D
#76	North Lincolnshire	94	45	D
#81	Stockport	137	45	D
#82	Sunderland	125	45	D
#86	Cheshire West and Chester	179	44	E
#89	Halton	70	44	E
#91	Kingston upon Hull, City of	105	44	E
#92	North Tyneside	84	44	E
#96	Sheffield	192	44	E
#97	South Tyneside	64	44	E
#100	Bolton	147	43	E
#101	Bradford	231	43	E
#103	Cheshire East	180	43	E
#107	Gateshead	92	43	E
#109	Knowsley	63	43	E
#112	Newcastle upon Tyne	112	43	E
#114	North East Lincolnshire	74	43	E
#116	North Yorkshire	383	43	E
#117	Northumberland	175	43	E
#119	Salford	135	43	E
#120	St. Helens	80	43	E
#125	York	74	43	E
#127	County Durham	282	42	E
#129	Doncaster	145	42	E
#131	Kirklees	202	42	E
#135	Rotherham	127	42	E
#138	Warrington	94	42	E
#139	Wirral	137	42	E
#143	Middlesbrough	63	41	E
#144	Redcar and Cleveland	65	41	E
#145	Sefton	117	41	E
#149	Stockton-on-Tees	87	41	E
#152	Oldham	128	40	E
#153	Rochdale	105	40	E
#158	Blackpool	51	39	E
#160	Hartlepool	43	39	E
#161	Bury	93	38	E
#162	Tameside	109	37	E

Midlands

24 councils · 5078 schools · avg 43/100 · Unclear / Hard to find

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UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
#33	Nottingham	118	48	D
#36	Birmingham	515	47	D
#60	West Northamptonshire	209	46	D
#71	Herefordshire, County of	114	45	D
#74	Lincolnshire	397	45	D
#78	Rutland	27	45	D
#79	Sandwell	134	45	D
#99	Warwickshire	286	44	E
#105	Coventry	129	43	E
#106	Derby	118	43	E
#110	Leicester	141	43	E
#115	North Northamptonshire	153	43	E
#123	Wolverhampton	126	43	E
#124	Worcestershire	277	43	E
#128	Derbyshire	452	42	E
#132	Leicestershire	327	42	E
#133	Nottinghamshire	370	42	E
#136	Solihull	91	42	E
#137	Walsall	134	42	E
#142	Dudley	118	41	E
#146	Shropshire	186	41	E
#150	Stoke-on-Trent	116	41	E
#154	Staffordshire	454	40	E
#156	Telford and Wrekin	86	40	E

South

44 councils · 9548 schools · avg 44/100 · Unclear / Hard to find

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UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
#25	Southampton	87	49	D
#29	Hertfordshire	590	48	D
#31	Luton	79	48	D
#35	Windsor and Maidenhead	83	48	D
#40	Hampshire	618	47	D
#45	Milton Keynes	124	47	D
#46	Slough	60	47	D
#51	Brighton and Hove	84	46	D
#52	Buckinghamshire	276	46	D
#56	Kent	713	46	D
#59	West Berkshire	99	46	D
#63	Bedford	85	45	D
#64	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	117	45	D
#66	Cambridgeshire	312	45	D
#67	Central Bedfordshire	134	45	D
#68	East Sussex	220	45	D
#72	Isle of Wight	51	45	D
#80	Southend-on-Sea	60	45	D
#83	Torbay	47	45	D
#84	West Sussex	339	45	D
#87	Essex	611	44	E
#88	Gloucestershire	341	44	E
#93	Oxfordshire	371	44	E
#94	Peterborough	90	44	E
#95	Reading	73	44	E
#98	Surrey	524	44	E
#102	Bristol, City of	173	43	E
#111	Medway	117	43	E
#113	Norfolk	464	43	E
#118	Plymouth	107	43	E
#121	Suffolk	365	43	E
#122	Wiltshire	266	43	E
#126	Bath and North East Somerset	93	42	E
#130	Dorset	184	42	E
#134	Portsmouth	67	42	E
#140	Cornwall	298	41	E
#141	Devon	427	41	E
#147	Somerset	309	41	E
#148	South Gloucestershire	125	41	E
#151	Thurrock	58	41	E
#155	Swindon	92	40	E
#157	Wokingham	85	40	E
#159	Bracknell Forest	45	39	E
#164	North Somerset	85	36	E

