Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
9,576
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.15
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Lancashire
46 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Kensington and Chelsea
3.5 →
2
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.46 ↑
3
Brighton and Hove
3.46 ↑
4
Sutton
3.41 →
5
Bromley
3.39 ↑
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.65 ↑
2
Blackburn with Darwen
2.81 →
3
Derby
2.85 ↑
4
Cumberland
2.89 →
5
Isle of Wight
2.91 ↓
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Quality index 3.0 = Expected Standard average. Grade bar shows EIF grade distribution per area.
Local Authority ▼ Grade Dist. / QI Total EIF Last 30d SG Not Met (12m) Childminder Non-Domestic School
B Barking and Dagenham
3.19 ↓ 		339 30 4 — 119 149 71
Barnet
3.36 ↑ 		749 69 10 3 280 273 176
Barnsley
3.15 → 		438 42 10 3 196 137 105
Bath and North East Somerset
3.29 ↑ 		352 33 6 — 126 138 87
Bedford
3.19 ↑ 		329 34 2 — 142 103 82
Bexley
3.21 ↑ 		715 82 7 2 403 207 102
Birmingham
2.96 → 		1,753 168 9 7 484 768 472
Blackburn with Darwen
2.81 → 		288 33 6 — 94 95 91
Blackpool
3.04 ↑ 		173 19 2 — 60 64 49
Bolton
3.12 ↑ 		481 54 7 1 160 168 151
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.16 ↓ 		570 50 7 1 201 253 109
Bracknell Forest
3.13 ↓ 		342 50 9 2 188 115 37
Bradford
3.01 ↓ 		874 71 6 3 379 266 218
Brent
3 → 		460 35 3 3 162 200 85
Brighton and Hove
3.46 ↑ 		390 44 5 1 80 230 74
Bristol
3.03 → 		787 79 8 1 326 289 154
Bromley
3.39 ↑ 		915 92 12 1 490 301 121
Buckinghamshire
3.27 → 		1,301 121 14 1 528 533 237
Bury
3.08 ↓ 		307 27 4 1 121 110 75
C Calderdale
3.13 ↑ 		377 31 3 1 127 140 104
Cambridgeshire
3.24 → 		1,407 143 20 1 587 507 295
Camden
3.29 ↑ 		351 25 3 2 119 150 77
Central Bedfordshire
3.19 ↑ 		661 52 3 1 373 154 130
Cheshire East
3.07 ↓ 		634 76 13 4 181 281 166
Cheshire West and Chester
2.91 ↓ 		586 71 10 2 164 241 181
City of London
3.39 ↓ 		13 3 1 — — 12 1
Cornwall
3.02 ↑ 		886 95 9 2 246 321 316
Coventry
3.17 ↓ 		570 44 5 1 273 162 133
Croydon
3.08 → 		868 87 18 2 413 315 133
Cumberland
2.89 → 		401 45 8 1 85 102 208
D Darlington
2.95 ↑ 		168 15 4 1 64 43 59
Derby
2.85 ↑ 		381 34 4 2 132 127 112
Derbyshire
3 → 		1,279 113 21 6 400 454 419
Devon
3.16 → 		1,301 163 20 3 450 487 363
Doncaster
3.26 → 		561 66 6 — 288 128 144
Dorset
3.01 → 		530 58 7 — 146 213 168
Dudley
3.24 ↑ 		399 38 4 — 119 159 115
Durham
3.07 ↑ 		725 72 20 1 291 169 251
E Ealing
3.22 → 		588 56 7 2 203 275 104
