Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
5,223
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.16
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Surrey
51 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Brighton and Hove
3.44 →
2
Kingston upon Thames
3.44 ↓
3
Kensington and Chelsea
3.42 →
4
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.4 ↑
5
Sutton
3.39 ↑
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.5 ↑
2
Blackburn with Darwen
2.67 ↓
3
Derby
2.82
4
North Lincolnshire
2.83
5
Darlington
2.87 ↓
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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
Y York
3.27 → 		347 15 6 — 143 130 71
W Worcestershire
3.21 ↓ 		914 58 12 1 288 386 233
Wolverhampton
3.19 ↓ 		325 22 6 — 95 121 101
Wokingham
3.24 → 		395 22 3 1 181 150 59
Wirral
3.1 ↓ 		503 25 7 — 205 173 122
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.14 ↓ 		328 17 2 — 132 131 61
Wiltshire
3.19 → 		1,007 58 16 — 382 386 235
Wigan
3.07 ↓ 		481 28 9 — 173 172 133
Westmorland and Furness
2.91 ↓ 		290 23 8 — 58 74 154
Westminster
3.2 → 		237 14 5 2 66 111 56
West Sussex
3.28 → 		1,592 98 26 2 595 702 283
West Northamptonshire
3.2 ↓ 		749 42 8 1 288 271 184
West Berkshire
3.14 		369 25 9 — 154 131 80
Warwickshire
3.03 ↓ 		1,024 49 20 — 352 420 244
Warrington
3.25 ↓ 		365 20 6 — 151 139 74
Wandsworth
3.17 ↑ 		578 32 9 1 197 291 85
Waltham Forest
3.32 ↓ 		502 22 1 — 229 183 86
Walsall
3.15 ↓ 		321 25 8 1 106 87 121
Wakefield
3.26 ↓ 		581 32 5 2 287 136 155
T Trafford
3.31 ↓ 		493 23 3 1 218 184 89
Tower Hamlets
3.27 ↑ 		356 16 5 — 105 157 90
Torbay
3.22 ↑ 		179 10 4 — 78 53 48
Thurrock
2.98 ↑ 		319 19 9 — 163 96 60
Telford and Wrekin
2.93 ↓ 		277 10 5 — 108 104 62
Tameside
3.07 ↓ 		420 23 5 — 222 121 77
S Swindon
3.06 → 		409 25 6 — 213 114 79
Sutton
3.39 ↑ 		442 24 5 — 225 160 55
Surrey
3.27 ↑ 		2,664 180 51 4 1354 928 358
Sunderland
2.97 ↓ 		298 14 1 — 116 66 110
Suffolk
3.15 → 		1,114 57 16 — 340 456 317
Stoke-on-Trent
3.18 ↓ 		289 20 7 — 83 108 97
Stockton-on-Tees
3.19 ↓ 		321 13 1 — 160 80 80
Stockport
2.99 ↓ 		613 35 3 1 313 180 117
Staffordshire
3.14 ↓ 		1,403 84 30 — 487 504 403
St Helens
3.09 → 		196 19 3 — 56 68 70
Southwark
3.32 ↑ 		617 28 6 1 310 196 99
Southend on Sea
3.36 ↓ 		281 29 6 — 144 79 58
Southampton
3.09 → 		371 20 4 — 136 138 94
South Tyneside
3.27 ↑ 		187 7 3 — 76 53 55
South Gloucestershire
3 → 		514 42 15 1 161 257 95
Somerset
2.95 ↑ 		791 59 10 1 262 301 225
Solihull
