Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
2,962
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.16
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Surrey
44 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Kensington and Chelsea
3.78
2
Camden
3.6
3
Kingston upon Thames
3.51
4
Havering
3.48
5
Greenwich
3.47
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.4
2
Cumberland
2.5
3
Salford
2.65
4
Darlington
2.7
5
Blackburn with Darwen
2.73
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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
3.11 		339 7 2 — 143 125 68
W Worcestershire
3.13 		896 41 14 1 284 383 222
Wolverhampton
3.2 		315 12 3 — 94 119 96
Wokingham
3.14 		384 15 7 1 178 144 57
Wirral
3.3 		490 13 2 — 203 171 113
Windsor and Maidenhead
2.89 		316 11 3 — 126 127 59
Wiltshire
3.27 		978 33 13 — 369 381 224
Wigan
3.17 		465 14 6 — 169 167 126
Westmorland and Furness
2.98 		277 10 3 — 57 73 143
Westminster
2.94 		229 6 1 1 64 108 53
West Sussex
3.12 		1,545 55 17 1 587 673 273
West Northamptonshire
3.17 		729 23 9 1 280 268 175
West Berkshire
3.13 		356 12 7 — 153 128 73
Warwickshire
2.98 		998 23 10 — 347 414 230
Warrington
3.25 		357 12 4 — 149 133 74
Wandsworth
3.11 		561 15 5 1 189 284 83
Waltham Forest
3.36 		496 18 7 — 227 181 84
Walsall
3.46 		306 10 4 — 105 83 111
Wakefield
3.19 		573 23 7 2 284 134 152
T Trafford
3.41 		487 17 9 1 217 181 87
Tower Hamlets
3.4 		346 10 3 — 103 150 90
Torbay
3.25 		173 4 — — 75 52 46
Thurrock
2.73 		310 8 4 — 163 91 56
Telford and Wrekin
2.93 		272 5 1 — 108 102 59
Tameside
3.2 		410 11 5 — 219 120 71
S Swindon
3.11 		396 16 7 — 204 110 79
Sutton
3.28 		426 15 4 — 215 157 52
Surrey
3.22 		2,573 102 44 2 1324 885 341
Sunderland
2.99 		296 12 5 — 115 66 109
Suffolk
3.18 		1,084 30 10 — 335 445 303
Stoke-on-Trent
3.13 		279 10 1 — 81 104 93
Stockton-on-Tees
3.2 		316 10 3 — 158 78 79
Stockport
2.91 		601 24 13 — 308 179 111
Staffordshire
3 		1,365 43 16 — 479 492 385
St Helens
2.98 		190 15 6 — 56 68 65
Southwark
3.13 		610 17 5 1 306 193 99
Southend on Sea
3.19 		261 14 5 — 133 74 54
Southampton
3.06 		365 13 2 — 137 135 90
South Tyneside
2.25 		184 4 1 — 75 52 54
South Gloucestershire
2.94 		490 20 11 1 151 248 90
Somerset
2.96 		757 39 13 — 252 286 216
Solihull
3.1 		358 12 6 — 156 135 67
Slough
2.94 		222 4 3 — 112 64 41
Shropshire
3.08 		435 12 2 — 144 173 113
Sheffield
3.3 		715 20 10 — 272 277 163
Sefton
3.28 		309 17 7 — 84 127 93
Sandwell
3.11 		475 19 7 — 130 216 129
Salford
2.65 		544 11 7 — 193 186 164
R Rutland
3.33 		55 3 — — 10 26 19
Rotherham
3.18 		412 10 7 — 200 96 113
Rochdale
2.85 		408 10 3 1 187 150 68
Richmond upon Thames
3.35 		438 16 9 — 153 219 61
Redcar and Cleveland
3.06 		234 12 4 — 126 50 58
Redbridge
3.06 		468 13 6 1 177 217 72
Reading
2.95 		295 7 2 — 119 117 56
P Portsmouth
3.44 		294 15 4 — 100 133 61
Plymouth
2.98 		327 13 7 1 90 135 100
Peterborough
3.23 		377 10 4 — 151 147 77
O Oxfordshire
3.09 		1,291 50 18 — 510 493 280
Oldham
3.09 		419 10 3 — 167 165 87
N Nottinghamshire
2.94 		1,234 37 8 — 521 429 284
Nottingham
3.1 		377 7 1 — 156 109 112
Northumberland
3.23 		461 11 4 — 150 139 172
North Yorkshire
3.02 		1,081 42 21 1 326 425 321
North Tyneside
3.28 		288 3 — — 135 82 70
North Somerset
3.19 		372 13 3 — 164 137 68
North Northamptonshire
3.03 		637 17 5 — 299 185 144
North Lincolnshire
2.75 		272 7 4 — 84 101 84
North East Lincolnshire
2.85 		213 8 2 — 84 63 60
Norfolk
3.35 		1,262 25 10 1 405 453 398
Newham
3.14 		429 9 5 — 141 165 110
