Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
6,778
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.14
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Surrey
20 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Brighton and Hove
3.49 →
2
Kensington and Chelsea
3.44 ↓
3
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.43 ↑
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
2.86 →
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
Y York
3.19 → 		352 20 5 — 146 132 71
W Worcestershire
3.2 → 		925 69 7 1 290 393 235
Wolverhampton
3.22 ↑ 		333 29 2 — 96 125 104
Wokingham
3.15 ↓ 		404 32 8 1 184 155 60
Wirral
3.1 ↓ 		511 32 1 — 205 177 126
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.17 ↓ 		331 20 2 — 132 134 61
Wiltshire
3.18 ↓ 		1,025 76 14 1 389 394 238
Wigan
2.98 ↓ 		491 37 2 — 173 175 140
Westmorland and Furness
2.99 ↓ 		300 33 3 — 59 78 159
Westminster
3.19 ↑ 		243 19 1 2 67 113 59
West Sussex
3.27 ↑ 		1,623 129 15 3 599 723 289
West Northamptonshire
3.13 → 		759 51 3 2 290 274 188
West Berkshire
3.1 → 		379 32 2 — 155 134 86
Warwickshire
3.07 ↑ 		1,049 72 13 — 355 433 253
Warrington
3.32 ↑ 		372 27 3 — 152 142 77
Wandsworth
3.21 ↑ 		587 41 4 1 198 297 87
Waltham Forest
3.32 → 		509 29 4 — 231 188 86
Walsall
3.22 ↓ 		328 32 4 1 108 91 122
Wakefield
3.29 ↑ 		589 39 2 2 287 142 157
T Trafford
3.28 ↓ 		497 27 3 1 218 186 91
Tower Hamlets
3.2 ↓ 		358 20 2 — 104 159 91
Torbay
3.29 → 		189 18 1 — 80 58 51
Thurrock
2.95 ↑ 		323 23 1 — 164 97 62
Telford and Wrekin
2.88 ↓ 		282 15 — — 108 107 64
Tameside
3.01 ↓ 		428 30 5 — 223 124 81
S Swindon
3.06 ↑ 		416 32 2 — 216 116 81
Sutton
3.35 → 		445 27 1 — 226 161 56
Surrey
3.25 → 		2,706 222 20 5 1364 950 367
Sunderland
3.04 → 		313 28 4 — 119 70 116
Suffolk
3.13 → 		1,135 77 8 — 346 463 325
Stoke-on-Trent
3.13 → 		300 31 7 — 83 113 103
Stockton-on-Tees
3.08 ↓ 		327 19 5 — 162 82 82
Stockport
3.02 ↑ 		620 41 1 1 314 182 121
Staffordshire
3.13 → 		1,437 116 13 — 490 517 421
St Helens
3.1 ↑ 		200 23 2 — 56 69 73
Southwark
3.25 ↑ 		630 39 2 1 315 200 103
Southend on Sea
3.34 ↑ 		285 32 2 — 145 82 58
Southampton
3.05 → 		379 28 4 1 137 143 96
South Tyneside
3.14 ↑ 		191 10 — — 76 53 59
South Gloucestershire
3.02 → 		530 58 1 1 162 262 105
Somerset
3 → 		802 69 2 1 264 306 229
Solihull
3.16 → 		367 21 — — 156 138 73
Slough
3.1 → 		238 16 2 — 115 68 48
Shropshire
2.98 ↓ 		453 31 5 1 147 178 123
Sheffield
3.11 ↓ 		732 36 2 — 274 284 171
Sefton
3.09 ↓ 		327 35 4 2 87 132 102
Sandwell
3.09 → 		498 41 3 1 131 224 143
Salford
2.92 ↓ 		564 33 3 1 196 190 177
R Rutland
3.25 ↓ 		56 4 — — 10 27 19
Rotherham
3.16 ↓ 		432 29 3 1 204 102 123
Rochdale
2.91 ↓ 		424 25 1 2 191 154 76
Richmond upon Thames
3.4 → 		456 33 3 — 160 228 63
Redcar and Cleveland
3 ↓ 		240 18 2 — 126 53 61
Redbridge
3.33 ↑ 		482 27 3 1 180 223 77
Reading
3.17 ↓ 		317 25 2 — 123 128 63
P Portsmouth
3.15 ↓ 		316 31 3 — 104 142 70
Plymouth
3 → 		351 32 1 2 98 140 111
Peterborough
3.17 → 		390 25 1 — 154 154 80
O Oxfordshire
3.04 ↓ 		1,343 98 12 6 522 523 288
Oldham
3.09 → 		438 29 4 1 172 172 94
N Nottinghamshire
3.05 → 		1,297 97 10 — 534 448 315
Nottingham
3.16 → 		389 19 2 — 158 111 120
Northumberland
3.04 → 		481 29 4 — 152 144 185
North Yorkshire
3.05 → 		1,117 76 3 2 330 437 341
North Tyneside
3.1 ↓ 		298 11 — — 135 86 76
North Somerset
3.18 → 		397 29 2 — 175 141 78
North Northamptonshire
3.12 ↑ 		654 34 1 — 307 188 150
North Lincolnshire
2.92 ↑ 		276 11 3 — 85 103 85
North East Lincolnshire
3.03 → 		217 13 1 — 85 64 62
Norfolk
3.11 ↓ 		1,319 76 3 1 411 464 436
Newham
3.24 → 		446 28 5 — 145 176 112
