Schools by council: Ofsted evidence

See how many state-funded primary and secondary schools in each English council have positive Ofsted evidence, against England, and how the councils rank. Pick one of 296 councils for its figures. Free, with no account needed.

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England at a glance

22,246open state-funded primary, secondary, all-through and special schools
91%of 15,331 judged primary schools positive
84%of 3,249 judged secondary schools positive
2,813state schools with no current Ofsted judgement
1,568independent schools, counted apart

State-funded schools in England by current Ofsted evidence. Primary and secondary include all-through schools; all includes special schools.
Evidence	Primary	Secondary	All
Positive	13,916	2,723	17,431
Caution	1,371	480	1,911
Below standard	44	46	91
No current judgement	1,486	165	2,813

Every council, by schools with positive evidence

Council name

Rank	Council	Judged primary schools	Positive
1	Barnet	87	100%
1	Tower Hamlets	62	100%
1	Hackney	49	100%
1	Richmond upon Thames	43	100%
1	Islington	39	100%
1	Camden	38	100%
1	Middlesbrough	37	100%
1	Babergh	36	100%
1	Waverley	34	100%
1	Reigate and Banstead	29	100%
1	Guildford	28	100%
1	Elmbridge	27	100%
1	Three Rivers	27	100%
1	Woking	23	100%
1	Brentwood	21	100%
1	Spelthorne	21	100%
1	Worthing	18	100%
1	Rutland	16	100%
1	Epsom and Ewell	15	100%
1	Mole Valley	15	100%
21	Newham	69	99%
22	Enfield	65	98%
23	Southwark	64	98%
24	Gateshead	63	98%
25	Haringey	56	98%
26	Warrington	53	98%
27	Waltham Forest	51	98%
28	Barking and Dagenham	48	98%
28	Chorley	48	98%
30	St Albans	47	98%
30	West Oxfordshire	47	98%
32	West Suffolk	44	98%
33	Ashford	43	98%
33	Tonbridge and Malling	43	98%
35	Merton	42	98%
36	Thurrock	39	97%
37	Sutton	38	97%
38	Uttlesford	37	97%
39	Hammersmith and Fulham	34	97%
39	Warwick	34	97%
39	Welwyn Hatfield	34	97%
42	Hinckley and Bosworth	33	97%
43	Oxford	32	97%
43	Tendring	32	97%
45	Huntingdonshire	62	97%
45	Kingston upon Thames	31	97%
45	Torbay	31	97%
48	South Norfolk	59	97%
49	Havering	58	97%
49	Southend-on-Sea	29	97%
49	Thanet	29	97%
52	Redbridge	57	96%
53	Hart	28	96%
54	Sunderland	82	96%
55	East Cambridgeshire	27	96%
56	New Forest	52	96%
56	Hartlepool	26	96%
58	Hounslow	50	96%
58	Kensington and Chelsea	25	96%
60	Bromley	74	96%
61	Nottingham	72	96%
61	Lewes	24	96%
63	Broadland	47	96%
63	Maidstone	47	96%
65	Castle Point	23	96%
65	Melton	23	96%
67	Halton	45	96%
68	West Lindsey	44	95%
69	Basildon	43	95%
70	Luton	42	95%
70	South Tyneside	42	95%
70	Winchester	42	95%
70	North Warwickshire	21	95%
74	Lewisham	62	95%
75	Bexley	60	95%
75	Peterborough	60	95%
75	East Hampshire	40	95%
75	Rochford	20	95%
79	Greenwich	59	95%
80	Brent	58	95%
81	Calderdale	77	95%
82	Trafford	57	95%
82	Worcester	19	95%
84	Cotswold	37	95%
84	High Peak	37	95%
86	Wandsworth	55	95%
87	Rushcliffe	36	94%
88	Folkestone and Hythe	35	94%
89	Rochdale	52	94%
90	Newcastle upon Tyne	68	94%
90	Braintree	51	94%
90	Canterbury	34	94%
90	Eastleigh	34	94%
90	Nuneaton and Bedworth	34	94%
90	Bromsgrove	17	94%
90	Maldon	17	94%
97	Cherwell	50	94%
98	Norwich	33	94%
99	Derbyshire Dales	49	94%
100	Medway	65	94%
101	Milton Keynes	81	94%
102	Wigan	97	94%
103	Charnwood	47	94%
104	Doncaster	93	94%
104	Fenland	31	94%
104	Havant	31	94%
104	Rother	31	94%
104	Westminster	31	94%
109	Bath and North East Somerset	61	93%
110	Broxtowe	30	93%
110	Fareham	30	93%
110	Harlow	30	93%
110	Hertsmere	30	93%
110	Boston	15	93%
115	North Kesteven	44	93%
116	Sheffield	117	93%
117	Ealing	58	93%
118	Mid Suffolk	43	93%
118	North West Leicestershire	43	93%
120	Colchester	57	93%
121	Croydon	85	93%
122	Birmingham	269	93%
123	Cheshire East	113	93%
124	Redcar and Cleveland	42	93%
124	Wokingham	42	93%
124	Gravesham	28	93%
127	County Durham	178	93%
128	North Yorkshire	260	93%
129	Harrow	41	93%
129	Reading	41	93%
131	West Northamptonshire	148	93%
132	Horsham	40	93%
