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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
29,258 schools in England currently carry an Ofsted overall-effectiveness judgement on the established four-point scale.
Outstanding3,955 (13.5%)
Good22,933 (78.4%)
Requires improvement1,941 (6.6%)
Inadequate429 (1.5%)
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
88
33
37.5%
98.9%
2
Camden
91
31
34.1%
97.8%
3
Islington
90
29
32.2%
97.8%
4
Kensington and Chelsea
76
24
31.6%
97.4%
5
Wandsworth
126
39
31.0%
97.6%
6
Scotland — Education Scotland
Scotland uses a different inspectorate and a different six-point scale — not comparable to Ofsted, shown separately for that reason. 2,382 schools carry an Education Scotland grade.
Excellent118 (5.0%)
Very good767 (32.2%)
Good970 (40.7%)
Satisfactory427 (17.9%)
Weak97 (4.1%)
Unsatisfactory3 (0.1%)
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Wales (Estyn) and Northern Ireland (ETI): we do not publish a grade distribution.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.