Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
10,007
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.15
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Kent
53 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Kensington and Chelsea
3.5 →
2
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.47 ↑
3
Brighton and Hove
3.46 ↑
4
Trafford
3.4 ↑
5
Sutton
3.4 →
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.69 ↑
2
Blackburn with Darwen
2.84 ↑
3
Derby
2.85 ↑
4
Cumberland
2.89 →
5
Salford
2.9 →
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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
3.2 → 		367 33 6 — 149 139 76
W Worcestershire
3.19 → 		954 95 8 2 298 401 248
Wolverhampton
3.2 ↑ 		344 40 6 1 98 128 110
Wokingham
3.19 ↓ 		417 46 2 1 186 159 66
Wirral
3.03 ↓ 		535 54 8 — 209 185 138
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.14 → 		341 29 4 — 134 137 66
Wiltshire
3.13 ↓ 		1,065 117 23 1 396 410 255
Wigan
3.05 ↑ 		512 56 9 1 176 185 148
Westmorland and Furness
2.92 → 		317 48 7 — 62 80 171
Westminster
3.28 → 		256 31 4 2 68 123 59
West Sussex
3.28 → 		1,683 186 26 3 609 755 307
West Northamptonshire
3.07 ↓ 		781 70 7 2 291 280 201
West Berkshire
3.11 → 		386 39 3 1 156 138 88
Warwickshire
3.11 ↑ 		1,101 120 15 — 357 456 278
Warrington
3.31 ↑ 		383 37 5 1 153 148 81
Wandsworth
3.25 ↑ 		607 61 11 2 200 308 94
Waltham Forest
3.26 ↓ 		523 43 8 — 235 196 87
Walsall
3.17 → 		341 43 6 1 110 94 130
Wakefield
3.19 ↓ 		610 60 8 2 297 144 165
T Trafford
3.4 ↑ 		520 49 8 1 222 200 96
Tower Hamlets
3.21 ↓ 		366 29 7 — 106 162 94
Torbay
3.22 → 		192 21 — — 82 58 52
Thurrock
3.02 ↑ 		332 32 3 — 169 101 62
Telford and Wrekin
2.95 ↑ 		294 27 3 — 111 112 68
Tameside
3.03 → 		449 50 9 — 228 128 93
S Swindon
3.06 → 		434 48 6 — 223 119 89
Sutton
3.4 → 		458 40 4 — 231 169 56
Surrey
3.24 → 		2,789 306 37 10 1391 989 384
Sunderland
3.1 ↑ 		326 40 5 — 120 75 122
Suffolk
3.13 → 		1,174 115 15 1 348 479 346
Stoke-on-Trent
3.05 ↓ 		310 41 2 — 83 118 108
Stockton-on-Tees
3.17 → 		335 27 1 — 167 83 84
Stockport
3.09 ↑ 		652 71 15 2 323 192 134
Staffordshire
3.1 → 		1,507 178 25 1 499 538 460
St Helens
3.2 ↑ 		212 35 6 — 59 74 77
Southwark
3.2 → 		646 55 7 1 317 210 107
Southend on Sea
3.27 ↓ 		292 39 4 — 148 82 62
Southampton
3.06 → 		397 46 7 2 142 153 99
South Tyneside
3.05 → 		195 14 2 — 76 55 60
South Gloucestershire
3 → 		554 80 9 1 167 273 113
Somerset
3.01 ↑ 		829 97 7 1 271 317 238
Solihull
3.11 → 		381 35 4 1 159 142 80
Slough
3.13 → 		248 25 3 — 118 70 53
Shropshire
2.95 ↓ 		465 43 3 1 150 183 127
Sheffield
3.14 ↓ 		756 59 8 1 279 289 185
Sefton
3.14 ↓ 		335 43 2 2 91 133 105
Sandwell
3.08 → 		518 58 9 1 134 229 155
Salford
2.9 → 		589 58 11 3 202 199 187
R Rutland
3.08 ↓ 		58 6 — — 10 29 19
Rotherham
3.2 ↑ 		452 49 11 1 206 109 134
Rochdale
3.02 ↑ 		443 43 8 2 196 163 81
Richmond upon Thames
3.3 ↓ 		471 48 6 1 162 238 66
Redcar and Cleveland
3.02 ↓ 		252 29 9 — 129 58 65
Redbridge
3.32 → 		500 44 3 1 182 234 82
Reading
3.1 ↓ 		330 38 5 — 129 133 64
P Portsmouth
3.16 ↓ 		326 41 7 — 105 150 71
Plymouth
2.97 → 		362 42 4 3 100 144 116
Peterborough
3.21 ↑ 		400 35 4 — 160 157 81
O Oxfordshire
3.11 → 		1,392 144 21 6 537 538 307
Oldham
3.11 → 		454 42 6 1 177 175 102
N Nottinghamshire
3.08 ↑ 		1,345 145 15 — 547 473 325
Nottingham
3.27 ↑ 		398 28 — — 160 117 121
Northumberland
3.05 → 		507 52 8 — 155 154 198
North Yorkshire
3.15 ↑ 		1,147 102 17 2 336 446 356
North Tyneside
3.12 ↓ 		312 25 5 — 135 90 86
North Somerset
3.12 → 		410 42 5 1 180 146 81
North Northamptonshire
3.18 ↑ 		666 43 3 — 311 189 157
North Lincolnshire
3 ↑ 		290 22 8 — 87 107 93
North East Lincolnshire
3.11 ↑ 		225 19 4 — 86 65 68
Norfolk
3.11 → 		1,344 100 6 1 416 468 452
Newham
