Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
6,388
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.14
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Lancashire
32 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Brighton and Hove
3.46 →
2
Kensington and Chelsea
3.43 ↓
3
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.41 ↑
4
Islington
3.4 ↑
5
Havering
3.4 →
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.53 ↑
2
Blackburn with Darwen
2.74 ↓
3
Derby
2.85
4
Cumberland
2.86 →
5
Telford and Wrekin
2.88 ↓
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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
3.2 ↓ 		330 21 6 — 119 142 69
Barnet
3.3 ↑ 		724 47 7 3 280 259 166
Barnsley
3.14 → 		420 25 8 2 192 127 101
Bath and North East Somerset
3.14 ↑ 		340 21 4 — 123 132 84
Bedford
3.2 ↑ 		319 24 4 — 139 99 79
Bexley
3.2 → 		692 60 8 2 398 197 94
Birmingham
2.92 → 		1,694 113 26 4 476 736 454
Blackburn with Darwen
2.74 ↓ 		275 22 4 — 92 92 83
Blackpool
3.04 ↑ 		164 10 6 — 59 60 45
Bolton
3.04 → 		467 40 3 — 156 164 145
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.2 ↓ 		557 38 5 1 199 249 102
Bracknell Forest
3.07 ↓ 		320 29 5 2 183 102 33
Bradford
3.08 ↓ 		853 51 5 2 377 260 205
Brent
3.06 → 		447 22 4 — 161 192 82
Brighton and Hove
3.46 → 		369 27 5 1 79 220 64
Bristol
3.07 → 		766 57 8 — 322 277 149
Bromley
3.36 → 		888 65 10 1 483 287 115
Buckinghamshire
3.29 → 		1,275 91 15 1 518 522 232
Bury
3.1 → 		296 16 — — 116 107 72
C Calderdale
3.09 ↑ 		369 23 5 1 126 134 103
Cambridgeshire
3.27 ↑ 		1,357 97 12 — 572 491 280
Camden
3.21 ↓ 		341 16 3 1 118 144 74
Central Bedfordshire
3.05 → 		643 34 3 1 365 147 127
Cheshire East
3.16 ↑ 		603 46 10 3 175 269 153
Cheshire West and Chester
2.97 ↓ 		559 44 8 1 158 232 169
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cornwall
2.98 → 		859 69 12 1 239 313 304
Coventry
3.18 ↓ 		558 33 8 — 271 158 127
Croydon
3.09 ↑ 		829 50 7 — 399 298 125
Cumberland
2.86 → 		377 24 5 1 83 97 191
D Darlington
2.95 → 		164 11 2 — 61 43 58
Derby
2.85 		369 24 7 1 132 123 104
Derbyshire
2.98 → 		1,245 84 14 4 395 440 404
Devon
3.18 → 		1,238 99 20 3 422 464 351
Doncaster
3.25 ↑ 		545 50 8 — 284 122 138
Dorset
3.03 → 		512 40 6 — 145 206 158
Dudley
3.19 ↓ 		386 25 3 — 117 152 111
Durham
2.94 ↑ 		694 42 9 1 285 161 237
E Ealing
3.25 ↑ 		576 44 6 1 196 272 102
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.17 → 		553 37 6 — 183 192 171
East Sussex
3.3 ↓ 		683 57 11 2 200 291 191
Enfield
3.2 → 		546 36 7 2 234 213 97
Essex
3.3 ↓ 		2,663 165 19 1 924 1151 584
G Gateshead
3.28 → 		270 17 2 — 75 111 79
Gloucestershire
3.15 → 		1,141 62 14 — 331 518 287
Greenwich
3.21 → 		710 44 5 1 348 264 93
H Hackney
3.04 ↓ 		535 29 6 1 176 198 155
Halton
3.13 → 		241 9 1 — 93 82 65
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.41 ↑ 		292 23 4 — 82 134 71
Hampshire
3.17 → 		2,839 227 29 4 1087 1192 553
Haringey
3.11 → 		391 20 4 — 132 169 82
Harrow
3.24 ↓ 		379 15 — — 128 183 61
Hartlepool
3.35 ↓ 		115 6 2 — 61 22 32
Havering
3.4 → 		569 41 6 — 226 251 90
Herefordshire
3.04 ↓ 		278 21 4 — 71 109 98
Hertfordshire
3.17 → 		2,734 148 24 2 1277 911 526
Hillingdon
3.2 ↑ 		531 44 5 2 248 178 103
Hounslow
3.12 ↑ 		448 37 8 3 189 168 91
I Isle of Wight
3.08 ↓ 		148 5 1 — 38 50 59
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Islington
3.4 ↑ 		349 12 4 — 154 134 56
K Kensington and Chelsea
3.43 ↓ 		199 15 2 1 35 99 57
Kent
3.24 → 		2,699 176 27 — 1029 1055 603
Kingston upon Hull
3.19 ↑ 		293 22 5 — 77 105 111
Kingston upon Thames
3.39 ↓ 		338 18 2 — 171 112 54
Kirklees
3.09 → 		758 33 9 — 264 316 175
Knowsley
3.06 ↑ 		220 22 3 — 76 65 79
L Lambeth
3.29 ↓ 		580 35 5 — 266 229 76
Lancashire
