Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
4,105
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.17
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Kent
41 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Havering
3.51 ↑
2
Kingston upon Thames
3.44 ↓
3
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.43 ↑
4
Trafford
3.4 →
5
Richmond upon Thames
3.4 ↓
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.48 ↑
2
Darlington
2.73 ↓
3
Derby
2.74
4
Cumberland
2.77 ↑
5
Blackburn with Darwen
2.79 ↓
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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
3.26 → 		342 10 3 — 143 128 68
W Worcestershire
3.19 ↓ 		902 48 7 1 287 384 224
Wolverhampton
3.16 ↓ 		319 17 5 — 95 120 98
Wokingham
3.18 ↑ 		391 19 4 1 181 147 58
Wirral
3.29 ↓ 		496 19 6 — 205 171 117
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.15 ↓ 		326 15 6 — 132 129 61
Wiltshire
3.21 → 		997 48 14 — 380 385 228
Wigan
3.23 ↓ 		473 20 6 — 171 168 131
Westmorland and Furness
2.94 ↓ 		282 15 5 — 58 74 146
Westminster
3.11 → 		232 9 3 1 66 109 53
West Sussex
3.23 ↓ 		1,570 76 20 1 592 687 279
West Northamptonshire
3.2 ↓ 		742 35 11 1 283 270 183
West Berkshire
3.19 		359 16 3 — 154 130 73
Warwickshire
3.01 ↓ 		1,004 30 7 — 348 415 233
Warrington
3.17 ↓ 		362 17 5 — 151 136 74
Wandsworth
3.15 ↑ 		574 28 11 1 196 289 84
Waltham Forest
3.36 ↓ 		501 21 2 — 229 183 85
Walsall
3.29 ↓ 		313 17 7 1 105 85 116
Wakefield
3.24 ↓ 		576 27 3 2 284 135 154
T Trafford
3.4 → 		490 20 2 1 218 183 87
Tower Hamlets
3.35 		352 12 2 — 105 153 90
Torbay
3.03 → 		175 6 1 — 76 52 47
Thurrock
2.99 ↓ 		314 14 6 — 163 94 57
Telford and Wrekin
2.9 ↓ 		274 7 2 — 108 103 60
Tameside
3.15 ↓ 		415 18 5 — 221 121 73
S Swindon
3.01 ↓ 		404 20 4 — 210 112 79
Sutton
3.39 ↑ 		438 19 3 — 224 159 53
Surrey
3.25 ↑ 		2,626 143 40 3 1346 911 346
Sunderland
2.99 ↓ 		297 13 1 — 116 66 109
Suffolk
3.15 → 		1,102 45 16 — 337 452 312
Stoke-on-Trent
3.13 ↓ 		283 14 4 — 82 106 94
Stockton-on-Tees
3.2 ↓ 		320 12 2 — 160 79 80
Stockport
3 ↓ 		610 32 8 — 312 179 116
Staffordshire
3.11 ↓ 		1,377 59 16 — 484 498 386
St Helens
3.06 ↑ 		191 16 1 — 56 68 66
Southwark
3.19 ↑ 		613 24 3 1 308 195 98
Southend on Sea
3.36 → 		277 24 9 — 142 79 56
Southampton
3.1 → 		368 17 4 — 136 137 92
South Tyneside
3.05 → 		185 5 2 — 75 53 54
South Gloucestershire
3.03 ↓ 		502 28 9 1 158 252 91
Somerset
2.93 ↑ 		783 51 13 1 262 298 220
Solihull
3.15 → 		358 12 — — 156 135 67
Slough
3.15 		225 5 1 — 114 64 42
Shropshire
3.02 ↓ 		436 14 1 1 144 174 113
Sheffield
3.23 		719 24 4 — 274 279 163
Sefton
3.34 → 		310 18 1 — 84 128 93
Sandwell
3.1 ↑ 		481 25 6 — 131 217 133
Salford
2.94 		549 19 6 — 193 188 167
R Rutland
3.33 ↑ 		55 3 — — 10 26 19
Rotherham
3.1 		416 14 5 — 201 96 116
Rochdale
2.86 ↓ 		414 15 5 1 188 152 71
Richmond upon Thames
3.4 ↓ 		448 25 8 — 157 225 61
Redcar and Cleveland
3.13 ↑ 		236 14 2 — 126 52 58
Redbridge
3.25 ↑ 		473 18 5 1 177 220 74
Reading
3.24 		302 13 6 — 123 121 55
P Portsmouth
3.28 ↓ 		303 19 4 — 104 136 63
Plymouth
2.98 ↓ 		337 19 7 1 95 136 104
Peterborough
3.16 → 		381 16 4 — 151 150 78
O Oxfordshire
3.2 ↑ 		1,313 68 18 — 516 505 283
Oldham
3.14 ↑ 		423 15 4 — 168 166 89
N Nottinghamshire
3.02 → 		1,256 60 21 — 527 433 296
Nottingham
3.13 ↓ 		382 12 5 — 158 110 114
Northumberland
3.18 ↓ 		465 15 5 — 150 140 175
North Yorkshire
3.07 ↑ 		1,093 54 10 2 328 431 325
North Tyneside
3.25 ↑ 		289 4 1 — 135 83 70
North Somerset
3.18 ↑ 		384 16 3 — 173 138 70
North Northamptonshire
3.05 ↑ 		638 19 1 — 300 186 143
North Lincolnshire
2.81 		272 7 — — 84 101 84
North East Lincolnshire
3.02 → 		214 10 3 — 85 63 60
Norfolk
3.2 ↓ 		1,275 38 11 1 409 457 403
Newham
