Eleven year olds at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, every council ranked
Children living here, wherever they went to school, so it says as much about who lives here as about the schools. Figures for 2025/26, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: Breckland, 49%. The council in the middle: Boston, 63%. Joint highest: Hammersmith and Fulham; Richmond upon Thames, 79%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrecklandEast of England | 49% |
| 2 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 50% |
| 2 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 50% |
| 4 | BurnleyNorth West | 51% |
| 5 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 52% |
| 5 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 52% |
| 7 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 53% |
| 7 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 53% |
| 7 joint | StevenageEast of England | 53% |
| 10 joint | FenlandEast of England | 54% |
| 10 joint | GosportSouth East | 54% |
| 10 joint | TendringEast of England | 54% |
| 13 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 55% |
| 13 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 55% |
| 13 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 55% |
| 13 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 55% |
| 13 joint | ThanetSouth East | 55% |
| 18 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 56% |
| 18 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 56% |
| 18 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 56% |
| 18 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 56% |
| 18 joint | HavantSouth East | 56% |
| 18 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 56% |
| 18 joint | North DevonSouth West | 56% |
| 18 joint | PendleNorth West | 56% |
| 18 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 56% |
| 27 joint | DoverSouth East | 57% |
| 27 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 57% |
| 27 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 57% |
| 27 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 57% |
| 27 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 57% |
| 27 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 57% |
| 27 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 57% |
| 27 joint | WealdenSouth East | 57% |
| 27 joint | WorthingSouth East | 57% |
| 27 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 57% |
| 37 joint | ArunSouth East | 58% |
| 37 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 58% |
| 37 joint | BedfordEast of England | 58% |
| 37 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 58% |
| 37 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 58% |
| 37 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 58% |
| 37 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 58% |
| 37 joint | NorwichEast of England | 58% |
| 37 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 58% |
| 37 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 58% |
| 37 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 58% |
| 48 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 59% |
| 48 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 59% |
| 48 joint | CanterburySouth East | 59% |
| 48 joint | DacorumEast of England | 59% |
| 48 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 59% |
| 48 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 59% |
| 48 joint | IpswichEast of England | 59% |
| 48 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 59% |
| 48 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 59% |
| 48 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 59% |
| 48 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 59% |
| 48 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 59% |
| 48 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 59% |
| 48 joint | PrestonNorth West | 59% |
| 48 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 59% |
| 48 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 59% |
| 48 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 59% |
| 48 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 59% |
| 48 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 59% |
| 48 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 59% |
| 48 joint | WirralNorth West | 59% |
| 69 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 60% |
| 69 joint | BristolSouth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 60% |
| 69 joint | DorsetSouth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 60% |
| 69 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 60% |
| 69 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 60% |
| 69 joint | HaltonNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | LancasterNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 60% |
| 69 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 60% |
| 69 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 60% |
| 69 joint | OldhamNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 60% |
| 69 joint | SeftonNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 60% |
| 69 joint | SomersetSouth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 60% |
| 69 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 60% |
| 69 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 60% |
| 69 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 60% |
| 93 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | AshfordSouth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | CherwellSouth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | CrawleySouth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 61% |
| 93 joint | East DevonSouth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 61% |
| 93 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | LewesSouth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | MaldonEast of England | 61% |
| 93 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 61% |
| 93 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | SalfordNorth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | StroudSouth West | 61% |
| 93 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 61% |
| 93 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 61% |
| 93 joint | WyreNorth West | 61% |
| 121 joint | AdurSouth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 62% |
| 121 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | CornwallSouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 62% |
| 121 joint | ExeterSouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | HorshamSouth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 62% |
| 121 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 62% |
| 121 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 62% |
| 121 joint | RotherSouth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 62% |
| 121 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 62% |
| 121 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 62% |
| 121 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 62% |
| 121 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 62% |
| 121 joint | SwindonSouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | TamesideNorth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | TorbaySouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | West DevonSouth West | 62% |
| 121 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 62% |
| 147 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 63% |
