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Grade trends, local differences and the first results under the new report cards.

Early years Schools & FE Social care

Early years: grades by year

report cards by lowest area grade

Latest grade of every setting

Outstanding / Exceptional
Good / Strong / Expected
Requires improvement / Needs attention
Inadequate / Urgent

Report cards so far (inspections from November 2025)

Achievement5,200

Behaviour, attitudes and routines6,061

Children's welfare and wellbeing6,061

Curriculum and teaching5,200

Inclusion6,061

Leadership and governance6,061

Local authorities, last 3 years (20+ graded inspections)

Local authority	Graded	Top grade	Below good
South Cambridgeshire	24	8%	29%
Luton	71	8%	28%
Leicester	103	7%	22%
Sandwell	127	2%	22%
Redcar and Cleveland	59	3%	22%
Brent	121	1%	21%
Birmingham	416	3%	21%
Hackney	125	6%	20%
Bedford	84	7%	19%
Newham	100	5%	19%
Manchester	211	3%	18%
North East Lincolnshire	50	8%	18%
Telford and Wrekin	75	11%	17%
Croydon	238	3%	17%
Lewisham	221	3%	17%
Ealing	164	6%	17%
Sunderland	65	17%	17%
Bristol, City of	24	0%	17%
Rochdale	102	4%	17%
Southwark	160	4%	16%
Kensington and Chelsea	59	12%	15%
Tameside	118	1%	15%
West Northamptonshire	178	3%	15%
Lambeth	165	2%	15%
Oldham	119	2%	15%
Wolverhampton	74	4%	15%
Isle of Wight	27	11%	15%
Cheshire East	164	4%	15%
Knowsley	55	0%	15%
Walsall	69	4%	14%
Thurrock	90	12%	14%
Bolton	97	4%	14%
Basildon	21	14%	14%
Plymouth	84	1%	14%
Shropshire	105	10%	14%
Sheffield	183	7%	14%
Gateshead	57	5%	14%
Westmorland and Furness	43	9%	14%
Dorset	108	12%	14%
Portsmouth	94	4%	14%
Warwickshire	240	10%	14%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	146	10%	14%
Blackpool	44	5%	14%
Solihull	88	11%	14%
Somerset	198	4%	14%
Blackburn with Darwen	59	3%	14%
Greenwich	192	2%	14%
Middlesbrough	37	16%	14%
Wigan	97	9%	13%
Derbyshire	254	4%	13%
Suffolk	225	6%	13%
Leicestershire	278	2%	13%
Nottinghamshire	301	2%	13%
Merton	129	4%	13%
Harrow	114	6%	13%
Derby	84	2%	13%
South Gloucestershire	170	5%	13%
Barnet	182	6%	13%
Reading	95	0%	13%
Staffordshire	317	8%	13%
Enfield	144	8%	13%
Milton Keynes	153	12%	12%
Oxfordshire	347	6%	12%
Bexley	190	3%	12%
Salford	116	3%	12%
Swindon	108	2%	12%
Cumberland	50	6%	12%
Doncaster	142	10%	12%
Worcestershire	193	7%	12%
Durham	127	6%	12%
Devon	288	6%	12%
Medway	119	3%	12%
Barking and Dagenham	94	4%	12%
Stoke-on-Trent	69	6%	12%
Slough	61	5%	11%
Lincolnshire	279	4%	11%
Cheshire West and Chester	123	7%	11%
Southampton	97	8%	11%
Buckinghamshire	372	5%	11%
Redbridge	142	4%	11%
Hillingdon	144	2%	11%
Stockton-on-Tees	72	11%	11%
Waltham Forest	126	5%	11%
Wiltshire	289	6%	11%
Barnsley	127	8%	11%
Dudley	83	6%	11%
Hammersmith and Fulham	74	15%	11%
Hartlepool	28	21%	11%
North Yorkshire	265	15%	11%
Kirklees	202	11%	10%
Bristol	183	8%	10%
Wandsworth	164	9%	10%
Northumberland	116	13%	10%
Hampshire	735	5%	10%
Peterborough	97	9%	10%
Havering	165	5%	10%
Bromley	272	6%	10%
Lancashire	468	8%	10%
Gloucestershire	264	5%	10%
West Sussex	440	6%	10%
Cornwall	186	9%	10%
Basingstoke and Deane	20	15%	10%
North Northamptonshire	160	7%	10%
North Tyneside	70	17%	10%
Tower Hamlets	90	6%	10%
Wirral	141	6%	10%
Kingston upon Thames	101	3%	10%
Essex	604	12%	10%
Torbay	41	7%	10%
Westminster	72	15%	10%
Hounslow	114	6%	10%
Richmond upon Thames	135	6%	10%
Leeds	420	12%	10%
Coventry	137	5%	9%
Sutton	130	2%	9%
Haringey	100	6%	9%
Herefordshire	45	7%	9%
Islington	90	17%	9%
Brighton and Hove	125	11%	9%
Trafford	116	6%	9%
Southend on Sea	59	10%	8%
South Tyneside	36	17%	8%
West Berkshire	108	7%	8%
Bury	61	10%	8%
Sefton	86	5%	8%
East Sussex	160	14%	8%
Surrey	777	6%	8%
Windsor and Maidenhead	87	7%	8%
East Riding of Yorkshire	132	11%	8%
Wakefield	146	10%	8%
Kent	642	6%	7%
Camden	82	10%	7%
St Helens	41	5%	7%
Warrington	96	6%	7%
Bracknell Forest	124	6%	7%
Kingston upon Hull	59	8%	7%
Newcastle upon Tyne	74	12%	7%
Wokingham	119	1%	7%
Hertfordshire	701	8%	7%
York	92	13%	7%
Stockport	154	4%	6%
Halton	47	6%	6%
Rotherham	84	15%	6%
Central Bedfordshire	170	9%	6%
Liverpool	147	8%	5%
Bradford	192	13%	5%
Norfolk	232	9%	5%
North Somerset	100	6%	5%
Calderdale	81	17%	5%
Cambridgeshire	347	10%	5%
Bath and North East Somerset	92	7%	4%
Nottingham	85	1%	4%
North Lincolnshire	65	15%	3%
Darlington	28	14%	0%