Good level of development at the end of reception by council, England

The share of children with a good level of development at the end of reception in each of England's 153 councils with education duties, and at the expected level in every goal, in communication and language and literacy and in none, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

72.31%

2025/26 · Good level of development

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC

Good level of development at the end of reception by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

Data table

163 rows

Area	Good level of development	Expected level in every goal	Expected level in communication, language and literacy	Expected level in no goal
City of London E09000001	81.03%	77.59%	82.76%	0.0%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	80.96%	79.42%	82.78%	1.97%
Isles of Scilly E06000053	80.95%	80.95%	80.95%	0.0%
Wokingham E06000041	79.78%	78.92%	81.19%	2.38%
North Somerset E06000024	77.74%	77.05%	79.11%	3.19%
Rutland E06000017	77.56%	76.28%	79.49%	2.24%
Waltham Forest E09000031	77.26%	76.47%	78.37%	3.83%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	77.18%	75.71%	78.29%	2.94%
Surrey E10000030	77.12%	76.36%	78.72%	2.22%
Bromley E09000006	76.94%	76.06%	78.29%	3.52%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	76.44%	75.43%	78.39%	3.59%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	76.44%	75.16%	77.76%	3.08%
Milton Keynes E06000042	76.40%	74.96%	77.31%	4.24%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	76.33%	75.31%	78.02%	2.43%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	76.23%	75.78%	77.86%	3.51%
North Yorkshire E06000065	76.17%	74.90%	77.62%	3.20%
Hampshire E10000014	76.13%	75.25%	77.80%	2.69%
Wandsworth E09000032	75.78%	75.33%	77.27%	4.15%
Greenwich E09000011	75.65%	74.69%	76.34%	5.94%
Lewisham E09000023	75.64%	74.95%	76.36%	4.23%
Bexley E09000004	75.53%	74.38%	76.54%	4.40%
Wakefield E08000036	75.44%	72.17%	76.51%	5.39%
Trafford E08000009	75.43%	74.42%	77.60%	2.87%
Wiltshire E06000054	75.34%	74.21%	77.25%	3.67%
Cornwall E06000052	75.32%	73.81%	77.15%	2.88%
Merton E09000024	75.30%	74.78%	76.18%	3.98%
Oxfordshire E10000025	75.30%	74.36%	76.60%	2.58%
Solihull E08000029	75.26%	74.09%	76.89%	3.76%
Haringey E09000014	74.99%	74.16%	76.16%	4.34%
Dorset E06000059	74.92%	74.08%	76.48%	2.67%
West Berkshire E06000037	74.86%	73.81%	76.84%	2.72%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	74.83%	73.70%	75.79%	4.66%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	74.63%	73.63%	76.19%	3.48%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	74.39%	72.76%	75.40%	3.62%
Redbridge E09000026	74.38%	72.84%	75.21%	5.68%
Somerset E06000066	74.35%	73.10%	76.13%	3.35%
Leicestershire E10000018	74.28%	72.98%	75.59%	3.99%
Westminster E09000033	74.22%	72.77%	76.19%	5.28%
Harrow E09000015	74.17%	72.62%	74.92%	3.74%
Cheshire East E06000049	74.10%	72.29%	75.40%	3.78%
Croydon E09000008	74.05%	73.09%	75.29%	4.21%
Warrington E06000007	74.04%	71.75%	75.46%	4.47%
Camden E09000007	73.98%	73.31%	75.41%	4.96%
Hertfordshire E10000015	73.98%	72.18%	75.39%	3.14%
Kent E10000016	73.96%	73.19%	75.07%	4.37%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	73.95%	72.61%	75.75%	1.94%
Southwark E09000028	73.92%	73.39%	74.74%	5.87%
Staffordshire E10000028	73.91%	72.52%	75.23%	4.87%
Newham E09000025	73.91%	71.82%	74.73%	7.76%
Bristol, City of E06000023	73.91%	72.69%	75.52%	3.25%
Essex E10000012	73.87%	72.83%	75.01%	3.92%
Barnet E09000003	73.78%	72.71%	74.99%	4.10%
Slough E06000039	73.62%	72.33%	74.39%	5.79%
East Sussex E10000011	73.60%	72.18%	74.64%	3.04%
York E06000014	73.60%	72.28%	74.47%	4.12%
Barnsley E08000038	73.57%	72.11%	74.12%	4.82%
Ealing E09000009	73.53%	71.99%	74.50%	4.07%
Devon E10000008	73.52%	72.65%	75.31%	3.20%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	73.28%	71.87%	74.73%	3.89%
Lambeth E09000022	73.25%	72.54%	75.18%	3.82%
Hillingdon E09000017	73.18%	71.65%	74.37%	4.95%
Worcestershire E10000034	73.07%	71.83%	74.58%	3.80%
Swindon E06000030	72.97%	70.99%	74.43%	4.40%
