England at a glance

Single-word ratings

14,895 settings, inspected before Nov 2025

  • Outstanding 2,224 15%
  • Good 12,581 84%
  • Requires Improvement 68 <1%
  • Inadequate 22 <1%

Report card grades

14,032 graded areas across 2,584 report cards

  • Exceptional 47 <1%
  • Strong Standard 4,672 33%
  • Expected Standard 7,912 56%
  • Needs Attention 1,133 8%
  • Urgent Improvement 268 2%

2,584 report cards published since Nov 2025. 9,293 settings not yet inspected.

By region

By local authority

152 authorities

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Inspection information is published by Ofsted and reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Little Bees is not affiliated with Ofsted. Grade descriptions are our plain-English summaries of where each grade sits against the standard, not Ofsted's own criteria.