Local Authorities

153 local authorities
Local Authorities
153
Tracked areas
EIF Inspections
2,296
Nov 2025 framework
National Avg QI
3.15
Expected Standard = 3.0
Most Active (30d)
Surrey
34 inspections
Top Performers — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Camden
3.6
2
Kingston upon Thames
3.54
3
Greenwich
3.49
4
Portsmouth
3.48
5
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.48
Needs Attention — by QI (min 5 EIF)
1
Cumberland
2.42
2
Thurrock
2.57
3
Durham
2.73
4
North Lincolnshire
2.75
5
Leicester
2.76
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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
3.11 		318 7 2 — 125 122 68
W Worcestershire
3.21 		859 36 11 1 264 370 218
Wolverhampton
3.27 		300 11 2 — 88 111 95
Wokingham
3.19 		355 11 4 — 162 135 56
Wirral
3.33 		476 12 2 — 190 171 112
Windsor and Maidenhead
3.33 		296 7 1 — 117 118 57
Wiltshire
3.21 		916 26 7 — 336 354 222
Wigan
3.16 		445 9 2 — 154 166 122
Westmorland and Furness
2.84 		269 8 4 — 54 70 141
Westminster
2.94 		218 6 1 1 58 103 53
West Sussex
3.1 		1,468 45 11 1 542 643 271
West Northamptonshire
3.08 		695 17 7 1 253 261 175
West Berkshire
2.97 		332 8 5 — 138 122 70
Warwickshire
3.11 		941 14 4 — 309 398 227
Warrington
3.29 		331 8 2 — 127 130 73
Wandsworth
3.15 		531 11 2 1 167 277 82
Waltham Forest
3.32 		471 14 6 — 211 172 84
Walsall
3.45 		289 8 2 — 96 77 109
Wakefield
3.14 		530 19 6 2 257 120 150
T Trafford
3.37 		448 14 7 1 187 173 86
Tower Hamlets
3.44 		329 9 4 — 93 143 90
Torbay
3.25 		167 4 — — 73 48 46
Thurrock
2.57 		296 5 3 — 154 88 54
Telford and Wrekin
3.22 		253 3 — — 97 95 58
Tameside
3.31 		382 7 2 — 199 112 71
S Swindon
3.2 		366 14 7 — 183 101 79
Sutton
3.39 		394 11 3 — 192 148 52
Surrey
3.23 		2,418 83 34 1 1213 847 335
Sunderland
3.1 		272 7 1 — 98 62 106
Suffolk
3.17 		1,021 23 5 — 291 428 301
Stoke-on-Trent
3.04 		261 9 — — 68 100 92
Stockton-on-Tees
3.46 		299 7 1 — 147 75 76
Stockport
2.85 		565 20 13 — 284 167 111
Staffordshire
3.12 		1,302 37 16 — 436 475 382
St Helens
2.96 		181 13 4 — 49 67 64
Southwark
3.05 		579 14 5 1 283 186 99
Southend on Sea
2.97 		243 11 3 — 116 73 54
Southampton
3.06 		331 12 5 — 118 120 90
South Tyneside
3 		177 3 1 — 71 50 53
South Gloucestershire
3.03 		459 18 9 — 137 232 89
Somerset
3.09 		705 31 13 — 233 258 211
Solihull
3.1 		336 9 3 — 146 125 65
Slough
2.88 		213 2 1 — 106 61 41
Shropshire
3.09 		410 10 4 — 125 167 113
Sheffield
3.21 		677 13 5 — 247 266 161
Sefton
3.25 		292 11 4 — 73 122 92
Sandwell
3.07 		437 13 1 — 108 201 128
Salford
3.02 		524 8 4 — 181 182 160
R Rutland
3.5 		53 2 — — 8 26 19
Rotherham
3.2 		381 8 7 — 173 93 112
Rochdale
2.96 		370 9 3 1 153 146 68
Richmond upon Thames
3.33 		408 13 9 — 136 206 61
Redcar and Cleveland
3.07 		222 11 8 — 115 49 58
Redbridge
2.96 		444 10 3 1 160 211 71
Reading
2.94 		278 6 3 — 108 111 56
P Portsmouth
3.48 		277 13 3 — 94 122 61
Plymouth
2.97 		308 8 4 1 82 125 99
Peterborough
3.19 		361 9 3 — 143 139 77
O Oxfordshire
3.11 		1,208 34 10 — 460 463 277
Oldham
3.26 		402 6 — — 158 157 87
N Nottinghamshire
3.07 		1,163 29 5 — 470 411 282
Nottingham
2.87 		353 5 — — 135 106 112
Northumberland
3.11 		437 7 2 — 137 132 168
North Yorkshire
2.99 		1,036 36 18 — 295 411 321
North Tyneside
3.28 		270 3 1 — 121 78 70
North Somerset
3.2 		357 11 2 — 155 132 67
North Northamptonshire
2.98 		606 13 2 — 273 180 144
North Lincolnshire
2.75 		263 6 4 — 77 100 83
North East Lincolnshire
