Council Rankings

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Ofsted overall effectiveness (children's services)

Higher is better. One of the measures behind the children's services score; councils are listed by their rank on it alone, which is not their overall rank. The median of the 130 is Good.

Most recent ILACS judgement: 4 Outstanding - 3 Good - 2 Requires improvement - 1 Inadequate.

Ofsted overall effectiveness (children's services) by council
RankCouncilOfsted overall effectiveness (children's services)Type
=1BexleyOutstandingLondon borough
=1Bracknell ForestOutstandingUnitary council
=1Brighton and HoveOutstandingUnitary council
=1BromleyOutstandingLondon borough
=1CamdenOutstandingLondon borough
=1County DurhamOutstandingUnitary council
=1CoventryOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1DarlingtonOutstandingUnitary council
=1DerbyOutstandingUnitary council
=1DorsetOutstandingUnitary council
=1GreenwichOutstandingLondon borough
=1Hammersmith and FulhamOutstandingLondon borough
=1HaringeyOutstandingLondon borough
=1HartlepoolOutstandingUnitary council
=1HillingdonOutstandingLondon borough
=1IslingtonOutstandingLondon borough
=1Kensington and ChelseaOutstandingLondon borough
=1Kingston upon ThamesOutstandingLondon borough
=1LeedsOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1ManchesterOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1MertonOutstandingLondon borough
=1NewhamOutstandingLondon borough
=1North LincolnshireOutstandingUnitary council
=1North TynesideOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1North YorkshireOutstandingUnitary council
=1NorthumberlandOutstandingUnitary council
=1RedbridgeOutstandingLondon borough
=1Richmond upon ThamesOutstandingLondon borough
=1RotherhamOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1ShropshireOutstandingUnitary council
=1SunderlandOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1Telford and WrekinOutstandingUnitary council
=1ThurrockOutstandingUnitary council
=1Tower HamletsOutstandingLondon borough
=1WalsallOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1WandsworthOutstandingLondon borough
=1WestminsterOutstandingLondon borough
=1WiltshireOutstandingUnitary council
=1YorkOutstandingUnitary council
=40BarnetGoodLondon borough
=40BarnsleyGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Bath and North East SomersetGoodUnitary council
=40BirminghamGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Blackburn with DarwenGoodUnitary council
=40BoltonGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGoodUnitary council
=40BrentGoodLondon borough
=40CalderdaleGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Central BedfordshireGoodUnitary council
=40CornwallGoodUnitary council
=40CroydonGoodLondon borough
=40CumberlandGoodUnitary council
=40DoncasterGoodMetropolitan borough
=40EalingGoodLondon borough
=40East Riding of YorkshireGoodUnitary council
=40EnfieldGoodLondon borough
=40GatesheadGoodMetropolitan borough
=40HackneyGoodLondon borough
=40Herefordshire, County ofGoodUnitary council
=40HounslowGoodLondon borough
=40Isle of WightGoodUnitary council
=40Kingston upon Hull, City ofGoodUnitary council
=40KirkleesGoodMetropolitan borough
=40LambethGoodLondon borough
=40LewishamGoodLondon borough
=40LutonGoodUnitary council
=40MedwayGoodUnitary council
=40Milton KeynesGoodUnitary council
=40Newcastle upon TyneGoodMetropolitan borough
=40North East LincolnshireGoodUnitary council
=40OldhamGoodMetropolitan borough
=40PortsmouthGoodUnitary council
=40Redcar and ClevelandGoodUnitary council
=40RutlandGoodUnitary council
=40SalfordGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SandwellGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SeftonGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SheffieldGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SolihullGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SomersetGoodUnitary council
=40South GloucestershireGoodUnitary council
=40SouthamptonGoodUnitary council
=40Southend-on-SeaGoodUnitary council
=40SouthwarkGoodLondon borough
=40St. HelensGoodMetropolitan borough
=40SuttonGoodLondon borough
=40TorbayGoodUnitary council
=40WakefieldGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Waltham ForestGoodLondon borough
=40WarringtonGoodUnitary council
=40West BerkshireGoodUnitary council
=40Westmorland and FurnessGoodUnitary council
=40WiganGoodMetropolitan borough
=40Windsor and MaidenheadGoodUnitary council
=40WolverhamptonGoodMetropolitan borough
=96Barking and DagenhamRequires improvementLondon borough
=96BedfordRequires improvementUnitary council
=96BlackpoolRequires improvementUnitary council
=96BradfordRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96Bristol, City ofRequires improvementUnitary council
=96BuckinghamshireRequires improvementUnitary council
=96BuryRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96Cheshire West and ChesterRequires improvementUnitary council
=96DudleyRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96LeicesterRequires improvementUnitary council
=96MiddlesbroughRequires improvementUnitary council
=96North NorthamptonshireRequires improvementUnitary council
=96North SomersetRequires improvementUnitary council
=96PlymouthRequires improvementUnitary council
=96ReadingRequires improvementUnitary council
=96RochdaleRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96SloughRequires improvementUnitary council
=96StockportRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96Stockton-on-TeesRequires improvementUnitary council
=96Stoke-on-TrentRequires improvementUnitary council
=96TraffordRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96West NorthamptonshireRequires improvementUnitary council
=96WirralRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=96WokinghamRequires improvementUnitary council
=120Cheshire EastInadequateUnitary council
=120HaltonInadequateUnitary council
=120HarrowInadequateLondon borough
=120HaveringInadequateLondon borough
=120KnowsleyInadequateMetropolitan borough
=120LiverpoolInadequateMetropolitan borough
=120NottinghamInadequateUnitary council
=120PeterboroughInadequateUnitary council
=120South TynesideInadequateMetropolitan borough
=120SwindonInadequateUnitary council
=120TamesideInadequateMetropolitan borough

Period: latest at 2026-03-31. Source: Ofsted — Local authority inspection outcomes. Councils with the same figure share a rank, and so do those beyond the 5th and 95th percentiles, because extreme values are capped before scoring (why). How we score

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