3.36 ↑ 		455 37 4 — 146 180 116
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.19 → 		369 27 4 1 122 148 96
M Milton Keynes
3.07 → 		564 42 5 1 255 203 102
Middlesbrough
3.15 ↑ 		181 17 5 1 67 49 64
Merton
3.23 → 		510 39 5 1 275 166 65
Medway
3.26 ↑ 		515 51 5 1 226 185 102
Manchester
3.05 ↑ 		875 80 12 3 425 249 197
L Luton
2.69 ↑ 		322 29 2 1 101 142 73
Liverpool
3.07 → 		691 83 13 — 204 276 203
Lincolnshire
2.98 ↑ 		1,249 106 10 4 445 417 383
Lewisham
3.21 → 		770 84 13 1 353 312 89
Leicestershire
3.16 → 		1,325 128 8 6 535 488 296
Leicester
3.08 → 		409 39 9 1 92 189 128
Leeds
3.2 ↑ 		1,601 118 17 5 827 455 313
Lancashire
2.98 → 		2,268 283 43 2 719 847 674
Lambeth
3.16 ↓ 		598 53 6 — 268 237 80
K Knowsley
3.02 ↓ 		233 35 5 — 81 70 82
Kirklees
3.11 → 		797 70 11 1 273 329 192
Kingston upon Thames
3.34 ↓ 		350 29 5 — 175 116 58
Kingston upon Hull
3.18 → 		302 31 5 — 78 109 115
Kent
3.24 → 		2,844 315 53 — 1077 1117 637
Kensington and Chelsea
3.5 → 		204 20 — 1 36 102 58
I Islington
3.36 ↓ 		356 18 1 — 155 136 60
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
3.11 ↓ 		154 11 2 1 39 53 61
H Hounslow
3.11 → 		455 44 2 4 188 174 93
Hillingdon
3.16 ↓ 		545 60 5 3 254 183 106
Hertfordshire
3.18 → 		2,809 221 33 4 1296 943 550
Herefordshire
3.02 ↓ 		288 30 4 — 72 110 106
Havering
3.34 ↓ 		586 58 6 — 229 257 98
Hartlepool
3.31 → 		120 10 1 — 61 25 34
Harrow
3.22 ↓ 		396 31 8 1 129 194 66
Haringey
3.27 ↑ 		417 44 8 — 132 184 90
Hampshire
3.19 → 		2,963 356 49 6 1106 1268 582
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.47 ↑ 		303 34 3 — 85 141 72
Halton
2.98 → 		249 17 4 1 95 84 69
Hackney
3.02 → 		546 41 8 1 181 202 157
G Greenwich
3.21 → 		734 68 13 1 357 275 96
Gloucestershire
3.07 ↓ 		1,190 108 17 2 339 538 308
Gateshead
3.16 ↓ 		284 29 3 1 77 116 86
E Essex
3.3 → 		2,758 256 36 6 952 1188 614
Enfield
3.21 → 		570 58 6 3 243 218 107
East Sussex
3.32 ↑ 		716 90 9 2 211 306 198
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.2 → 		589 70 15 — 195 203 184
Ealing
3.22 → 		588 56 5 2 203 275 104
D Durham
3.1 ↑ 		727 74 15 1 291 169 253
Dudley
3.26 ↑ 		400 39 5 — 119 160 115
Dorset
3.01 → 		535 64 12 — 147 215 170
Doncaster
3.26 → 		561 66 4 — 288 128 144
Devon
3.16 → 		1,310 172 24 3 455 489 365
Derbyshire
2.99 → 		1,290 122 23 6 402 456 426
Derby
2.85 ↑ 		381 34 4 2 132 127 112
Darlington
2.95 ↑ 		168 15 3 1 64 43 59
C Cumberland
2.89 → 		401 45 6 1 85 102 208
Croydon
3.08 → 		872 91 18 2 414 318 133
Coventry
3.17 ↓ 		571 45 3 1 273 163 133
Cornwall
3.03 ↑ 		888 97 7 2 246 323 316
City of London
3.39 ↓ 		13 3 1 — — 12 1
Cheshire West and Chester
2.91 ↓ 		593 78 15 2 165 243 185
Cheshire East
3.08 → 		637 79 11 4 181 283 167
Central Bedfordshire
3.19 ↑ 		662 53 3 1 374 154 130
Camden
3.29 ↑ 		352 26 3 2 119 151 77
Cambridgeshire
3.24 → 		1,415 151 17 1 591 509 297
Calderdale
3.13 ↑ 		377 31 2 1 127 140 104
B Bury
3.07 ↓ 		311 31 7 1 122 112 76
Buckinghamshire
3.25 → 		1,309 129 19 1 528 541 237
Bromley
3.39 ↑ 		920 98 14 1 490 306 121
Bristol
3 → 		789 81 6 2 327 290 154
Brighton and Hove
3.46 ↑ 		390 44 3 1 80 230 74
Brent
3 ↓ 		460 35 3 3 162 200 85
Bradford
3.02 → 		878 75 7 3 379 268 220
Bracknell Forest
3.16 → 		345 53 11 2 191 115 37
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.17 ↓ 		572 52 9 1 201 255 109
Bolton
3.13 ↑ 		484 57 9 2 162 169 151
Blackpool
3.04 ↑ 		173 19 2 — 60 64 49
Blackburn with Darwen
2.84 ↑ 		293 37 10 — 94 95 96
Birmingham
2.97 → 		1,761 176 14 8 484 774 474
Bexley
3.21 ↑ 		718 85 7 2 404 209 102
Bedford
3.22 ↑ 		331 36 4 — 143 104 82
Bath and North East Somerset
3.28 ↑ 		354 35 7 — 126 140 87
Barnsley
3.15 → 		439 43 4 3 197 137 105
Barnet
3.34 → 		752 72 9 3 281 274 177
Barking and Dagenham
3.19 ↓ 		339 30 1 — 119 149 71