Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
6,719
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.14
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Kent
18 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Brighton and Hove
3.49 →
2
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.45 ↑
3
Kensington and Chelsea
3.44 ↓
4
Havering
3.41 ↓
5
Richmond upon Thames
3.4 →
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Luton
2.53 ↓
2
Blackburn with Darwen
2.74 ↓
3
Derby
2.85 →
4
Telford and Wrekin
2.88 ↓
5
Rochdale
2.91 ↓
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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 1 — 119 142 69
Barnet
3.29 ↑ 		725 48 2 3 280 260 166
Barnsley
3.17 → 		421 26 3 2 192 128 101
Bath and North East Somerset
3.16 ↑ 		341 22 1 — 124 132 84
Bedford
3.19 ↑ 		321 26 4 — 141 99 79
Bexley
3.21 ↑ 		696 64 7 2 399 200 94
Birmingham
2.93 → 		1,699 118 9 4 476 741 454
Blackburn with Darwen
2.74 ↓ 		275 22 — — 92 92 83
Blackpool
3.04 ↑ 		165 11 2 — 59 61 45
Bolton
3.04 ↓ 		467 40 2 — 156 164 145
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.2 ↓ 		557 38 1 1 199 249 102
Bracknell Forest
3.07 ↓ 		323 32 3 2 183 105 33
Bradford
3.08 ↓ 		855 53 2 2 378 261 205
Brent
3.02 ↓ 		450 25 3 1 161 195 82
Brighton and Hove
3.49 → 		371 29 5 1 79 222 64
Bristol
3.03 → 		768 59 3 1 323 278 149
Bromley
3.36 ↑ 		890 67 6 1 484 288 115
Buckinghamshire
3.28 → 		1,278 94 8 1 519 524 232
Bury
3.04 ↓ 		299 19 3 1 116 110 72
C Calderdale
3.13 ↑ 		370 24 1 1 126 135 103
Cambridgeshire
3.28 → 		1,361 101 7 — 574 493 280
Camden
3.2 ↓ 		342 17 1 1 118 145 74
Central Bedfordshire
3.07 ↑ 		647 38 6 1 366 150 127
Cheshire East
3.14 ↑ 		605 48 4 3 176 270 153
Cheshire West and Chester
2.99 ↓ 		560 45 1 1 159 232 169
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cornwall
2.99 → 		862 72 6 1 241 314 304
Coventry
3.2 → 		560 35 4 — 272 159 127
Croydon
3.09 ↑ 		832 53 5 1 400 300 125
Cumberland
2.92 ↑ 		379 26 2 1 84 98 191
D Darlington
2.95 ↑ 		164 11 1 — 61 43 58
Derby
2.85 → 		369 24 1 1 132 123 104
Derbyshire
2.99 → 		1,247 86 4 4 395 442 404
Devon
3.17 → 		1,247 108 12 3 429 466 351
Doncaster
3.23 ↑ 		549 54 5 — 286 124 138
Dorset
3.04 ↓ 		513 41 2 — 145 207 158
Dudley
3.18 ↓ 		387 26 3 — 117 153 111
Durham
2.94 ↑ 		695 43 2 1 285 162 237
E Ealing
3.22 ↓ 		578 46 4 2 198 272 102
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.2 ↓ 		555 39 3 — 184 193 171
East Sussex
3.28 → 		688 62 8 2 202 294 191
