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Best schools by local authority

Pick a local authority to see its schools ranked by overall score, with Progress 8, Attainment 8, attendance and value for money.

162

Local authorities

25,706

Open schools

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Ranking methods

Local-authority hubs

Largest local authorities first.

Kent (716)Lancashire (703)Hampshire (623)Essex (612)Hertfordshire (589)Surrey (529)Birmingham (513)Norfolk (463)Derbyshire (457)Staffordshire (456)

Lincolnshire (397)

North Yorkshire (386)

Nottinghamshire (374)

Oxfordshire (370)

Gloucestershire (341)

West Sussex (339)

Does not apply (331)

Leicestershire (328)

Cambridgeshire (313)

Warwickshire (286)

County Durham (282)

Worcestershire (277)

Buckinghamshire (274)

Wiltshire (266)

Manchester (224)

East Sussex (221)

West Northamptonshire (209)

Sheffield (196)

Liverpool (191)

Shropshire (187)

Cheshire East (181)

Cheshire West and Chester (181)

Cumberland (180)

Northumberland (175)

Bristol, City of (174)

Westmorland and Furness (162)

East Riding of Yorkshire (160)

Wakefield (159)

North Northamptonshire (154)

Doncaster (145)

Leicester (142)

Stockport (137)

Central Bedfordshire (135)

Rotherham (128)

Wolverhampton (126)

Milton Keynes (125)

South Gloucestershire (125)

Sunderland (125)

Southwark (122)

Nottingham (119)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (117)

Calderdale (115)

Herefordshire, County of (115)

Stoke-on-Trent (115)

Tower Hamlets (115)

Wandsworth (114)

Hillingdon (112)

Newcastle upon Tyne (112)

Greenwich (108)

Kingston upon Hull, City of (107)

West Berkshire (101)

Warrington (97)

Bath and North East Somerset (94)

North Lincolnshire (94)

Westminster (93)

Peterborough (90)

Blackburn with Darwen (89)

Stockton-on-Tees (89)

Telford and Wrekin (88)

Waltham Forest (88)

Richmond upon Thames (86)

Southampton (86)

North Somerset (85)

Brighton and Hove (83)

Hammersmith and Fulham (83)

Windsor and Maidenhead (83)

North Tyneside (82)

St. Helens (80)

Kensington and Chelsea (75)

North East Lincolnshire (74)

Barking and Dagenham (68)

Portsmouth (67)

Kingston upon Thames (66)

Middlesbrough (66)

Redcar and Cleveland (65)

South Tyneside (64)

Southend-on-Sea (60)

Isle of Wight (51)

Darlington (48)

Bracknell Forest (46)

Hartlepool (43)

Jersey Offshore Establishments (42)

Isle of Man Offshore Establishments (39)

Guernsey Offshore Establishments (21)

Fieldwork Overseas Establishments (15)

Gibraltar Overseas Establishments (14)

BFPO Overseas Establishments (13)

City of London (9)

Scotland Offshore Establishments (7)

Isles Of Scilly (1)

Vale of Glamorgan (1)