How England’s schools are rated by Ofsted, and which local authorities have the highest share of Outstanding schools — derived from the live School Atlas dataset of official inspection judgements. Figures update as new inspections are ingested.
England — Ofsted overall effectiveness (legacy grades)
31,362 schools in England hold a legacy Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade on the four-point scale, from inspections before the framework changed. Ofsted dropped the single overall grade in September 2024 and from November 2025 grades each area separately on a five-point report card — see what the reforms mean.
Outstanding4,033 (12.9%)
Good25,932 (82.7%)
Requires improvement1,134 (3.6%)
Inadequate263 (0.8%)
English local authorities by % Outstanding
Top 20 of 151 local authorities with at least 10 graded schools, ranked by the share rated Outstanding. Small-denominator authorities are floored out so a handful of schools can’t distort the ranking.
#
Local authority
Graded
Outstanding
% Outstanding
% Good+
1
Hammersmith and Fulham
99
33
33.3%
100.0%
Methodology & coverage
England: schools with a current Ofsted overall effectiveness judgement (the established Outstanding/Good/Requires improvement/Inadequate scale). Schools inspected only under the newer report-card framework, and independent schools inspected by the ISI, use different scales and are excluded here rather than conflated.
Scotland is reported on the separate Education Scotland six-point scale and is never merged with Ofsted figures.
Wales (Estyn) and Northern Ireland (ETI): we do not publish a grade distribution. Grade-level inspection data for those nations is not yet in our structured dataset, and we won’t show a breakdown we can’t stand behind.
Figures are computed live from the School Atlas dataset and move as new inspections are ingested. Open schools only; demonstration records excluded. Sources and licensing: data sources · methodology.
Scotland uses a different inspectorate and a different six-point scale — not comparable to Ofsted, shown separately for that reason. 2,504 schools carry an Education Scotland grade.