Wales

22 councils · 1571 schools · avg 27/100 · Unclear / Hard to find

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UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
#90	Isle of Anglesey	50	44	E
#104	Conwy	63	43	E
#108	Gwynedd	101	43	E
#163	Denbighshire	60	36	E
#166	Flintshire	82	33	E
#167	Neath Port Talbot	65	29	F
#168	Carmarthenshire	121	28	F
#169	Monmouthshire	41	27	F
#170	Ceredigion	42	26	F
#171	Pembrokeshire	69	25	F
#172	Caerphilly	85	23	F
#173	Cardiff	144	23	F
#174	Merthyr Tydfil	25	23	F
#175	Powys	95	23	F
#176	Vale of Glamorgan	61	23	F
#177	Wrexham	75	23	F
#178	Blaenau Gwent	25	22	F
#179	Newport	60	22	F
#180	Rhondda Cynon Taf	113	22	F
#181	Bridgend	61	21	F
#182	Swansea	100	21	F
#183	Torfaen	33	20	F

Other UK

9 councils · 487 schools · avg 49/100 · Meets minimum requirements

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UK Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
2	Isle of Man Offshore Establishments	39	54	D
#4	Jersey Offshore Establishments	42	53	D
#6	Fieldwork Overseas Establishments	15	52	D
#8	Scotland Offshore Establishments	7	52	D
#9	Guernsey Offshore Establishments	21	51	D
#23	Does not apply	335	49	D
#30	Isles Of Scilly	1	48	D
#55	Gibraltar Overseas Establishments	14	46	D
#165	BFPO Overseas Establishments	13	33	E

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Every UK Local Authority, ranked