3.12 ↓ 		365 19 7 — 156 138 71
Slough
3.05 		232 12 7 — 114 67 46
Shropshire
3.05 ↓ 		443 21 8 1 144 176 118
Sheffield
3.19 		726 31 10 — 274 282 167
Sefton
3.29 ↓ 		315 23 6 — 85 128 97
Sandwell
3.09 ↑ 		487 31 7 1 131 220 136
Salford
2.93 ↓ 		557 26 9 — 193 189 174
R Rutland
3.33 ↓ 		55 3 — — 10 26 19
Rotherham
3.17 		423 21 7 — 203 98 119
Rochdale
2.89 ↓ 		419 20 5 1 189 153 74
Richmond upon Thames
3.38 ↓ 		453 30 7 — 158 227 63
Redcar and Cleveland
3.13 ↑ 		236 14 — — 126 52 58
Redbridge
3.25 ↑ 		477 22 4 1 179 221 75
Reading
3.26 ↓ 		311 21 13 — 123 126 59
P Portsmouth
3.26 ↓ 		304 20 1 — 104 137 63
Plymouth
2.99 ↓ 		344 26 8 2 97 139 106
Peterborough
3.15 → 		384 19 4 — 151 152 79
O Oxfordshire
3.12 ↑ 		1,323 79 16 2 518 509 287
Oldham
3.07 ↑ 		430 22 8 — 169 169 92
N Nottinghamshire
3.02 → 		1,270 73 17 — 531 438 301
Nottingham
3.15 ↓ 		387 17 5 — 158 111 118
Northumberland
3.02 ↓ 		472 20 5 — 150 140 182
North Yorkshire
3.03 ↑ 		1,105 65 15 2 329 434 333
North Tyneside
3.15 → 		292 6 2 — 135 84 72
North Somerset
3.23 → 		391 23 7 — 174 141 73
North Northamptonshire
3.06 ↑ 		645 26 7 — 304 187 145
North Lincolnshire
2.83 		273 8 1 — 85 101 84
North East Lincolnshire
3.02 ↑ 		214 10 1 — 85 63 60
Norfolk
3.13 ↓ 		1,296 57 23 1 409 460 419
Newham
3.32 ↑ 		441 23 8 — 144 172 112
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.4 ↑ 		350 12 2 — 119 142 86
M Milton Keynes
3.23 ↓ 		547 24 9 — 250 196 98
Middlesbrough
3.01 ↑ 		170 6 4 — 65 45 59
Merton
3.19 		496 19 4 — 277 156 59
Medway
3.21 ↓ 		491 28 10 — 217 177 95
Manchester
2.99 ↓ 		837 42 16 2 412 237 184
L Luton
2.5 ↑ 		311 18 5 1 100 137 69
Liverpool
3.12 ↓ 		649 45 10 — 201 263 178
Lincolnshire
2.92 → 		1,196 57 19 3 436 396 360
Lewisham
3.24 ↓ 		719 36 15 1 339 288 76
Leicestershire
3.17 ↑ 		1,279 83 25 4 522 468 283
Leicester
3.09 → 		387 20 2 — 89 184 114
Leeds
3.17 ↑ 		1,539 59 12 4 806 434 293
Lancashire
3.01 ↓ 		2,121 150 39 1 700 799 596
Lambeth
3.34 ↓ 		573 28 5 — 265 227 72
K Knowsley
3.05 ↑ 		216 18 7 — 75 65 76
Kirklees
3.21 ↓ 		749 24 7 — 263 312 171
Kingston upon Thames
3.44 ↓ 		338 16 6 — 172 111 54
Kingston upon Hull
3.14 ↑ 		288 17 3 — 77 103 108
Kent
3.3 → 		2,666 144 41 — 1019 1047 588
Kensington and Chelsea
3.42 → 		197 13 5 1 35 97 57
I Islington
3.36 ↑ 		345 8 5 — 153 133 55
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
3.35 		147 4 — — 38 50 58
H Hounslow
3.07 ↑ 		440 29 4 3 187 164 89
Hillingdon
3.24 ↑ 		525 38 8 2 246 176 101
Hertfordshire
3.17 ↓ 		2,707 123 39 2 1272 899 516