Enfield
3.14 ↓ 		547 37 4 2 235 213 97
Essex
3.32 → 		2,672 174 14 1 927 1157 584
G Gateshead
3.28 ↓ 		270 17 1 — 75 111 79
Gloucestershire
3.1 ↓ 		1,146 67 5 1 332 522 287
Greenwich
3.22 ↓ 		712 46 2 1 349 265 93
H Hackney
3.04 ↓ 		536 30 2 1 177 198 155
Halton
3.13 ↑ 		241 9 — — 93 82 65
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.45 ↑ 		295 26 3 — 83 136 71
Hampshire
3.17 ↓ 		2,848 236 17 4 1088 1200 553
Haringey
3.1 ↓ 		393 22 3 — 132 171 82
Harrow
3.26 ↓ 		380 16 1 — 128 184 61
Hartlepool
3.27 ↓ 		116 7 1 — 61 23 32
Havering
3.41 ↓ 		572 44 4 — 227 253 90
Herefordshire
3.04 → 		278 21 — — 71 109 98
Hertfordshire
3.18 ↓ 		2,738 152 10 2 1279 913 526
Hillingdon
3.22 ↑ 		532 45 2 2 249 178 103
Hounslow
3.12 ↑ 		450 39 4 3 189 170 91
I Isle of Wight
3.13 ↓ 		149 6 1 — 38 51 59
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Islington
3.37 ↓ 		350 13 1 — 154 135 56
K Kensington and Chelsea
3.44 ↓ 		201 17 3 1 36 100 57
Kent
3.25 → 		2,713 190 18 — 1033 1065 603
Kingston upon Hull
3.19 ↑ 		293 22 — — 77 105 111
Kingston upon Thames
3.37 ↓ 		339 19 1 — 172 112 54
Kirklees
3.09 ↓ 		763 38 5 — 266 319 175
Knowsley
3.04 ↑ 		221 23 2 — 77 65 79
L Lambeth
3.27 ↓ 		582 37 4 — 266 231 76
Lancashire
2.99 ↓ 		2,165 189 10 2 706 809 622
Leeds
3.16 ↓ 		1,555 75 4 4 813 438 298
Leicester
3.16 ↑ 		393 26 1 — 89 187 117
Leicestershire
3.16 → 		1,297 100 5 5 527 478 286
Lewisham
3.18 → 		735 51 3 1 342 296 81
Lincolnshire
2.97 → 		1,220 78 6 4 439 405 372
Liverpool
3.1 ↓ 		657 52 — — 201 263 185
Luton
2.53 ↓ 		312 19 1 1 101 137 69
M Manchester
2.93 → 		844 49 3 3 414 241 185
Medway
3.27 → 		502 39 5 — 220 181 99
Merton
3.26 ↑ 		503 26 5 — 278 161 60
Middlesbrough
3.12 ↑ 		173 9 — — 66 45 61
Milton Keynes
3.05 ↓ 		555 32 2 — 252 199 101
N Newcastle upon Tyne
3.34 → 		354 16 — — 119 144 88
Newham
3.24 → 		446 28 5 — 145 176 112
Norfolk
3.1 ↓ 		1,317 74 1 1 411 462 436
North East Lincolnshire
3.03 → 		217 13 1 — 85 64 62
North Lincolnshire
2.92 ↑ 		276 11 3 — 85 103 85
North Northamptonshire
3.12 ↑ 		654 34 1 — 307 188 150
North Somerset
3.18 → 		397 29 2 — 175 141 78
North Tyneside
3.1 ↓ 		298 11 — — 135 86 76
North Yorkshire
3.05 → 		1,117 76 3 2 330 437 341
Northumberland
3.04 → 		481 29 4 — 152 144 185
Nottingham
3.16 → 		389 19 2 — 158 111 120
Nottinghamshire
3.05 → 		1,297 97 10 — 534 448 315
O Oldham
3.09 → 		438 29 4 1 172 172 94
Oxfordshire
3.05 ↓ 		1,342 97 11 6 522 522 288
P Peterborough
3.17 → 		390 25 1 — 154 154 80
