Council Rankings

Rankings · Methodology · Service quality · Children's services

Ofsted sub-judgements (average)

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.

Average of the leadership / help and protection / children in care / care leavers judgements.

Ofsted sub-judgements (average) by council
RankCouncilOfsted sub-judgements (average)Type
=1Bracknell ForestOutstandingUnitary council
=1BromleyOutstandingLondon borough
=1CamdenOutstandingLondon borough
=1DerbyOutstandingUnitary council
=1IslingtonOutstandingLondon borough
=1Kingston upon ThamesOutstandingLondon borough
=1NewhamOutstandingLondon borough
=1North TynesideOutstandingMetropolitan borough
=1North YorkshireOutstandingUnitary council
=1RedbridgeOutstandingLondon borough
=1ThurrockOutstandingUnitary council
=1WandsworthOutstandingLondon borough
=1WestminsterOutstandingLondon borough
=1YorkOutstandingUnitary council
=15Brighton and Hove3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15County Durham3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Coventry3.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=15Darlington3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Dorset3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Greenwich3.75 / 4London borough
=15Hammersmith and Fulham3.75 / 4London borough
=15Hartlepool3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Kensington and Chelsea3.75 / 4London borough
=15Leeds3.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=15Manchester3.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=15Merton3.75 / 4London borough
=15North Lincolnshire3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Richmond upon Thames3.75 / 4London borough
=15Rotherham3.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=15Shropshire3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Sunderland3.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=15Telford and Wrekin3.75 / 4Unitary council
=15Wiltshire3.75 / 4Unitary council
=34Bexley3.50 / 4London borough
=34Haringey3.50 / 4London borough
=34Hillingdon3.50 / 4London borough
=34Kingston upon Hull, City of3.50 / 4Unitary council
=34Northumberland3.50 / 4Unitary council
=34Salford3.50 / 4Metropolitan borough
=34Tower Hamlets3.50 / 4London borough
=34Walsall3.50 / 4Metropolitan borough
=34Warrington3.50 / 4Unitary council
=43Barnet3.25 / 4London borough
=43Cornwall3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43Enfield3.25 / 4London borough
=43Herefordshire, County of3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43Hounslow3.25 / 4London borough
=43Milton Keynes3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43North East Lincolnshire3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43Sheffield3.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=43Southampton3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43Waltham Forest3.25 / 4London borough
=43Wigan3.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=43Windsor and Maidenhead3.25 / 4Unitary council
=43Wolverhampton3.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=56Bath and North East SomersetGoodUnitary council
=56BirminghamGoodMetropolitan borough
=56BrentGoodLondon borough
=56CalderdaleGoodMetropolitan borough
=56Central BedfordshireGoodUnitary council
=56GatesheadGoodMetropolitan borough
=56LambethGoodLondon borough
=56LewishamGoodLondon borough
=56Newcastle upon TyneGoodMetropolitan borough
=56OldhamGoodMetropolitan borough
=56PortsmouthGoodUnitary council
=56RutlandGoodUnitary council
=56SomersetGoodUnitary council
=56South GloucestershireGoodUnitary council
=56SouthwarkGoodLondon borough
=56St. HelensGoodMetropolitan borough
=56SuttonGoodLondon borough
=56TorbayGoodUnitary council
=56WakefieldGoodMetropolitan borough
=56West BerkshireGoodUnitary council
=76Barnsley2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Blackburn with Darwen2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Bolton2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Croydon2.75 / 4London borough
=76Cumberland2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Doncaster2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Ealing2.75 / 4London borough
=76East Riding of Yorkshire2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Hackney2.75 / 4London borough
=76Isle of Wight2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Kirklees2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Luton2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Medway2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Redcar and Cleveland2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Sandwell2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Sefton2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Solihull2.75 / 4Metropolitan borough
=76Southend-on-Sea2.75 / 4Unitary council
=76Westmorland and Furness2.75 / 4Unitary council
=96Bradford2.50 / 4Metropolitan borough
=96Bristol, City of2.50 / 4Unitary council
=96Reading2.50 / 4Unitary council
99Blackpool2.33 / 4Unitary council
=100Barking and Dagenham2.25 / 4London borough
=100Buckinghamshire2.25 / 4Unitary council
=100Bury2.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=100Cheshire West and Chester2.25 / 4Unitary council
=100Harrow2.25 / 4London borough
=100North Somerset2.25 / 4Unitary council
=100Stockport2.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=100Stoke-on-Trent2.25 / 4Unitary council
=100Wokingham2.25 / 4Unitary council
=109BedfordRequires improvementUnitary council
=109DudleyRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=109LeicesterRequires improvementUnitary council
=109MiddlesbroughRequires improvementUnitary council
=109North NorthamptonshireRequires improvementUnitary council
=109PlymouthRequires improvementUnitary council
=109RochdaleRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=109Stockton-on-TeesRequires improvementUnitary council
=109TraffordRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=109West NorthamptonshireRequires improvementUnitary council
=109WirralRequires improvementMetropolitan borough
=120Cheshire East1.75 / 4Unitary council
=120Peterborough1.75 / 4Unitary council
=120Slough1.75 / 4Unitary council
123Nottingham1.67 / 4Unitary council
=124South Tyneside1.33 / 4Metropolitan borough
=124Havering1.25 / 4London borough
=124Knowsley1.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=124Liverpool1.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=124Swindon1.25 / 4Unitary council
=124Tameside1.25 / 4Metropolitan borough
=124HaltonInadequateUnitary council

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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