Best schools by district & phase

Pick a district and a phase to see the top 20 schools by latest Ofsted graded judgements.

Adur

23 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Amber Valley

77 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Arun

48 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Ashfield

61 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Ashford

68 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Babergh

57 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Barking and Dagenham

77 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Barnet

178 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Barnsley

106 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Basildon

64 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Basingstoke and Deane

98 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bassetlaw

72 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bath and North East Somerset

105 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bedford

90 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Bexley

105 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Birmingham

547 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Blaby

36 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Blackburn with Darwen

103 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Blackpool

63 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bolsover

47 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Bolton

163 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Boston

34 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

137 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bracknell Forest

52 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bradford

272 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Braintree

72 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Breckland

77 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Brent

117 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Brentwood

36 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Brighton and Hove

99 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Bristol, City of

199 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Broadland

62 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bromley

126 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Bromsgrove

48 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Broxbourne

48 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Broxtowe

51 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Buckinghamshire

292 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Burnley

63 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Bury

100 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Calderdale

129 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Cambridge

68 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Camden

104 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Cannock Chase

43 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Canterbury

70 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Castle Point

35 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Central Bedfordshire

145 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Charnwood

87 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Chelmsford

90 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Cheltenham

56 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Cherwell

77 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Cheshire East

196 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Cheshire West and Chester

194 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Chesterfield

54 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Chichester

69 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Chorley

81 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

City of London

9 schools

Primary

Colchester

93 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Cornwall

336 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Cotswold

61 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

County Durham

296 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Coventry

144 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Crawley

38 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Croydon

176 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Cumberland

195 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Dacorum

90 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Darlington

54 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Dartford

49 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Derby

136 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Derbyshire Dales

67 schools

Nursery Primary Secondary

Doncaster

155 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Dorset

204 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Dover

70 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Dudley

138 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Ealing

141 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

East Cambridgeshire

44 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

East Devon

75 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

East Hampshire

65 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

East Hertfordshire

101 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

East Lindsey

89 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

East Riding of Yorkshire

178 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

East Staffordshire

63 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

East Suffolk

123 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Eastbourne

36 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Eastleigh

54 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Elmbridge

65 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Enfield

129 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Epping Forest

58 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Epsom and Ewell

36 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Erewash

54 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Exeter

60 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Fareham

52 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Fenland

52 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Folkestone and Hythe

56 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Forest of Dean

62 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Fylde

42 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Gateshead

104 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Gedling

64 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Gloucester

62 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Gosport

38 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Gravesham

49 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Great Yarmouth

45 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Greenwich

127 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Guildford

72 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hackney

122 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Halton

78 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hammersmith and Fulham

93 schools

16 plus Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Harborough

54 schools

Primary Secondary

Haringey

103 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Harlow

45 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Harrow

86 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hart

48 schools

Primary Secondary

Hartlepool

51 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Hastings

30 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Havant

58 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Havering

100 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Herefordshire, County of

120 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Hertsmere

70 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

High Peak

60 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hillingdon

129 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hinckley and Bosworth

64 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Horsham

66 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hounslow

100 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Huntingdonshire

83 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Hyndburn

54 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Ipswich

65 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Isle of Wight

59 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Isles of Scilly

2 schools

All-through

Islington

85 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Kensington and Chelsea

78 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

87 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Kingston upon Hull, City of