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.4 		347 9 3 — 119 141 84
M Milton Keynes
3.24 		528 12 4 — 239 189 97
Middlesbrough
2.92 		166 2 — — 65 45 55
Merton
3.13 		466 10 3 — 253 150 59
Medway
3.18 		470 16 8 — 211 164 93
Manchester
2.94 		816 21 10 1 404 230 178
L Luton
2.4 		302 10 4 1 95 134 68
Liverpool
3.11 		632 30 8 — 201 256 169
Lincolnshire
2.8 		1,165 27 10 2 421 389 351
Lewisham
3.4 		696 13 8 — 329 279 73
Leicestershire
3.13 		1,243 45 11 3 507 458 272
Leicester
3.06 		380 12 6 — 88 180 112
Leeds
3.19 		1,518 36 12 3 801 426 285
Lancashire
3.06 		2,057 94 33 — 686 795 551
Lambeth
3.39 		544 16 8 — 244 221 70
K Knowsley
2.89 		207 9 5 — 72 64 71
Kirklees
3.23 		735 14 3 — 261 309 164
Kingston upon Thames
3.51 		331 9 5 — 169 109 52
Kingston upon Hull
3.1 		284 13 7 — 76 102 106
Kent
3.23 		2,582 73 26 — 986 1017 567
Kensington and Chelsea
3.78 		186 5 1 — 30 94 54
I Islington
3.11 		336 3 2 — 148 130 54
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
3.35 		148 4 — — 39 50 58
H Hounslow
2.97 		429 21 7 2 181 160 88
Hillingdon
3.32 		505 23 8 2 234 171 98
Hertfordshire
3.2 		2,625 71 24 — 1241 876 488
Herefordshire
3.01 		263 8 2 — 69 104 90
Havering
3.48 		540 16 5 — 214 244 80
Hartlepool
3.5 		110 2 — — 60 21 29
Harrow
3.25 		366 4 2 — 122 176 61
Haringey
3.17 		372 11 1 — 123 161 80
Hampshire
3.2 		2,695 120 39 1 1045 1133 510
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.3 		278 11 6 — 76 126 71
Halton
3.05 		236 5 — — 92 82 61
Hackney
3.16 		499 9 3 — 166 179 148
G Greenwich
3.47 		683 17 8 1 343 250 85
Gloucestershire
3.28 		1,110 30 14 — 326 514 265
Gateshead
3.36 		260 7 1 — 75 103 77
E Essex
3.27 		2,575 86 32 1 898 1126 547
Enfield
3.24 		527 19 6 — 229 205 91
East Sussex
3.2 		646 26 10 — 197 274 174
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.29 		531 17 8 — 178 187 159
Ealing
3.39 		552 19 11 — 187 261 98
D Durham
2.87 		670 21 8 1 282 159 218
Dudley
3.35 		368 11 3 — 115 149 98
Dorset
3.1 		479 25 10 — 139 192 145
Doncaster
3.29 		516 21 10 — 275 114 126
Devon
3.16 		1,177 45 18 2 403 444 329
Derbyshire
2.94 		1,190 34 16 — 390 419 375
Derby
2.86 		351 7 5 — 132 115 96
Darlington
2.7 		159 5 4 — 60 43 54
C Cumberland
2.5 		359 7 2 1 80 95 179
Croydon
3.09 		799 22 9 — 384 288 120
Coventry
3.25 		540 18 3 — 265 155 118
Cornwall
2.97 		811 33 12 — 220 302 286
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cheshire West and Chester
3.03 		537 24 7 1 157 228 152
Cheshire East
3.11 		575 18 5 1 166 260 143
Central Bedfordshire
3.13 		623 15 5 1 357 141 121
Camden
3.6 		321 7 2 — 110 133 73
Cambridgeshire
3.2 		1,299 42 11 — 559 464 264
Calderdale
3.03 		354 9 2 — 123 127 98
B Bury
3.06 		289 12 4 — 115 107 66
Buckinghamshire
3.12 		1,197 39 13 — 494 490 210
Bromley
3.28 		839 31 18 — 455 270 111
Bristol
2.99 		734 28 7 — 309 267 141
Brighton and Hove
3.31 		354 15 5 1 76 213 61
Brent
3.1 		434 10 1 — 158 186 78
Bradford
3.29 		828 25 10 — 373 248 196
Bracknell Forest
3.33 		304 16 8 — 177 96 29
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.39 		540 19 7 — 195 243 95
Bolton
3.16 		442 17 7 — 153 159 128
Blackpool
2.79 		155 2 — — 57 59 39
Blackburn with Darwen
2.73 		268 14 5 — 92 89 81
Birmingham
2.91 		1,617 44 15 1 462 707 425
Bexley
3.12 		652 25 15 — 384 178 87
Bedford
2.98 		303 8 2 — 132 95 74
Bath and North East Somerset
2.78 		324 8 2 — 121 125 77
Barnsley
3.17 		404 12 3 — 186 121 97
Barnet
3.37 		685 21 10 1 268 241 157
Barking and Dagenham
3.34 		320 10 4 — 119 134 67