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

Social care: 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

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

Local authority	Graded	Top grade	Below good
Kingston upon Hull	31	3%	45%
Oxfordshire	33	3%	42%
Medway	26	12%	42%
St Helens	77	14%	40%
Wokingham	20	25%	40%
Luton	21	5%	38%
Wirral	70	10%	36%
Peterborough	41	7%	34%
Walsall	74	0%	34%
Manchester	114	6%	33%
Sefton	86	6%	31%
Southend on Sea	42	5%	31%
Halton	39	5%	31%
Lancashire	691	7%	31%
Barnet	30	3%	30%
Harrow	20	10%	30%
Bedford	37	11%	30%
Redcar and Cleveland	27	15%	30%
Devon	95	13%	29%
Stockton-on-Tees	41	2%	29%
Dudley	31	6%	29%
Oldham	73	3%	29%
Barking and Dagenham	21	14%	29%
Darlington	35	3%	29%
West Northamptonshire	113	4%	28%
Middlesbrough	25	8%	28%
Coventry	47	0%	28%
Enfield	34	0%	26%
Solihull	23	13%	26%
Tameside	55	7%	25%
Bury	36	17%	25%
Lewisham	32	0%	25%
Staffordshire	359	8%	25%
Bradford	77	4%	25%
Central Bedfordshire	49	4%	24%
Leicester	58	9%	24%
Westmorland and Furness	129	17%	24%
Norfolk	88	10%	24%
Warrington	59	5%	24%
Derby	97	9%	24%
Essex	161	7%	24%
Somerset	106	8%	24%
Derbyshire	145	20%	23%
Sandwell	64	3%	23%
Cambridgeshire	73	3%	23%
Surrey	73	14%	23%
Kirklees	82	9%	23%
Suffolk	87	9%	23%
Telford and Wrekin	57	9%	23%
Rotherham	44	7%	23%
Wolverhampton	66	5%	23%
Leicestershire	208	15%	23%
Birmingham	190	5%	22%
Gloucestershire	59	8%	22%
Wiltshire	55	9%	22%
Waltham Forest	33	15%	21%
Croydon	67	4%	21%
East Sussex	68	12%	21%
Trafford	34	15%	21%
Warwickshire	34	6%	21%
Liverpool	112	11%	21%
Sheffield	49	8%	20%
Bolton	91	8%	20%
Salford	56	7%	20%
Stockport	151	11%	19%
Nottinghamshire	132	18%	19%
Plymouth	37	14%	19%
Nottingham	85	11%	19%
North Northamptonshire	96	13%	19%
Durham	93	8%	18%
Lincolnshire	104	14%	18%
Havering	22	5%	18%
North Yorkshire	55	9%	18%
Thurrock	22	5%	18%
Kent	195	14%	18%
Stoke-on-Trent	117	4%	18%
Cheshire West and Chester	62	15%	18%
Herefordshire	40	3%	18%
Hampshire	109	19%	17%
Blackpool	58	7%	17%
Redbridge	82	5%	17%
Hertfordshire	71	6%	17%
Brent	24	13%	17%
North East Lincolnshire	24	0%	17%
Wigan	62	18%	16%
Cumberland	53	6%	15%
Buckinghamshire	60	10%	15%
Worcestershire	54	15%	15%
Dorset	28	7%	14%
Wakefield	70	13%	14%
Leeds	93	16%	14%
Hillingdon	29	3%	14%
West Sussex	95	22%	14%
Preston	59	24%	14%
Cheshire East	75	12%	13%
Calderdale	83	18%	13%
County Durham	38	37%	13%
Hammersmith and Fulham	161	17%	12%
Barnsley	25	4%	12%
Knowsley	59	12%	12%
Rochdale	93	9%	12%
Cornwall	28	7%	11%
North Tyneside	28	7%	11%
Shropshire	124	6%	10%
Gateshead	29	14%	10%
East Riding of Yorkshire	62	8%	10%
Ealing	21	24%	10%
Greenwich	21	14%	10%
Haringey	21	10%	10%
West Lancashire	21	10%	10%
Bexley	44	18%	9%
Newcastle upon Tyne	36	6%	8%
Northumberland	39	5%	8%
Doncaster	66	15%	5%
Sutton	22	9%	5%
Sunderland	23	39%	4%
Milton Keynes	32	16%	3%
Rossendale	35	26%	3%
Thanet	38	21%	3%
Southampton	36	33%	0%