| 147 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 63% |
| 147 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | EastleighSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | FyldeNorth West | 63% |
| 147 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | HarlowEast of England | 63% |
| 147 joint | LutonEast of England | 63% |
| 147 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | MedwaySouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 63% |
| 147 joint | ReadingSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 63% |
| 147 joint | SwaleSouth East | 63% |
| 147 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 63% |
| 171 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | BoltonNorth West | 64% |
| 171 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | BuryNorth West | 64% |
| 171 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 64% |
| 171 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 64% |
| 171 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 64% |
| 171 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 64% |
| 171 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | HastingsSouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | OxfordSouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 64% |
| 171 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 64% |
| 171 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 64% |
| 171 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 64% |
| 171 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 64% |
| 171 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 64% |
| 198 joint | BasildonEast of England | 65% |
| 198 joint | BrentLondon | 65% |
| 198 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 65% |
| 198 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 65% |
| 198 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 65% |
| 198 joint | FarehamSouth East | 65% |
| 198 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 65% |
| 198 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 65% |
| 198 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 65% |
| 198 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 65% |
| 198 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 65% |
| 198 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 65% |
| 198 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 65% |
| 198 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 65% |
| 198 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 65% |
| 198 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 65% |
| 214 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 66% |
| 214 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 66% |
| 214 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 66% |
| 214 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 66% |
| 214 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 66% |
| 214 joint | HillingdonLondon | 66% |
| 214 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 66% |
| 214 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 66% |
| 214 joint | New ForestSouth East | 66% |
| 214 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 66% |
| 214 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 66% |
| 214 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 66% |
| 214 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 66% |
| 214 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 66% |
| 214 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 66% |
| 214 joint | WiganNorth West | 66% |
| 230 joint | BaberghEast of England | 67% |
| 230 joint | LambethLondon | 67% |
| 230 joint | MertonLondon | 67% |
| 230 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 67% |
| 230 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 67% |
| 230 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 67% |
| 230 joint | South HamsSouth West | 67% |
| 230 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 67% |
| 230 joint | StockportNorth West | 67% |
| 230 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 67% |
| 230 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 67% |
| 230 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 67% |
| 230 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 67% |
| 243 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 68% |
| 243 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 68% |
| 243 joint | CroydonLondon | 68% |
| 243 joint | EnfieldLondon | 68% |
| 243 joint | LewishamLondon | 68% |
| 243 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 68% |
| 243 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 68% |
| 243 joint | SloughSouth East | 68% |
| 243 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 68% |
| 243 joint | WandsworthLondon | 68% |
| 243 joint | WatfordEast of England | 68% |
| 243 joint | WokingSouth East | 68% |
| 255 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | BexleyLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 69% |
| 255 joint | EalingLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | HaringeyLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | HartSouth East | 69% |
| 255 joint | HaveringLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | HounslowLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 69% |
| 255 joint | RochfordEast of England | 69% |
| 255 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 69% |
| 255 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 69% |
| 267 joint | BarnetLondon | 70% |
| 267 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 70% |
| 267 joint | HarrowLondon | 70% |
| 267 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 70% |
| 267 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 70% |
| 267 joint | WaverleySouth East | 70% |
| 267 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 70% |
| 274 joint | City of LondonLondon | 71% |
| 274 joint | DartfordSouth East | 71% |
| 274 joint | IslingtonLondon | 71% |
| 274 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 71% |
| 278 joint | BromleyLondon | 72% |
| 278 joint | GreenwichLondon | 72% |
| 278 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 72% |
| 278 joint | TraffordNorth West | 72% |
| 278 joint | WestminsterLondon | 72% |
| 283 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 73% |
| 283 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 73% |
| 283 joint | HackneyLondon | 73% |
| 283 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 73% |
| 283 joint | SuttonLondon | 73% |
| 288 joint | CamdenLondon | 74% |
| 288 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 74% |
| 288 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 74% |
| 288 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 74% |
| 288 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 74% |
| 293 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 75% |
| 294 | NewhamLondon | 76% |
| 295 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 79% |
| 295 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 79% |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Pupils in Northern Ireland do not sit these tests.
- Scotland. Pupils in Scotland do not sit these tests. The Scottish Government publishes teachers' judgements of the Curriculum for Excellence levels instead.
- Wales. Pupils in Wales do not sit these tests.
DfE, Key stage 2 attainment by pupil residency · 2025/26 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured
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