Plymouth
3 → 		351 32 1 2 98 140 111
Portsmouth
3.15 ↓ 		316 31 3 — 104 142 70
R Reading
3.17 ↓ 		317 25 2 — 123 128 63
Redbridge
3.33 ↑ 		482 27 3 1 180 223 77
Redcar and Cleveland
3 ↓ 		240 18 2 — 126 53 61
Richmond upon Thames
3.4 → 		456 33 3 — 160 228 63
Rochdale
2.91 ↓ 		424 25 1 2 191 154 76
Rotherham
3.16 ↓ 		432 29 3 1 204 102 123
Rutland
3.25 ↓ 		56 4 — — 10 27 19
S Salford
2.92 ↓ 		564 33 3 1 196 190 177
Sandwell
3.09 → 		498 41 3 1 131 224 143
Sefton
3.09 ↓ 		326 34 3 2 86 132 102
Sheffield
3.11 ↓ 		732 36 2 — 274 284 171
Shropshire
2.98 ↓ 		453 31 5 1 147 178 123
Slough
3.11 → 		237 15 1 — 114 68 48
Solihull
3.16 → 		367 21 — — 156 138 73
Somerset
2.99 → 		801 68 1 1 264 305 229
South Gloucestershire
3.02 → 		530 58 1 1 162 262 105
South Tyneside
3.14 ↑ 		191 10 — — 76 53 59
Southampton
3.05 → 		379 28 4 1 137 143 96
Southend on Sea
3.34 ↑ 		285 32 2 — 145 82 58
Southwark
3.25 ↑ 		630 39 2 1 315 200 103
St Helens
3.1 ↑ 		200 23 2 — 56 69 73
Staffordshire
3.13 → 		1,436 115 12 — 489 517 421
Stockport
3.02 ↑ 		620 41 1 1 314 182 121
Stockton-on-Tees
3.08 ↓ 		327 19 5 — 162 82 82
Stoke-on-Trent
3.1 → 		299 30 6 — 83 112 103
Suffolk
3.14 → 		1,134 76 7 — 346 462 325
Sunderland
3.04 → 		313 28 4 — 119 70 116
Surrey
3.25 → 		2,702 218 16 5 1362 948 367
Sutton
3.37 ↑ 		444 26 — — 225 161 56
Swindon
3.06 ↑ 		416 32 2 — 216 116 81
T Tameside
3.01 ↓ 		428 30 5 — 223 124 81
Telford and Wrekin
2.88 ↓ 		282 15 — — 108 107 64
Thurrock
2.95 ↑ 		323 23 1 — 164 97 62
Torbay
3.29 → 		189 18 1 — 80 58 51
Tower Hamlets
3.2 ↓ 		358 20 2 — 104 159 91
Trafford
3.28 ↓ 		495 25 1 1 218 184 91
W Wakefield
3.29 ↑ 		589 39 2 2 287 142 157
Walsall
3.2 ↓ 		327 31 3 1 108 90 122
Waltham Forest
3.32 → 		509 29 4 — 231 188 86
Wandsworth
3.23 ↑ 		586 40 3 1 198 296 87
Warrington
3.32 ↑ 		372 27 3 — 152 142 77
Warwickshire
3.06 ↑ 		1,047 70 11 — 355 431 253
West Berkshire
3.1 → 		379 32 2 — 155 134 86
West Northamptonshire
3.13 → 		759 51 3 2 290 274 188
West Sussex
3.27 ↑ 		1,623 129 15 3 599 723 289
Westminster
3.19 ↑ 		243 19 1 2 67 113 59
Westmorland and Furness
2.99 ↓ 		299 32 2 — 59 77 159
Wigan
2.99 ↓ 		490 36 1 — 173 174 140
Wiltshire
3.18 ↓ 		1,024 75 13 1 389 393 238
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.18 ↓ 		330 19 1 — 132 133 61
Wirral
3.1 ↓ 		511 32 1 — 205 177 126
Wokingham
3.15 ↓ 		404 32 8 1 184 155 60
Wolverhampton
3.22 ↑ 		332 28 1 — 96 124 104
Worcestershire
3.2 → 		925 69 7 1 290 393 235
Y York
3.19 → 		352 20 5 — 146 132 71