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State secondary schools whose latest inspection found nothing below the standard, every council ranked

Of the state secondary schools Ofsted has inspected, those whose latest inspection found nothing below the standard, on a report card or under the old grades alike. Figures for latest inspections as at 30 September 2026, published for 291 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: Rushmoor and South Derbyshire, 25%. The council in the middle: South Ribble, 81.8%. Joint highest: 59 councils, 100%.

State secondary schools whose latest inspection found nothing below the standard, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1 jointRushmoorSouth East25%
1 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands25%
3 jointBlabyEast Midlands33.3%
3 jointGosportSouth East33.3%
3 jointHastingsSouth East33.3%
6BlackpoolNorth West37.5%
7 jointBostonEast Midlands40%
7 jointBurnleyNorth West40%
7 jointHartlepoolNorth East40%
10 jointAshfieldEast Midlands42.9%
10 jointHarlowEast of England42.9%
12 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East50%
12 jointExeterSouth West50%
12 jointFarehamSouth East50%
12 jointFenlandEast of England50%
12 jointForest of DeanSouth West50%
12 jointHavantSouth East50%
12 jointHyndburnNorth West50%
12 jointKnowsleyNorth West50%
12 jointMid DevonSouth West50%
12 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East50%
12 jointPendleNorth West50%
12 jointRossendaleNorth West50%
12 jointSouth TynesideNorth East50%
12 jointTamesideNorth West50%
12 jointUttlesfordEast of England50%
27Telford and WrekinWest Midlands53.8%
28BasildonEast of England55.6%
29RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber56.3%
30 jointIsle of WightSouth East57.1%
30 jointLincolnEast Midlands57.1%
30 jointWyreNorth West57.1%
33LiverpoolNorth West59.4%
34 jointBaberghEast of England60%
34 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East60%
34 jointCastle PointEast of England60%
34 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England60%
34 jointShropshireWest Midlands60%
34 jointSolihullWest Midlands60%
40SeftonNorth West61.1%
41RochdaleNorth West61.5%
42 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands62.5%
42 jointBraintreeEast of England62.5%
42 jointBrecklandEast of England62.5%
42 jointHaltonNorth West62.5%
42 jointIpswichEast of England62.5%
42 jointNorth TynesideNorth East62.5%
48SomersetSouth West62.9%
49CharnwoodEast Midlands63.6%
50Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands64.3%
51 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West66.7%
51 jointDoverSouth East66.7%
51 jointEast HampshireSouth East66.7%
51 jointEast SuffolkEast of England66.7%
51 jointEastbourneSouth East66.7%
51 jointErewashEast Midlands66.7%
51 jointFyldeNorth West66.7%
51 jointLichfieldWest Midlands66.7%
51 jointMeltonEast Midlands66.7%
51 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands66.7%
51 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands66.7%
51 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands66.7%
51 jointNorthumberlandNorth East66.7%
51 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber66.7%
51 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands66.7%
51 jointSpelthorneSouth East66.7%
51 jointSt. HelensNorth West66.7%
51 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands66.7%
69BradfordYorkshire and the Humber68.6%
70 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber69.2%
70 jointThurrockEast of England69.2%
72West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands69.6%
73 jointGatesheadNorth East70%
73 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber70%
73 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East70%
73 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands70%
77Newcastle upon TyneNorth East70.6%
78BristolSouth West70.8%
79 jointBroadlandEast of England71.4%
79 jointEpping ForestEast of England71.4%
79 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England71.4%
79 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands71.4%
79 jointOldhamNorth West71.4%
79 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East71.4%
79 jointStockportNorth West71.4%
79 jointSwaleSouth East71.4%
79 jointWarwickWest Midlands71.4%
79 jointWychavonWest Midlands71.4%
89WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber72.2%
90 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber72.7%
90 jointChelmsfordEast of England72.7%
90 jointPortsmouthSouth East72.7%
90 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East72.7%
94HerefordshireWest Midlands73.3%
95 jointBoltonNorth West73.7%
95 jointCumberlandNorth West73.7%
95 jointPlymouthSouth West73.7%
98CroydonLondon73.9%
99 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands75%
99 jointDarlingtonNorth East75%
99 jointDerbyEast Midlands75%
99 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber75%
99 jointHertsmereEast of England75%
99 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England75%
99 jointLancasterNorth West75%
99 jointNorwichEast of England75%
99 jointSalfordNorth West75%
99 jointSandwellWest Midlands75%
99 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England75%
99 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands75%
99 jointTamworthWest Midlands75%
99 jointThanetSouth East75%
99 jointTorbaySouth West75%
99 jointTorridgeSouth West75%
99 jointVale of White HorseSouth East75%
99 jointWirralNorth West75%
117DorsetSouth West75.9%
118North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands76.2%
119 jointBuryNorth West76.9%
119 jointSouthamptonSouth East76.9%
121 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber77.8%
121 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber77.8%
121 jointRedbridgeLondon77.8%
121 jointStaffordWest Midlands77.8%
121 jointWokinghamSouth East77.8%
126North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber78%
127TraffordNorth West78.9%
128 jointBolsoverEast Midlands80%
128 jointCanterburySouth East80%
128 jointCherwellSouth East80%
128 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West80%
128 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East80%
128 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands80%
128 jointMedwaySouth East80%
128 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands80%
128 jointPeterboroughEast of England80%
128 jointPrestonNorth West80%
128 jointReadingSouth East80%
128 jointRotherSouth East80%
128 jointSloughSouth East80%
128 jointWest BerkshireSouth East80%
128 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West80%
143 jointBexleyLondon81.3%
143 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West81.3%
145 jointRedditchWest Midlands81.8%
145 jointSouth RibbleNorth West81.8%
147Cheshire EastNorth West82.6%
148 jointArunSouth East83.3%