127 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Kingston upon Thames

75 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Kirklees

236 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Knowsley

75 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Lambeth

124 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Lancaster

84 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Leeds

366 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Leicester

159 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Lewes

40 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Lewisham

102 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Lichfield

62 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Lincoln

52 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Liverpool

222 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Luton

101 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Maidstone

79 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Maldon

25 schools

Primary Secondary

Malvern Hills

53 schools

Primary Secondary

Manchester

248 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Mansfield

58 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Medway

134 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Melton

36 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Merton

85 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Mid Devon

46 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Mid Suffolk

61 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Mid Sussex

67 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Middlesbrough

72 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Milton Keynes

144 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Mole Valley

49 schools

Middle deemed primary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

New Forest

95 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Newark and Sherwood

61 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Newcastle upon Tyne

130 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Newcastle-under-Lyme

66 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Newham

126 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North Devon

64 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

North East Derbyshire

54 schools

Primary Secondary

North East Lincolnshire

87 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North Hertfordshire

78 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North Kesteven

68 schools

Primary Secondary

North Lincolnshire

105 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

North Norfolk

65 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

North Northamptonshire

173 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North Somerset

98 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

North Tyneside

89 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North Warwickshire

38 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

North West Leicestershire

62 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

North Yorkshire

406 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Northumberland

194 schools

All-through Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Norwich

66 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Nottingham

136 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Nuneaton and Bedworth

58 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Oadby and Wigston

24 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Oldham

133 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Oxford

76 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Pendle

62 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Peterborough

98 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Plymouth

123 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Portsmouth

83 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Preston

91 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Reading

80 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Redbridge

116 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Redcar and Cleveland

76 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Redditch

43 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Reigate and Banstead

69 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Ribble Valley

47 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Richmond upon Thames

91 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Rochdale

120 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Rochford

32 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Rossendale

52 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Rother

53 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Rotherham

147 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Rugby

59 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Runnymede

46 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Rushcliffe

61 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Rushmoor

46 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Rutland

29 schools

Primary Secondary

Salford

145 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Sandwell

153 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Sefton

130 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Sevenoaks

69 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Sheffield

230 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Shropshire

201 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Slough

68 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Solihull

100 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Somerset

349 schools

All-through Middle deemed primary Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Cambridgeshire

91 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

South Derbyshire

59 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Gloucestershire

140 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Hams

59 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Holland

52 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Kesteven

83 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

South Norfolk

80 schools

Primary Secondary

South Oxfordshire

86 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

South Ribble

64 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Staffordshire

58 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

South Tyneside

76 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Southampton

100 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Southend-on-Sea

69 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Southwark

132 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Spelthorne

40 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

St Albans

89 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

St. Helens

87 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Stafford

67 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Staffordshire Moorlands

69 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Primary Secondary

Stevenage

43 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Stockport

141 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Stockton-on-Tees

99 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Stoke-on-Trent

132 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Stratford-on-Avon

77 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Stroud

92 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Sunderland

140 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Surrey Heath

42 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Sutton

88 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Swale

81 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Swindon

92 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tameside

123 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tamworth

38 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tandridge

52 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Teignbridge

76 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Telford and Wrekin

88 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Tendring

54 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Test Valley

69 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tewkesbury

50 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Thanet

68 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

Three Rivers

49 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Thurrock

71 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tonbridge and Malling

75 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Torbay

55 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Torridge

40 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tower Hamlets

146 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Trafford

117 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Tunbridge Wells

60 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Uttlesford

46 schools

All-through Primary Secondary

Vale of White Horse

74 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Wakefield

170 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Walsall

150 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Waltham Forest

103 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wandsworth

126 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Warrington

106 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Warwick

68 schools

All-through Nursery Primary Secondary

Watford

47 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Waverley

82 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wealden

73 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Welwyn Hatfield

63 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Berkshire

102 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Devon

39 schools

Primary Secondary

West Lancashire

80 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Lindsey

65 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Northamptonshire

232 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Oxfordshire

67 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

West Suffolk

88 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Westminster

112 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Westmorland and Furness

174 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wigan

163 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wiltshire

299 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Winchester

69 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Windsor and Maidenhead

94 schools

Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wirral

153 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Woking

46 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Wokingham

92 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wolverhampton

143 schools

All-through Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Worcester

44 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Worthing

39 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Wychavon

78 schools

Middle deemed primary Middle deemed secondary Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

Wyre

64 schools

Not applicable Primary Secondary

Wyre Forest

46 schools

All-through Not applicable Primary Secondary

York

83 schools

Not applicable Nursery Primary Secondary

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