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.21 → 		585 67 15 — 194 202 182
East Sussex
3.33 ↑ 		714 88 14 2 210 305 198
Enfield
3.19 → 		569 57 6 3 243 218 106
Essex
3.31 → 		2,751 249 38 5 948 1186 613
G Gateshead
3.15 → 		283 28 4 1 77 116 85
Gloucestershire
3.07 ↓ 		1,186 105 22 2 339 536 306
Greenwich
3.2 → 		729 63 8 1 355 274 95
H Hackney
2.99 → 		542 37 4 1 180 200 156
Halton
3.01 → 		248 16 6 1 95 84 68
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.46 ↑ 		302 33 3 — 85 140 72
Hampshire
3.2 → 		2,944 336 46 6 1104 1257 576
Haringey
3.27 ↑ 		415 42 11 — 132 182 90
Harrow
3.24 → 		393 28 5 — 128 192 66
Hartlepool
3.31 → 		120 10 1 — 61 25 34
Havering
3.34 ↓ 		585 57 7 — 229 257 97
Herefordshire
3.06 ↓ 		286 28 2 — 71 110 105
Hertfordshire
3.18 → 		2,798 211 29 4 1292 939 547
Hillingdon
3.16 ↓ 		543 58 3 3 253 182 106
Hounslow
3.16 ↑ 		454 43 2 3 188 173 93
I Isle of Wight
2.91 ↓ 		152 9 — 1 38 52 61
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Islington
3.36 ↓ 		356 18 3 — 155 136 60
K Kensington and Chelsea
3.5 → 		204 20 1 1 36 102 58
Kent
3.24 → 		2,824 295 46 — 1068 1109 634
Kingston upon Hull
3.23 ↑ 		298 27 2 — 77 109 112
Kingston upon Thames
3.34 ↓ 		350 29 6 — 175 116 58
Kirklees
3.11 ↓ 		796 69 10 1 272 329 192
Knowsley
3 ↓ 		232 34 6 — 80 70 82
L Lambeth
3.17 ↓ 		595 50 4 — 267 236 79
Lancashire
2.98 → 		2,253 270 46 2 717 843 665
Leeds
3.2 ↑ 		1,595 112 21 5 825 453 311
Leicester
3.14 → 		407 37 7 — 91 188 128
Leicestershire
3.16 → 		1,323 126 9 6 534 487 296
Lewisham
3.22 → 		766 80 12 1 352 310 88
Lincolnshire
2.99 ↑ 		1,243 101 12 4 445 414 380
Liverpool
3.09 → 		688 80 16 — 204 276 200
Luton
2.65 ↑ 		320 27 2 1 101 140 73
M Manchester
3.02 → 		870 75 11 3 423 247 196
Medway
3.23 ↑ 		513 49 5 1 225 184 102
Merton
3.23 → 		511 38 5 1 277 166 64
Middlesbrough
3.15 ↑ 		181 17 7 1 67 49 64
Milton Keynes
3.06 ↓ 		562 40 7 1 254 203 101
N Newcastle upon Tyne
3.19 → 		368 26 5 1 122 148 95
Newham
3.36 → 		455 37 4 — 146 180 116
Norfolk
3.11 ↓ 		1,342 98 10 1 416 467 451
North East Lincolnshire
3.11 ↑ 		225 19 4 — 86 65 68
North Lincolnshire
2.99 ↑ 		285 18 5 — 85 106 91
North Northamptonshire
3.16 ↑ 		665 42 4 — 311 188 157
North Somerset
3.13 → 		409 41 7 1 179 146 81
North Tyneside
3.06 ↓ 		310 23 5 — 135 90 84
North Yorkshire
3.12 ↑ 		1,140 95 10 2 334 444 353
Northumberland
3.05 ↓ 		505 50 10 — 155 152 198
Nottingham
3.27 ↑ 		398 28 3 — 160 117 121
Nottinghamshire
3.08 → 		1,342 142 15 — 546 471 325
O Oldham
3.1 → 		452 40 4 1 175 175 102
Oxfordshire
3.11 ↓ 		1,386 138 20 6 534 536 306