2.97 		201 6 — — 75 62 58
Norfolk
3.19 		1,185 19 7 1 355 428 396
Newham
3.13 		404 8 5 — 127 156 108
Newcastle upon Tyne
3.31 		330 6 1 — 111 133 83
M Milton Keynes
3.26 		497 11 5 — 219 178 97
Middlesbrough
2.92 		152 2 — — 55 41 55
Merton
3.15 		436 8 4 — 229 145 58
Medway
3.15 		435 10 4 — 192 148 93
Manchester
3.08 		763 17 8 — 362 220 177
L Luton
2.86 		289 7 2 — 92 124 68
Liverpool
3.17 		607 26 6 — 188 246 167
Lincolnshire
2.87 		1,088 17 6 1 362 377 345
Lewisham
3.31 		666 8 3 — 308 271 72
Leicestershire
3.19 		1,176 37 10 1 458 442 270
Leicester
2.76 		356 7 2 — 79 166 111
Leeds
3.26 		1,451 28 9 1 747 414 284
Lancashire
3.14 		1,948 75 26 — 615 765 543
Lambeth
3.35 		515 12 4 — 223 213 70
K Knowsley
3 		195 7 3 — 64 60 71
Kirklees
3.17 		691 11 5 — 228 298 164
Kingston upon Thames
3.54 		304 6 2 — 146 105 52
Kingston upon Hull
2.98 		274 10 4 — 71 98 105
Kent
3.23 		2,464 59 18 — 900 992 560
Kensington and Chelsea
3.75 		176 3 — — 28 87 53
I Islington
3.17 		312 2 1 — 134 120 54
Isles of Scilly — 4 — — — 2 1 1
Isle of Wight
3.35 		143 4 1 — 34 50 58
H Hounslow
2.91 		409 15 4 2 168 154 87
Hillingdon
3.11 		480 16 1 2 214 167 97
Hertfordshire
3.21 		2,476 58 17 — 1133 842 481
Herefordshire
3.01 		247 7 1 — 59 98 90
Havering
3.48 		503 16 6 — 185 236 80
Hartlepool
3.5 		102 2 1 — 53 20 29
Harrow
3.5 		347 2 — — 109 170 61
Haringey
3.17 		363 11 1 — 119 156 80
Hampshire
3.21 		2,531 92 29 1 950 1068 506
Hammersmith and Fulham
3.33 		260 9 4 — 72 112 71
Halton
3.05 		225 5 — — 81 82 61
Hackney
3.15 		471 8 2 — 150 169 146
G Greenwich
3.49 		633 11 5 1 307 238 83
Gloucestershire
3.21 		1,036 26 12 — 293 474 264
Gateshead
3.36 		245 7 2 — 64 99 77
E Essex
3.25 		2,427 69 24 1 810 1073 540
Enfield
3.27 		487 14 3 — 208 186 91
East Sussex
3.18 		610 19 7 — 183 253 173
East Riding of Yorkshire
3.17 		505 10 2 — 162 182 156
Ealing
3.31 		520 13 7 — 166 251 97
D Durham
2.73 		626 14 4 1 253 150 212
Dudley
3.3 		342 5 1 — 102 136 98
Dorset
3.04 		448 19 6 — 126 176 143
Doncaster
3.28 		476 13 4 — 244 106 125
Devon
3.3 		1,110 34 11 — 371 417 321
Derbyshire
2.91 		1,123 26 8 — 348 396 373
Derby
3.17 		328 3 3 — 115 111 94
Darlington
3 		146 2 1 — 51 42 51
C Cumberland
2.42 		354 6 1 1 77 93 179
Croydon
2.96 		755 15 3 — 346 282 120
Coventry
3.14 		511 15 3 — 240 151 118
Cornwall
3.12 		755 23 3 — 201 276 275
City of London — 9 — — — — 8 1
Cheshire West and Chester
3.04 		513 20 6 1 141 223 149
Cheshire East
3.03 		553 16 4 1 154 250 143
Central Bedfordshire
2.96 		574 12 3 1 320 131 119
Camden
3.6 		307 7 2 — 104 129 69
Cambridgeshire
3.22 		1,228 37 12 — 510 442 264
Calderdale
2.85 		334 5 1 — 105 126 97
B Bury
3.12 		273 10 3 — 106 104 62
Buckinghamshire
3.32 		1,129 33 11 — 459 461 206
Bromley
3.1 		779 18 8 — 412 254 110
Bristol
2.98 		683 20 2 — 274 253 139
Brighton and Hove
3.38 		341 11 3 1 73 204 60
Brent
3.11 		401 9 3 — 140 171 78
Bradford
3.33 		784 19 5 — 337 241 195
Bracknell Forest
3.4 		279 10 3 — 161 88 28
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
3.48 		519 16 5 — 180 237 95
Bolton
3.18 		417 15 6 — 135 154 126
Blackpool
2.79 		141 2 1 — 46 56 39
Blackburn with Darwen
2.83 		254 12 3 — 85 84 79
Birmingham
3.01 		1,543 31 8 — 414 684 422
Bexley
3.1 		609 14 7 — 350 170 86
Bedford
3.01 		291 7 1 — 123 93 73
Bath and North East Somerset
2.78 		300 8 2 — 106 116 77
Barnsley
3.17 		373 10 1 — 160 117 96
Barnet
3.27 		651 17 6 1 243 233 156
Barking and Dagenham
3.38 		309 9 5 — 109 133 67