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

Early years Schools & FE Social care

Schools & FE: 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)

Achievement4,227

Attendance and behaviour3,785

Contribution to meeting skills needs17

Curriculum and teaching4,167

Curriculum teaching and training65

Early years2,452

Inclusion4,238

Leadership65

Leadership and governance4,185

Participation and development398

Personal development and wellbeing3,785

Post 16 provision476

Professional behaviours personal development and wellbeing64

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

Local authority	Graded	Top grade	Below good
Salford	78	5%	56%
Blackpool	24	0%	46%
St. Helens	36	6%	44%
Tameside	41	2%	44%
Knowsley	30	10%	43%
Telford and Wrekin	28	4%	43%
Rotherham	54	4%	43%
Liverpool	102	7%	41%
Dorset	65	3%	40%
Hackney	60	13%	40%
Wirral	61	7%	39%
Bristol, City of	67	6%	39%
Coventry	53	4%	38%
Cornwall	103	5%	37%
North Northamptonshire	38	5%	37%
Redcar and Cleveland	30	3%	37%
Bury	34	3%	35%
Derby	54	9%	35%
Halton	20	15%	35%
Westmorland and Furness	63	6%	35%
Somerset	101	4%	35%
Lancashire	301	8%	35%
Southampton	32	16%	34%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	38	16%	34%
Walsall	50	6%	34%
Blackburn with Darwen	45	4%	33%
Stockport	76	8%	33%
Croydon	58	10%	33%
Oldham	52	2%	33%
Trafford	41	12%	32%
Swindon	35	3%	31%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	45	16%	31%
East Riding of Yorkshire	62	2%	31%
Cumberland	74	4%	30%
Cheshire East	72	8%	29%
Windsor and Maidenhead	24	8%	29%
Derbyshire	151	6%	29%
Devon	141	4%	29%
Wakefield	52	8%	29%
Bradford	66	11%	29%
Sefton	49	10%	29%
York	28	11%	29%
Warwickshire	131	5%	28%
Northumberland	71	1%	28%
Wigan	57	9%	28%
Cheshire West and Chester	86	12%	28%
West Berkshire	43	9%	28%
Manchester	97	9%	28%
North Lincolnshire	36	0%	28%
North Tyneside	40	15%	28%
Lincolnshire	128	5%	27%
North Somerset	33	3%	27%
Kirklees	81	7%	27%
Gateshead	37	11%	27%
Nottinghamshire	115	6%	27%
Shropshire	71	10%	27%
Bolton	64	8%	27%
Herefordshire, County of	38	16%	26%
Birmingham	221	8%	26%
North East Lincolnshire	27	4%	26%
Sandwell	66	5%	26%
West Sussex	99	8%	25%
Darlington	20	10%	25%
Plymouth	48	8%	25%
Portsmouth	28	0%	25%
Wiltshire	100	4%	25%
Cambridgeshire	113	9%	25%
West Northamptonshire	69	6%	25%
Norfolk	148	6%	24%
Solihull	33	0%	24%
Luton	29	21%	24%
Suffolk	116	6%	24%
Wokingham	25	0%	24%
Bath and North East Somerset	21	10%	24%
Brighton and Hove	42	5%	24%
Redbridge	38	8%	24%
Oxfordshire	110	5%	24%
Southwark	47	17%	23%
Middlesbrough	30	10%	23%
Southend-on-Sea	30	13%	23%
Stoke-on-Trent	60	12%	23%
Gloucestershire	116	9%	23%
Kent	224	8%	23%
Leeds	112	17%	23%
South Gloucestershire	52	6%	23%
Sunderland	48	6%	23%
Leicestershire	123	7%	23%
Worcestershire	102	4%	23%
East Sussex	67	12%	22%
Dudley	54	4%	22%
Nottingham	45	9%	22%
Rochdale	45	13%	22%
Wolverhampton	50	8%	22%
Bedford	32	3%	22%
Reading	23	9%	22%
Barnet	65	11%	22%
Hampshire	207	11%	21%
North Yorkshire	129	2%	21%
County Durham	101	5%	21%
Staffordshire	184	7%	21%
Essex	203	8%	20%
Ealing	45	29%	20%
Lewisham	30	13%	20%
Newcastle upon Tyne	40	5%	20%
South Tyneside	20	5%	20%
Lambeth	41	24%	20%
Newham	41	20%	20%
Brent	37	16%	19%
Greenwich	39	8%	18%
Wandsworth	40	25%	18%
Central Bedfordshire	53	2%	17%
Hillingdon	36	28%	17%
Leicester	55	16%	16%
Bexley	31	13%	16%
Buckinghamshire	81	14%	16%
Sheffield	63	10%	16%
Haringey	38	18%	16%
Surrey	152	14%	16%
Hertfordshire	185	17%	16%
Barking and Dagenham	26	23%	15%
Waltham Forest	26	15%	15%
Doncaster	61	3%	15%
Warrington	34	9%	15%
Milton Keynes	30	7%	13%
Barnsley	39	8%	13%
Havering	39	8%	13%
Camden	34	21%	12%
Enfield	35	6%	11%
Peterborough	27	11%	11%
Stockton-on-Tees	37	14%	11%
Medway	28	0%	11%
Westminster	28	32%	11%
Richmond upon Thames	29	34%	10%
Tower Hamlets	53	26%	9%
Calderdale	33	12%	9%
Harrow	23	39%	9%
Hounslow	37	19%	8%
Bromley	39	21%	8%
Kensington and Chelsea	26	19%	8%
Hammersmith and Fulham	20	50%	5%
Merton	25	28%	4%
Islington	27	15%	4%