P Peterborough
3.22 ↑ 		399 34 5 — 159 157 81
Plymouth
3.01 ↑ 		361 41 5 2 100 143 116
Portsmouth
3.15 ↓ 		323 38 5 — 104 148 71
R Reading
3.15 → 		328 36 4 — 129 131 64
Redbridge
3.35 → 		498 42 3 1 182 232 82
Redcar and Cleveland
3.02 ↓ 		249 26 7 — 129 55 65
Richmond upon Thames
3.31 → 		470 47 6 1 162 237 66
Rochdale
3 ↑ 		439 40 8 2 195 163 78
Rotherham
3.19 → 		448 45 12 1 206 106 133
Rutland
3.08 ↓ 		58 6 — — 10 29 19
S Salford
2.94 → 		584 53 11 3 200 198 185
Sandwell
3.09 → 		512 53 7 1 134 227 151
Sefton
3.14 ↓ 		335 43 5 2 91 133 105
Sheffield
3.14 ↓ 		754 57 11 1 279 289 183
Shropshire
2.95 ↓ 		465 43 6 1 150 183 127
Slough
3.13 → 		247 24 3 — 117 70 53
Solihull
3.08 ↓ 		380 34 5 1 159 141 80
Somerset
3.01 ↑ 		826 94 11 1 270 316 237
South Gloucestershire
3 → 		551 78 11 1 167 272 111
South Tyneside
3.05 → 		195 14 2 — 76 55 60
Southampton
3.07 ↑ 		394 43 6 2 141 151 99
Southend on Sea
3.27 ↓ 		291 38 3 — 147 82 62
Southwark
3.2 → 		645 54 7 1 317 210 106
St Helens
3.17 ↑ 		209 32 4 — 58 73 76
Staffordshire
3.11 → 		1,496 170 23 1 498 536 453
Stockport
3.1 ↑ 		646 65 15 1 322 188 133
Stockton-on-Tees
3.17 → 		335 27 4 — 167 83 84
Stoke-on-Trent
3.05 ↓ 		310 41 3 — 83 118 108
Suffolk
3.12 → 		1,170 111 15 1 348 476 345
Sunderland
3.1 ↑ 		326 40 7 — 120 75 122
Surrey
3.25 → 		2,772 289 36 7 1384 980 383
Sutton
3.41 → 		457 39 3 — 231 168 56
Swindon
3.06 → 		432 46 5 — 222 118 89
T Tameside
3.05 → 		448 49 11 — 228 127 93
Telford and Wrekin
2.95 → 		294 27 3 — 111 112 68
Thurrock
3.01 ↑ 		331 31 2 — 169 100 62
Torbay
3.22 ↑ 		192 21 1 — 82 58 52
Tower Hamlets
3.21 ↓ 		365 28 7 — 106 162 93
Trafford
3.36 → 		515 44 6 1 221 197 95
W Wakefield
3.2 → 		607 57 7 2 296 144 163
Walsall
3.2 ↓ 		339 41 4 1 110 93 129
Waltham Forest
3.28 ↓ 		521 41 7 — 234 195 87
Wandsworth
3.24 ↑ 		604 58 11 2 200 306 93
Warrington
3.29 ↑ 		382 36 4 1 153 147 81
Warwickshire
3.11 ↑ 		1,099 118 18 — 357 455 277
West Berkshire
3.11 ↓ 		386 39 4 1 156 138 88
West Northamptonshire
3.08 ↓ 		778 67 8 2 291 279 199
West Sussex
3.28 → 		1,675 178 22 3 609 750 304
Westminster
3.28 → 		256 31 6 2 68 123 59
Westmorland and Furness
2.93 → 		313 45 6 — 62 80 167
Wigan
3.05 → 		509 53 7 1 176 182 148
Wiltshire
3.14 → 		1,058 111 23 1 396 407 251
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.17 → 		339 27 3 — 134 136 65
Wirral
2.99 ↓ 		531 50 9 — 209 183 136
Wokingham
3.19 ↓ 		415 44 — 1 186 158 65
Wolverhampton
3.21 ↑ 		342 38 6 1 98 127 109
Worcestershire
3.19 → 		949 91 7 2 296 400 246
Y York
3.2 → 		366 32 8 — 149 139 75