133	Stoke-on-Trent	66	92%
134	Central Bedfordshire	92	92%
135	Dover	39	92%
135	South Derbyshire	39	92%
135	Cheltenham	26	92%
138	Sevenoaks	38	92%
138	Staffordshire Moorlands	38	92%
140	Hillingdon	63	92%
141	Bolton	88	92%
142	Chelmsford	50	92%
142	Stockton-on-Tees	50	92%
142	Wychavon	50	92%
142	Cannock Chase	25	92%
146	Wolverhampton	62	92%
147	Lichfield	37	92%
148	Buckinghamshire	170	92%
149	North Tyneside	48	92%
149	Solihull	48	92%
149	York	48	92%
149	East Staffordshire	36	92%
149	Surrey Heath	24	92%
154	Swindon	59	92%
155	Wealden	47	91%
156	North Northamptonshire	105	91%
157	Barnsley	69	91%
158	Lambeth	57	91%
159	Malvern Hills	34	91%
159	Newark and Sherwood	34	91%
161	Bassetlaw	45	91%
162	Basingstoke and Deane	55	91%
162	Epping Forest	33	91%
162	South Staffordshire	33	91%
162	Adur	11	91%
166	North East Lincolnshire	43	91%
167	Northumberland	117	91%
168	Cheshire West and Chester	105	90%
168	Brighton and Hove	42	90%
168	Exeter	21	90%
171	Mansfield	31	90%
172	Dacorum	51	90%
173	Sefton	61	90%
174	Sandwell	90	90%
174	Bedford	50	90%
174	Bury	40	90%
174	North Devon	40	90%
174	Great Yarmouth	30	90%
174	Ribble Valley	30	90%
174	Tunbridge Wells	30	90%
174	Tandridge	20	90%
182	Manchester	119	90%
183	Leicester	79	90%
184	East Hertfordshire	59	90%
184	South Cambridgeshire	59	90%
186	Wakefield	108	90%
187	Leeds	206	90%
188	South Hams	39	90%
189	Plymouth	68	90%
190	Darlington	29	90%
190	Dartford	29	90%
190	Ipswich	29	90%
190	Tewkesbury	29	90%
190	Watford	29	90%
195	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	67	90%
196	Gedling	38	89%
197	Swale	47	89%
198	Gloucester	28	89%
198	Wyre Forest	28	89%
200	Derby	74	89%
201	Bradford	147	89%
202	Stroud	55	89%
203	North Hertfordshire	54	89%
203	Portsmouth	45	89%
203	Newcastle-under-Lyme	36	89%
203	Wyre	36	89%
203	West Devon	27	89%
208	Kirklees	116	89%
209	Wirral	71	89%
210	Stafford	44	89%
211	North Somerset	61	89%
212	South Oxfordshire	52	88%
213	Westmorland and Furness	120	88%
214	Kingston upon Hull	68	88%
214	South Kesteven	51	88%
214	Harborough	34	88%
214	Eastbourne	17	88%
218	East Suffolk	75	88%
218	Crawley	25	88%
220	Chesterfield	33	88%
221	Cornwall	230	88%
222	Shropshire	97	88%
223	East Devon	48	88%
224	East Riding of Yorkshire	119	87%
225	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	63	87%
226	East Lindsey	55	87%
227	North East Derbyshire	39	87%
228	Herefordshire	70	87%
229	West Berkshire	62	87%
229	Mid Sussex	31	87%
231	Wiltshire	175	87%
232	Southampton	53	87%
233	Dudley	68	87%
234	Arun	30	87%
234	Hastings	15	87%
236	Cumberland	141	87%
237	Liverpool	102	86%
238	Rushmoor	29	86%
239	South Gloucestershire	72	86%
240	Breckland	50	86%
241	Vale of White Horse	49	86%
241	Telford and Wrekin	42	86%
241	Stevenage	21	86%
244	Pendle	34	85%
245	Amber Valley	54	85%
245	Broxbourne	27	85%
245	Cambridge	27	85%
245	Slough	27	85%
249	Tameside	53	85%
250	Rotherham	92	85%
250	Windsor and Maidenhead	46	85%
252	Blaby	26	85%
253	Test Valley	45	84%
254	North Norfolk	38	84%
254	Fylde	19	84%
256	Coventry	82	84%
257	Walsall	63	84%
258	Gosport	25	84%
259	Rossendale	31	84%
260	South Ribble	37	84%
261	Blackburn with Darwen	55	84%
262	Oldham	67	84%
263	Isle of Wight	36	83%
263	Bracknell Forest	24	83%
265	Stockport	71	83%
266	Salford	65	83%
267	Mid Devon	35	83%
268	Bolsover	29	83%
268	Burnley	29	83%
270	Lincoln	23	83%
270	Tamworth	23	83%
272	North Lincolnshire	55	82%
272	Chichester	44	82%
272	Teignbridge	44	82%
272	Runnymede	22	82%
276	Somerset	186	82%
277	Dorset	107	81%
278	Knowsley	48	81%
278	Rugby	32	81%
280	St. Helens	47	81%
281	Torridge	26	81%
282	Lancaster	51	80%
283	Bristol	93	80%
284	West Lancashire	53	79%
285	Erewash	35	77%
286	Oadby and Wigston	13	77%
287	Ashfield	34	76%
288	South Holland	33	76%
289	Stratford-on-Avon	53	75%
290	Preston	45	73%
291	Forest of Dean	41	73%
292	Blackpool	25	72%
293	Hyndburn	31	71%
294	Redditch	17	71%
–	City of London	1	Too few
–	Isles of Scilly	1	Too few