148 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands83.3%
148 jointCheltenhamSouth West83.3%
148 jointChichesterSouth East83.3%
148 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands83.3%
148 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East83.3%
148 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England83.3%
148 jointMaidstoneSouth East83.3%
148 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands83.3%
148 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands83.3%
148 jointOxfordSouth East83.3%
148 jointRibble ValleyNorth West83.3%
148 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands83.3%
148 jointStevenageEast of England83.3%
148 jointSunderlandNorth East83.3%
148 jointTendringEast of England83.3%
148 jointTest ValleySouth East83.3%
148 jointWalsallWest Midlands83.3%
148 jointWealdenSouth East83.3%
167CornwallSouth West83.9%
168 jointDudleyWest Midlands84.2%
168 jointWiganNorth West84.2%
170BirminghamWest Midlands84.3%
171 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber84.4%
171 jointManchesterNorth West84.4%
173 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber84.6%
173 jointLutonEast of England84.6%
175Central BedfordshireEast of England85.2%
176 jointBedfordEast of England85.7%
176 jointBroxbourneEast of England85.7%
176 jointChorleyNorth West85.7%
176 jointGedlingEast Midlands85.7%
176 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England85.7%
176 jointMansfieldEast Midlands85.7%
176 jointMid SuffolkEast of England85.7%
176 jointMid SussexSouth East85.7%
176 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands85.7%
176 jointSwindonSouth West85.7%
176 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands85.7%
176 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East85.7%
176 jointWiltshireSouth West85.7%
176 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East85.7%
190 jointCoventryWest Midlands86.4%
190 jointHillingdonLondon86.4%
192BuckinghamshireSouth East86.5%
193Milton KeynesSouth East86.7%
194 jointAshfordSouth East87.5%
194 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West87.5%
194 jointEast DevonSouth West87.5%
194 jointGloucesterSouth West87.5%
194 jointGreenwichLondon87.5%
194 jointLambethLondon87.5%
194 jointRugbyWest Midlands87.5%
194 jointStroudSouth West87.5%
194 jointTeignbridgeSouth West87.5%
194 jointWest LancashireNorth West87.5%
204 jointDacorumEast of England88.9%
204 jointNew ForestSouth East88.9%
204 jointWaltham ForestLondon88.9%
207BromleyLondon89.5%
208 jointCamdenLondon90%
208 jointCounty DurhamNorth East90%
208 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England90%
208 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East90%
208 jointSouthwarkLondon90%
213LeicesterEast Midlands90.5%
214 jointDartfordSouth East90.9%
214 jointNorth SomersetSouth West90.9%
214 jointWest SuffolkEast of England90.9%
217 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands91.7%
217 jointLewishamLondon91.7%
219 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East92.3%
219 jointWarringtonNorth West92.3%
221 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West92.9%
221 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber92.9%
221 jointSuttonLondon92.9%
224East HertfordshireEast of England93.3%
225 jointBrentLondon94.1%
225 jointNottinghamEast Midlands94.1%
225 jointTower HamletsLondon94.1%
228HaveringLondon94.4%
229HounslowLondon95%
230 jointEnfieldLondon95.2%
230 jointNewhamLondon95.2%
230 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands95.2%
233 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon100%
233 jointBarnetLondon100%
233 jointBassetlawEast Midlands100%
233 jointBracknell ForestSouth East100%
233 jointBrentwoodEast of England100%
233 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands100%
233 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands100%
233 jointCambridgeEast of England100%
233 jointColchesterEast of England100%
233 jointCotswoldSouth West100%
233 jointCrawleySouth East100%
233 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands100%
233 jointEalingLondon100%
233 jointEastleighSouth East100%
233 jointElmbridgeSouth East100%
233 jointGraveshamSouth East100%
233 jointGuildfordSouth East100%
233 jointHackneyLondon100%
233 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon100%
233 jointHarboroughEast Midlands100%
233 jointHaringeyLondon100%
233 jointHarrowLondon100%
233 jointHartSouth East100%
233 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands100%
233 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands100%
233 jointHorshamSouth East100%
233 jointIslingtonLondon100%
233 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon100%
233 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon100%
233 jointLewesSouth East100%
233 jointMertonLondon100%
233 jointMole ValleySouth East100%
233 jointNorth DevonSouth West100%
233 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England100%
233 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon100%
233 jointRochfordEast of England100%
233 jointRunnymedeSouth East100%
233 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands100%
233 jointRutlandEast Midlands100%
233 jointSevenoaksSouth East100%
233 jointSouth HamsSouth West100%
233 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England100%
233 jointSt AlbansEast of England100%
233 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands100%
233 jointSurrey HeathSouth East100%
233 jointTandridgeSouth East100%
233 jointTewkesburySouth West100%
233 jointThree RiversEast of England100%
233 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East100%
233 jointWandsworthLondon100%
233 jointWatfordEast of England100%
233 jointWaverleySouth East100%
233 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England100%
233 jointWestminsterLondon100%
233 jointWinchesterSouth East100%
233 jointWokingSouth East100%
233 jointWorcesterWest Midlands100%
233 jointWorthingSouth East100%
233 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber100%

Not in this list

  • Adur, City of London, Isles of Scilly, Maldon and West Devon. Too few state secondary schools in them have been inspected for a share.
  • Northern Ireland. Ofsted inspects schools in England only. Northern Ireland has its own inspectorate, which reports on schools differently.
  • Scotland. Ofsted inspects schools in England only. Scotland has its own inspectorate, which reports on schools differently.
  • Wales. Ofsted inspects schools in England only. Wales has its own inspectorate, which reports on schools differently.

Ofsted, state funded schools, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026 · latest inspections as at 30 September 2026 · fetched 16 October 2026 · How this is measured

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