3.35 ↑ 		438 20 8 — 143 171 111
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.37 		349 11 2 — 119 142 85
M Milton Keynes
3.24 → 		539 15 1 — 247 192 97
Middlesbrough
2.92 		166 2 — — 65 45 55
Merton
3.25 		492 15 5 — 274 155 59
Medway
3.26 → 		485 22 5 — 216 174 93
Manchester
2.99 ↓ 		824 29 6 1 407 234 179
L Luton
2.48 ↑ 		311 17 7 1 99 138 69
Liverpool
3.11 ↓ 		640 36 6 — 201 259 174
Lincolnshire
2.96 ↑ 		1,182 44 18 3 431 393 354
Lewisham
3.26 → 		704 23 7 — 335 281 73
Leicestershire
3.17 ↑ 		1,259 63 16 3 514 462 277
Leicester
3.1 ↓ 		385 18 5 — 89 184 112
Leeds
3.18 ↑ 		1,528 49 11 3 804 429 289
Lancashire
3.05 ↓ 		2,079 115 22 1 691 797 565
Lambeth
3.34 ↓ 		571 26 7 — 264 226 72
K Knowsley
3.11 ↑ 		212 14 5 — 75 64 73
Kirklees
3.2 		742 18 4 — 263 310 168
Kingston upon Thames
3.44 ↓ 		335 13 4 — 171 111 52
Kingston upon Hull
3.14 ↑ 		286 15 2 — 76 103 107
Kent
3.28 → 		2,638 117 41 — 1012 1032 582
Kensington and Chelsea
3.37 ↓ 		194 10 5 1 35 96 55
I Islington
3.28 		343 6 3 — 153 132 54
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
3.35 		147 4 — — 38 50 58
H Hounslow
3.1 ↑ 		438 27 5 3 186 164 88
Hillingdon
3.28 ↑ 		521 34 9 2 244 174 101
Hertfordshire
3.22 ↓ 		2,673 94 24 1 1268 893 492
Herefordshire
3.2 → 		264 11 3 — 70 106 88
Havering
3.51 ↑ 		553 25 8 — 223 247 81
Hartlepool
3.46 ↓ 		112 4 2 — 61 22 29
Harrow
3.29 ↓ 		375 11 6 — 126 181 61
Haringey
3.17 ↑ 		385 14 3 — 132 166 79
Hampshire
3.22 ↑ 		2,763 163 39 2 1072 1163 521
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.43 ↑ 		282 14 3 — 80 129 68
Halton
2.99 → 		238 7 2 — 93 82 62
Hackney
3.28 ↓ 		524 16 7 — 175 194 149
G Greenwich
3.23 ↑ 		692 27 9 1 345 256 86
Gloucestershire
3.32 ↑ 		1,121 37 7 — 330 518 268
Gateshead
3.3 ↑ 		264 11 4 — 75 107 77
E Essex
3.29 ↓ 		2,606 113 25 1 909 1137 556
Enfield
3.22 → 		532 23 1 — 232 207 91
East Sussex
3.23 ↓ 		665 39 15 2 197 288 179
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.21 ↓ 		541 25 8 — 182 189 163
Ealing
3.21 → 		562 32 9 1 192 266 98
D Durham
2.91 ↓ 		675 26 5 1 282 159 223
Dudley
3.27 ↓ 		375 16 5 — 117 149 103
Dorset
3.11 ↓ 		497 28 3 — 145 203 146
Doncaster
3.32 ↑ 		524 30 9 — 278 116 129
Devon
3.22 → 		1,195 60 14 2 409 450 335
Derbyshire
3.01 ↓ 		1,205 49 15 — 393 425 381
Derby
2.74 		359 14 8 1 132 119 98
Darlington
2.73 ↓ 		158 5 — — 59 43 54
C Cumberland
2.77 ↑ 		362 11 4 1 81 97 179
Croydon
3.13 ↑ 		813 35 11 — 392 294 120
Coventry
3.26 ↓ 		543 20 2 — 266 155 120
Cornwall
2.93 ↑ 		834 44 12 1 231 309 291
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cheshire West and Chester
3.11 ↓ 		543 30 7 1 158 231 154
Cheshire East
3.2 ↓ 		581 24 6 1 169 261 145
Central Bedfordshire
3.08 ↓ 		632 25 8 1 364 143 121
Camden
3.16 → 		337 12 4 1 117 141 74
Cambridgeshire
3.27 → 		1,324 64 22 — 566 475 270
Calderdale
3.11 ↓ 		360 14 5 1 125 131 98
B Bury
3.1 ↓ 		291 13 1 — 115 107 68
Buckinghamshire
3.31 ↑ 		1,234 55 17 — 514 503 214
Bromley
3.27 ↑ 		872 47 13 1 478 279 112
Bristol
3.05 ↓ 		744 35 7 — 314 269 144
Brighton and Hove
3.39 ↓ 		359 19 5 1 79 215 61
Brent
3.13 ↑ 		446 16 5 — 163 191 80
Bradford
3.19 ↓ 		838 36 10 1 376 253 198
Bracknell Forest
3.22 ↓ 		314 22 5 1 183 99 30
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.25 ↓ 		547 27 8 1 198 245 97
Bolton
3.16 		452 27 8 — 155 162 133
Blackpool
2.86 		155 3 — — 57 59 39
Blackburn with Darwen
2.79 ↓ 		267 14 — — 92 89 80
Birmingham
3.06 ↑ 		1,633 59 16 1 465 714 430
Bexley
3.15 → 		669 37 8 — 391 187 88
Bedford
2.93 ↓ 		305 10 2 — 132 96 75
Bath and North East Somerset
2.86 		329 11 3 — 122 126 80
Barnsley
3.18 ↑ 		408 15 3 1 187 124 97
Barnet
3.29 ↓ 		701 31 9 3 276 250 156
Barking and Dagenham
3.23 → 		323 14 3 — 119 137 67