Rank 1 has the highest share of judged primary schools with positive evidence. Schools with no current judgement are left out of the share, councils with exactly the same share share a rank, and councils with fewer than 5 judged schools aren't ranked.

What the figures show

Schools by Ofsted evidencehow many of a council's open state-funded schools have positive, caution, below-standard or no current Ofsted evidence.
Primary or secondaryswitch the figures between phases, with all-through schools in both.
The council against Englandthe share of judged primary and secondary schools with positive evidence, and where the council ranks.
The schools near one homesearch a home's postcode: its preview opens at the schools we hold for that home.

Why tones, not grades

Until September 2024 Ofsted gave each school a single overall grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate. From September 2024 it stopped, and full inspections recorded four key judgements instead. Since November 2025 it has published report cards that grade each area of a school's work from Exceptional to Urgent improvement, with safeguarding met or not met. Ofsted says report-card grades should not be compared with the old grades.

So a school's latest evidence can be a grade, an ungraded inspection, four key judgements or a report card. The figures read each in its own terms and count it under one tone, the same tones the paid Address Lens reports use.

What the figures can't tell you

They describe a whole council, not who gets a place. We hold no catchment or admissions data, and living near a school doesn't mean a child would be offered a place. Check the council's admission arrangements and each school's own policy. An Ofsted judgement describes a school on the day it was inspected.

Frequently asked questions

Why do the figures count tones instead of Ofsted grades?

Ofsted stopped giving schools a single-word overall grade in September 2024, and the report cards it has used since November 2025 grade separate areas on a different scale that Ofsted says should not be compared with the old grades. So each school is counted by what its current evidence says: positive, caution, below standard or no current judgement.

What counts as positive?

A school is positive when its current evidence is good or better: an overall grade of Good or Outstanding, an ungraded inspection that found standards maintained or confirmed a Good or Outstanding grade, key judgements all Good or better, or a report card with every area at the expected standard or above and safeguarding met.

What do caution and below standard mean?

Below standard means an overall grade of Inadequate, an Inadequate key judgement, or a report card with an area needing urgent improvement or safeguarding not met. Caution covers the rest of the evidence short of positive: Requires improvement, an ungraded inspection that raised concerns or found some aspects not as strong, a key judgement that requires improvement, or a report card area that needs attention.

Why do some schools have no current judgement?

A new school, or an academy that opened after converting, may have no inspection of its own yet. Ofsted inspected the school it replaced, but that judgement belongs to the old school, so it is not counted. Schools whose latest inspection we could not tie to the school as it is now count as no current judgement too.

Do the figures show catchment areas?

No. They are counts for the whole council. We hold no catchment or admissions data, and being near a school does not mean a child would get a place. Each council publishes its admission arrangements; check them, and the school's own admissions policy, before relying on a place.

Which schools are counted?

Open state-funded primary, secondary, all-through and special schools in Get Information about Schools, with independent schools counted apart. Nursery schools, and establishments without a primary, secondary or all-through phase, are not counted. The pages give numbers for each council; they don't name or list schools.

Are independent schools included?

They are counted apart, not in the shares. Independent schools are inspected by Ofsted or, for members of an independent schools association, by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Our Ofsted data covers state-funded schools, so most have no Ofsted judgement here.

Do the figures cover Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland?

No. Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, which no longer gives grades, and Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own inspectorates. The figures cover England only.

Can I see which schools are near one home?

Yes. Search a postcode and choose a home. Its free preview shows what we hold about the schools around it, and the paid reports measure the straight-line distance from that home to each nearby school. Shortlist Compare scores the schools around each of your final homes.

Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from the Department for Education and Ofsted. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021.