2.98 ↓ 		2,160 184 32 2 704 806 622
Leeds
3.16 → 		1,553 73 12 4 811 438 298
Leicester
3.15 ↑ 		392 25 4 — 89 186 117
Leicestershire
3.15 → 		1,293 96 11 5 527 474 286
Lewisham
3.16 ↓ 		734 50 12 1 342 295 81
Lincolnshire
2.97 → 		1,218 76 17 4 439 403 372
Liverpool
3.1 ↓ 		657 52 5 — 201 263 185
Luton
2.53 ↑ 		312 19 1 1 101 137 69
M Manchester
3.01 → 		841 46 3 2 413 239 185
Medway
3.27 → 		500 37 8 — 218 181 99
Merton
3.27 ↑ 		501 24 5 — 278 159 60
Middlesbrough
3.12 ↑ 		173 9 3 — 66 45 61
Milton Keynes
3.06 ↓ 		554 31 7 — 251 199 101
N Newcastle upon Tyne
3.34 → 		354 16 4 — 119 144 88
Newham
3.27 ↑ 		443 25 2 — 144 174 112
Norfolk
3.09 ↓ 		1,316 73 14 1 410 462 436
North East Lincolnshire
3.03 → 		217 13 3 — 85 64 62
North Lincolnshire
2.91 ↓ 		275 10 2 — 85 102 85
North Northamptonshire
3.13 → 		653 33 7 — 307 187 150
North Somerset
3.18 → 		397 29 6 — 175 141 78
North Tyneside
3.1 ↓ 		298 11 3 — 135 86 76
North Yorkshire
3.05 → 		1,114 73 7 2 329 435 341
Northumberland
3.04 → 		479 27 7 — 152 142 185
Nottingham
3.14 ↑ 		388 18 1 — 158 111 119
Nottinghamshire
3.04 → 		1,291 91 16 — 532 444 315
O Oldham
3.06 → 		436 27 5 1 170 172 94
Oxfordshire
3.08 → 		1,336 91 10 4 520 518 288
P Peterborough
3.18 → 		389 24 5 — 154 153 80
Plymouth
3 ↑ 		351 32 5 2 98 140 111
Portsmouth
3.12 ↓ 		314 29 8 — 104 140 70
R Reading
3.17 ↓ 		316 24 3 — 123 127 63
Redbridge
3.3 ↑ 		480 25 3 1 179 222 77
Redcar and Cleveland
3 ↓ 		239 17 3 — 126 52 61
Richmond upon Thames
3.38 ↑ 		455 32 2 — 159 228 63
Rochdale
2.91 ↓ 		423 24 3 2 191 153 76
Rotherham
3.17 ↑ 		430 27 6 1 203 101 123
Rutland
3.25 ↓ 		56 4 1 — 10 27 19
S Salford
2.92 ↓ 		562 31 5 — 194 190 177
Sandwell
3.1 → 		496 39 7 1 131 222 143
Sefton
3.12 ↓ 		325 33 10 1 86 131 102
Sheffield
3.12 ↓ 		731 35 4 — 274 283 171
Shropshire
3.04 ↓ 		449 27 5 1 144 177 123
Slough
3.11 ↑ 		236 14 — — 114 67 48
Solihull
3.16 → 		367 21 2 — 156 138 73
Somerset
2.98 ↑ 		800 67 7 1 263 305 229
South Gloucestershire
3.02 → 		529 57 12 1 162 261 105
South Tyneside
3.14 ↑ 		191 10 3 — 76 53 59
Southampton
3.06 ↓ 		376 25 5 1 136 141 96
Southend on Sea
3.35 ↑ 		282 30 1 — 145 79 58
Southwark
3.26 ↑ 		629 38 9 1 315 199 103
St Helens
3.06 ↑ 		199 22 3 — 56 68 73
Staffordshire
3.14 → 		1,431 110 23 — 489 512 421
Stockport
3 → 		619 40 4 1 314 181 121
Stockton-on-Tees
3.16 ↓ 		323 15 2 — 160 80 82
Stoke-on-Trent
3.1 → 		295 26 6 — 83 108 103
Suffolk
3.13 ↓ 		1,130 72 14 — 345 459 325
Sunderland
3.04 → 		312 27 12 — 119 69 116
Surrey
3.25 ↑ 		2,692 208 26 5 1359 941 367
Sutton
3.37 → 		444 26 2 — 225 161 56
Swindon
3.06 ↑ 		414 30 5 — 215 115 81
T Tameside
3.01 ↓ 		426 28 4 — 223 122 81
Telford and Wrekin
2.88 ↓ 		282 15 5 — 108 107 64
Thurrock
2.91 ↑ 		322 22 3 — 163 97 62
Torbay
3.29 → 		189 18 6 — 80 58 51
Tower Hamlets
3.24 → 		357 19 3 — 104 158 91
Trafford
3.28 → 		495 25 2 1 218 184 91
W Wakefield
3.27 → 		587 37 3 2 287 140 157
Walsall
3.2 ↓ 		325 29 3 1 107 89 122
Waltham Forest
3.32 → 		506 26 2 — 229 187 86
Wandsworth
3.23 → 		586 40 6 1 198 296 87
Warrington
3.29 ↑ 		371 26 6 — 152 141 77
Warwickshire
3.01 ↓ 		1,039 62 13 — 354 424 253
West Berkshire
3.09 → 		378 31 6 — 155 133 86
West Northamptonshire
3.17 ↑ 		758 50 8 1 289 274 188
West Sussex
3.26 ↑ 		1,610 116 14 2 596 713 289
Westminster
3.15 → 		242 18 4 2 67 112 59
Westmorland and Furness
2.92 ↓ 		297 30 5 — 58 76 159
Wigan
3.01 ↓ 		489 35 7 — 173 173 140
Wiltshire
3.17 → 		1,016 67 9 1 385 389 238
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.19 ↓ 		329 18 1 — 132 132 61
Wirral
3.08 ↓ 		510 31 5 — 205 176 126
Wokingham
3.16 → 		398 26 4 1 182 151 60
Wolverhampton
3.21 → 		331 27 5 — 96 123 104
Worcestershire
3.18 ↓ 		920 64 6 1 288 390 235
Y York
3.22 ↑ 		349 17 2 — 144 131 71