Herefordshire
3.1 ↓ 		272 17 7 — 71 108 93
Havering
3.38 ↑ 		560 32 9 — 225 248 85
Hartlepool
3.46 ↓ 		112 4 — — 61 22 29
Harrow
3.24 ↓ 		379 15 8 — 128 183 61
Haringey
3.09 ↓ 		386 16 4 — 132 166 80
Hampshire
3.21 → 		2,800 194 38 2 1076 1179 538
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.37 ↑ 		287 18 5 — 82 131 69
Halton
3.02 → 		240 8 1 — 93 82 64
Hackney
3.16 ↓ 		530 23 8 — 175 197 152
G Greenwich
3.22 ↑ 		705 39 17 1 346 261 93
Gloucestershire
3.22 ↑ 		1,129 47 11 — 330 520 274
Gateshead
3.22 → 		268 15 6 — 75 109 79
E Essex
3.29 ↓ 		2,641 145 38 1 918 1146 573
Enfield
3.23 → 		538 28 6 1 232 209 95
East Sussex
3.25 ↓ 		672 46 9 2 198 288 185
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.19 ↓ 		544 28 4 — 182 191 164
Ealing
3.24 ↑ 		570 38 9 1 194 268 102
D Durham
2.92 ↓ 		681 32 6 1 283 160 227
Dudley
3.26 ↓ 		382 21 6 — 117 150 109
Dorset
3.07 ↓ 		504 34 7 — 145 204 152
Doncaster
3.27 ↑ 		535 40 12 — 282 118 134
Devon
3.19 → 		1,215 79 23 2 417 455 342
Derbyshire
3 → 		1,221 64 19 1 393 432 390
Derby
2.82 		362 17 6 1 132 121 99
Darlington
2.87 ↓ 		162 9 4 — 60 43 57
C Cumberland
2.89 ↑ 		372 19 9 1 83 97 186
Croydon
3.13 → 		820 42 11 — 395 296 122
Coventry
3.22 ↓ 		548 24 5 — 267 155 124
Cornwall
2.95 → 		847 57 14 1 237 310 297
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cheshire West and Chester
3.05 ↓ 		546 33 4 1 158 231 157
Cheshire East
3.18 → 		590 33 10 2 172 264 148
Central Bedfordshire
3.06 ↓ 		639 30 9 1 364 145 126
Camden
3.16 → 		337 12 1 1 117 141 74
Cambridgeshire
3.27 ↑ 		1,343 83 22 — 570 483 276
Calderdale
3 ↓ 		364 18 6 1 125 132 101
B Bury
3.1 ↓ 		296 16 3 — 116 107 72
Buckinghamshire
3.29 → 		1,250 70 22 — 516 511 220
Bromley
3.32 ↑ 		880 55 17 1 482 282 113
Bristol
3.04 → 		757 48 13 — 318 276 146
Brighton and Hove
3.44 → 		363 22 5 1 79 217 61
Brent
3.17 ↑ 		448 18 3 — 163 192 81
Bradford
3.12 ↓ 		846 44 12 2 377 256 202
Bracknell Forest
3.18 ↓ 		315 24 5 1 183 99 31
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.21 ↓ 		552 32 8 1 199 247 99
Bolton
3.08 ↑ 		463 36 10 — 156 162 143
Blackpool
2.9 		156 4 1 — 58 59 39
Blackburn with Darwen
2.67 ↓ 		271 18 4 — 92 91 80
Birmingham
2.96 → 		1,663 86 30 3 472 724 441
Bexley
3.18 → 		682 50 15 1 395 193 91
Bedford
3.2 ↓ 		315 20 10 — 136 99 78
Bath and North East Somerset
3.06 		335 16 6 — 122 129 83
Barnsley
3.17 ↑ 		409 16 3 1 188 124 97
Barnet
3.35 ↓ 		710 39 13 3 279 253 159
Barking and Dagenham
3.28 ↓ 		324 15 2 — 119 137 68