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.34 → 		354 16 — — 119 144 88
M Milton Keynes
3.05 ↓ 		555 32 2 — 252 199 101
Middlesbrough
3.12 ↑ 		173 9 — — 66 45 61
Merton
3.25 → 		504 27 6 — 279 161 60
Medway
3.27 → 		502 39 5 — 220 181 99
Manchester
2.93 → 		844 49 3 3 414 241 185
L Luton
2.53 ↓ 		312 19 1 1 101 137 69
Liverpool
3.1 ↓ 		657 52 — — 201 263 185
Lincolnshire
2.97 → 		1,220 78 6 4 439 405 372
Lewisham
3.18 → 		735 51 3 1 342 296 81
Leicestershire
3.15 → 		1,298 101 6 5 527 479 286
Leicester
3.16 ↑ 		393 26 1 — 89 187 117
Leeds
3.16 ↓ 		1,555 75 4 4 813 438 298
Lancashire
2.99 ↓ 		2,166 190 11 2 706 810 622
Lambeth
3.29 ↓ 		583 38 5 — 266 232 76
K Knowsley
3.08 ↑ 		222 24 3 — 77 66 79
Kirklees
3.12 ↓ 		764 39 6 — 267 319 175
Kingston upon Thames
3.37 ↓ 		339 19 1 — 172 112 54
Kingston upon Hull
3.19 ↑ 		293 22 — — 77 105 111
Kent
3.25 → 		2,714 191 19 — 1033 1066 603
Kensington and Chelsea
3.44 ↓ 		201 17 3 1 36 100 57
I Islington
3.37 ↓ 		350 13 1 — 154 135 56
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
2.92 ↓ 		150 7 2 1 38 52 59
H Hounslow
3.12 ↑ 		450 39 4 3 189 170 91
Hillingdon
3.22 ↑ 		532 45 2 2 249 178 103
Hertfordshire
3.18 ↓ 		2,738 152 10 2 1279 913 526
Herefordshire
3.04 → 		278 21 — — 71 109 98
Havering
3.41 ↓ 		573 45 5 — 228 253 90
Hartlepool
3.27 ↓ 		116 7 1 — 61 23 32
Harrow
3.26 ↓ 		380 16 1 — 128 184 61
Haringey
3.1 ↓ 		393 22 3 — 132 171 82
Hampshire
3.17 ↓ 		2,849 237 18 4 1088 1201 553
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.43 ↑ 		296 27 4 — 84 136 71
Halton
3.13 ↑ 		241 9 — — 93 82 65
Hackney
3.04 ↓ 		536 30 2 1 177 198 155
G Greenwich
3.22 ↓ 		712 46 2 1 349 265 93
Gloucestershire
3.1 ↓ 		1,147 68 6 1 332 523 287
Gateshead
3.18 ↓ 		271 18 2 1 75 112 79
E Essex
3.32 → 		2,672 174 14 1 927 1157 584
Enfield
3.14 ↓ 		547 37 4 2 235 213 97
East Sussex
3.28 → 		688 62 8 2 202 294 191
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.22 → 		557 41 5 — 185 194 171
Ealing
3.22 ↓ 		578 46 4 2 198 272 102
D Durham
2.94 ↑ 		695 43 2 1 285 162 237
Dudley
3.2 ↓ 		388 27 4 — 117 154 111
Dorset
3.04 ↓ 		514 42 3 — 145 208 158
Doncaster
3.23 ↑ 		549 54 5 — 286 124 138
Devon
3.17 → 		1,250 111 15 3 431 467 351
Derbyshire
2.99 → 		1,247 86 4 4 395 442 404
Derby
2.86 → 		370 25 2 1 132 124 104
Darlington
2.95 ↑ 		164 11 1 — 61 43 58
C Cumberland
2.92 ↑ 		379 26 2 1 84 98 191
Croydon
3.1 ↑ 		834 55 7 1 401 301 125
Coventry
3.19 ↓ 		561 36 5 — 273 159 127
Cornwall
3 → 		863 73 7 1 242 314 304
City of London
3.33 		11 1 — — — 10 1
Cheshire West and Chester
2.99 ↓ 		560 45 1 1 159 232 169
Cheshire East
3.14 ↑ 		605 48 4 3 176 270 153
Central Bedfordshire
3.07 ↑ 		648 39 7 1 367 150 127
Camden
3.25 ↓ 		343 18 2 1 118 146 74
Cambridgeshire
3.28 → 		1,361 101 7 — 574 493 280
Calderdale
3.15 ↑ 		371 25 2 1 126 136 103
B Bury
3.04 ↓ 		299 19 3 1 116 110 72
Buckinghamshire
3.28 → 		1,278 94 8 1 519 524 232
Bromley
3.36 ↑ 		890 67 6 1 484 288 115
Bristol
3.03 → 		768 59 3 1 323 278 149
Brighton and Hove
3.49 → 		371 29 5 1 79 222 64
Brent
3.02 ↓ 		450 25 3 1 161 195 82
Bradford
3.08 ↓ 		855 53 2 2 378 261 205
Bracknell Forest
3.07 ↓ 		323 32 3 2 183 105 33
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.2 ↓ 		557 38 1 1 199 249 102
Bolton
3.04 ↓ 		467 40 2 — 156 164 145
Blackpool
3.04 ↑ 		165 11 2 — 59 61 45
Blackburn with Darwen
2.74 ↓ 		275 22 — — 92 92 83
Birmingham
2.92 → 		1,704 123 14 5 476 746 454
Bexley
3.21 ↑ 		696 64 7 2 399 200 94
Bedford
3.19 ↑ 		321 26 4 — 141 99 79
Bath and North East Somerset
3.16 ↑ 		341 22 1 — 124 132 84
Barnsley
3.17 → 		421 26 3 2 192 128 101
Barnet
3.29 ↑ 		725 48 2 3 280 260 166
Barking and Dagenham
3.19 ↓ 		331 22 2 — 119 143 69