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Rank	Council	Schools	Score	Grade
1	City of London	9	60	C
2	Isle of Man Offshore Establishments	39	54	D
3	Camden	103	53	D
#4	Jersey Offshore Establishments	42	53	D
#5	Ealing	115	52	D
#6	Fieldwork Overseas Establishments	15	52	D
#7	Lambeth	102	52	D
#8	Scotland Offshore Establishments	7	52	D
#9	Guernsey Offshore Establishments	21	51	D
#10	Hackney	104	51	D
#11	Hammersmith and Fulham	82	51	D
#12	Harrow	75	51	D
#13	Islington	72	51	D
#14	Richmond upon Thames	86	51	D
#15	Tower Hamlets	115	51	D
#16	Waltham Forest	88	51	D
#17	Haringey	98	50	D
#18	Kensington and Chelsea	75	50	D
#19	Newham	114	50	D
#20	Westminster	92	50	D
#21	Barnet	175	49	D
#22	Bromley	120	49	D
#23	Does not apply	335	49	D
#24	Kingston upon Thames	65	49	D
#25	Southampton	87	49	D
#26	Wandsworth	114	49	D
#27	Barking and Dagenham	68	48	D
#28	Greenwich	107	48	D
#29	Hertfordshire	590	48	D
#30	Isles Of Scilly	1	48	D
#31	Luton	79	48	D
#32	Merton	74	48	D
#33	Nottingham	118	48	D
#34	Trafford	103	48	D
#35	Windsor and Maidenhead	83	48	D
#36	Birmingham	515	47	D
#37	Blackburn with Darwen	89	47	D
#38	Croydon	157	47	D
#39	Darlington	48	47	D
#40	Hampshire	618	47	D
#41	Hillingdon	114	47	D
#42	Hounslow	89	47	D
#43	Lewisham	98	47	D
#44	Liverpool	194	47	D
#45	Milton Keynes	124	47	D
#46	Slough	60	47	D
#47	Southwark	121	47	D
#48	Sutton	74	47	D
#49	Wigan	145	47	D
#50	Brent	103	46	D
#51	Brighton and Hove	84	46	D
#52	Buckinghamshire	276	46	D
#53	Cumberland	181	46	D
#54	East Riding of Yorkshire	160	46	D
#55	Gibraltar Overseas Establishments	14	46	D
#56	Kent	713	46	D
#57	Leeds	309	46	D
#58	Wakefield	159	46	D
#59	West Berkshire	99	46	D
#60	West Northamptonshire	209	46	D
#61	Westmorland and Furness	162	46	D
#62	Barnsley	96	45	D
#63	Bedford	85	45	D
#64	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	117	45	D
#65	Calderdale	114	45	D
#66	Cambridgeshire	312	45	D
#67	Central Bedfordshire	134	45	D
#68	East Sussex	220	45	D
#69	Enfield	108	45	D
#70	Havering	92	45	D
#71	Herefordshire, County of	114	45	D
#72	Isle of Wight	51	45	D
#73	Lancashire	703	45	D
#74	Lincolnshire	397	45	D
#75	Manchester	219	45	D
#76	North Lincolnshire	94	45	D
#77	Redbridge	95	45	D
#78	Rutland	27	45	D
#79	Sandwell	134	45	D
#80	Southend-on-Sea	60	45	D
#81	Stockport	137	45	D
#82	Sunderland	125	45	D
#83	Torbay	47	45	D
#84	West Sussex	339	45	D
#85	Bexley	92	44	E
#86	Cheshire West and Chester	179	44	E
#87	Essex	611	44	E
#88	Gloucestershire	341	44	E
#89	Halton	70	44	E
#90	Isle of Anglesey	50	44	E
#91	Kingston upon Hull, City of	105	44	E
#92	North Tyneside	84	44	E
#93	Oxfordshire	371	44	E
#94	Peterborough	90	44	E
#95	Reading	73	44	E
#96	Sheffield	192	44	E
#97	South Tyneside	64	44	E
#98	Surrey	524	44	E
#99	Warwickshire	286	44	E
#100	Bolton	147	43	E
#101	Bradford	231	43	E
#102	Bristol, City of	173	43	E
#103	Cheshire East	180	43	E
#104	Conwy	63	43	E
#105	Coventry	129	43	E
#106	Derby	118	43	E
#107	Gateshead	92	43	E
#108	Gwynedd	101	43	E
#109	Knowsley	63	43	E
#110	Leicester	141	43	E
#111	Medway	117	43	E
#112	Newcastle upon Tyne	112	43	E
#113	Norfolk	464	43	E
#114	North East Lincolnshire	74	43	E
#115	North Northamptonshire	153	43	E
#116	North Yorkshire	383	43	E
#117	Northumberland	175	43	E
#118	Plymouth	107	43	E
#119	Salford	135	43	E
#120	St. Helens	80	43	E
#121	Suffolk	365	43	E
#122	Wiltshire	266	43	E
#123	Wolverhampton	126	43	E
#124	Worcestershire	277	43	E
#125	York	74	43	E
#126	Bath and North East Somerset	93	42	E
#127	County Durham	282	42	E
#128	Derbyshire	452	42	E
#129	Doncaster	145	42	E
#130	Dorset	184	42	E
#131	Kirklees	202	42	E
#132	Leicestershire	327	42	E
#133	Nottinghamshire	370	42	E
#134	Portsmouth	67	42	E
#135	Rotherham	127	42	E
#136	Solihull	91	42	E
#137	Walsall	134	42	E
#138	Warrington	94	42	E
#139	Wirral	137	42	E
#140	Cornwall	298	41	E
#141	Devon	427	41	E
#142	Dudley	118	41	E
#143	Middlesbrough	63	41	E
#144	Redcar and Cleveland	65	41	E
#145	Sefton	117	41	E
#146	Shropshire	186	41	E
#147	Somerset	309	41	E
#148	South Gloucestershire	125	41	E
#149	Stockton-on-Tees	87	41	E
#150	Stoke-on-Trent	116	41	E
#151	Thurrock	58	41	E
#152	Oldham	128	40	E
#153	Rochdale	105	40	E
#154	Staffordshire	454	40	E
#155	Swindon	92	40	E
#156	Telford and Wrekin	86	40	E
#157	Wokingham	85	40	E
#158	Blackpool	51	39	E
#159	Bracknell Forest	45	39	E
#160	Hartlepool	43	39	E
#161	Bury	93	38	E
#162	Tameside	109	37	E
#163	Denbighshire	60	36	E
#164	North Somerset	85	36	E
#165	BFPO Overseas Establishments	13	33	E
#166	Flintshire	82	33	E
#167	Neath Port Talbot	65	29	F
#168	Carmarthenshire	121	28	F
#169	Monmouthshire	41	27	F
#170	Ceredigion	42	26	F
#171	Pembrokeshire	69	25	F
#172	Caerphilly	85	23	F
#173	Cardiff	144	23	F
#174	Merthyr Tydfil	25	23	F
#175	Powys	95	23	F
#176	Vale of Glamorgan	61	23	F
#177	Wrexham	75	23	F
#178	Blaenau Gwent	25	22	F
#179	Newport	60	22	F
#180	Rhondda Cynon Taf	113	22	F
#181	Bridgend	61	21	F
#182	Swansea	100	21	F
#183	Torfaen	33	20	F

Grades: A (90+), B (75–89), C (60–74), D (45–59), E (30–44), F (0–29). Calculated from 2026 Ofsted & iXBRL signals.

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