Medway E06000035	72.96%	71.96%	73.69%	4.54%
Gloucestershire E10000013	72.96%	71.72%	75.20%	2.68%
Thurrock E06000034	72.96%	72.34%	73.71%	5.18%
Stockport E08000007	72.93%	71.50%	74.32%	3.64%
Hounslow E09000018	72.86%	70.19%	73.77%	5.04%
Sutton E09000029	72.74%	71.05%	73.71%	4.52%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	72.69%	71.45%	74.30%	4.82%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	72.65%	71.40%	73.43%	6.03%
Torbay E06000027	72.64%	71.70%	73.68%	3.30%
Reading E06000038	72.44%	71.25%	73.15%	3.91%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	72.42%	71.20%	73.93%	3.09%
Shropshire E06000051	72.42%	72.14%	74.33%	3.39%
Brent E09000005	72.17%	70.65%	72.80%	5.37%
West Sussex E10000032	72.15%	70.99%	73.55%	2.93%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	72.11%	70.94%	73.34%	4.33%
North Tyneside E08000022	72.09%	69.95%	73.59%	4.13%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	72.06%	70.53%	74.67%	2.94%
Isle of Wight E06000046	72.02%	70.51%	73.53%	4.44%
Warwickshire E10000031	71.96%	70.99%	73.34%	4.37%
Lincolnshire E10000019	71.92%	70.68%	73.29%	4.18%
Northumberland E06000057	71.88%	71.23%	73.61%	4.49%
Plymouth E06000026	71.85%	70.57%	73.30%	4.64%
Doncaster E08000017	71.85%	70.68%	72.43%	6.48%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	71.79%	70.77%	72.86%	4.75%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	71.73%	70.29%	72.87%	4.19%
Derbyshire E10000007	71.72%	69.78%	72.86%	4.28%
Norfolk E10000020	71.43%	70.43%	73.21%	2.91%
Havering E09000016	71.33%	69.17%	71.83%	4.26%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	71.32%	70.39%	72.64%	4.16%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	71.29%	70.20%	73.23%	3.78%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	71.25%	69.24%	73.22%	3.39%
Enfield E09000010	71.23%	68.87%	72.31%	5.43%
Rotherham E08000018	71.2%	70.33%	72.5%	5.73%
Bedford E06000055	71.14%	68.76%	72.29%	5.30%
Cumberland E06000063	71.08%	69.65%	73.52%	4.10%
Sunderland E08000024	71.06%	70.28%	72.02%	7.15%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	71.03%	70.0%	71.74%	4.13%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	70.99%	70.07%	72.15%	5.81%
South Tyneside E08000023	70.84%	69.05%	72.10%	4.57%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	70.84%	69.15%	71.80%	4.88%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	70.78%	68.64%	72.15%	4.21%
Hackney E09000012	70.65%	69.76%	72.07%	5.12%
Islington E09000019	70.65%	69.09%	71.95%	5.91%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	70.64%	69.14%	71.28%	9.08%
Walsall E08000030	70.63%	68.32%	71.40%	6.33%
Portsmouth E06000044	70.56%	69.29%	71.39%	4.00%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	70.42%	68.99%	71.08%	5.49%
Wirral E08000015	70.38%	68.72%	71.59%	4.92%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	70.38%	69.60%	71.60%	5.12%
Kirklees E08000034	70.36%	68.15%	71.57%	5.12%
Leicester E06000016	70.33%	68.32%	71.63%	6.55%
Suffolk E10000029	70.18%	68.89%	71.40%	4.52%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	70.16%	68.46%	71.14%	5.69%
Darlington E06000005	70.16%	68.04%	71.81%	5.79%
Sefton E08000014	70.15%	68.74%	71.64%	4.78%
Lancashire E10000017	70.12%	68.65%	71.45%	5.78%
County Durham E06000047	70.03%	67.92%	71.10%	5.78%
Peterborough E06000031	70.03%	66.93%	70.96%	5.94%
Southampton E06000045	69.99%	68.69%	70.60%	5.82%
Gateshead E08000037	69.77%	68.93%	71.54%	4.44%
Luton E06000032	69.72%	66.81%	70.44%	5.59%
St. Helens E08000013	69.64%	67.81%	70.88%	6.23%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	69.40%	65.63%	70.37%	5.64%
Derby E06000015	69.32%	67.74%	70.38%	6.64%
Bury E08000002	69.25%	67.51%	71.09%	3.83%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	69.24%	67.55%	70.11%	7.11%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	69.19%	66.69%	69.66%	7.48%
Dudley E08000027	69.08%	66.71%	69.94%	7.26%
Birmingham E08000025	68.95%	67.30%	69.83%	7.28%
Wigan E08000010	68.78%	66.84%	69.61%	6.19%
Leeds E08000035	68.62%	67.42%	69.79%	4.43%
Hartlepool E06000001	68.36%	66.84%	69.07%	9.13%
Sheffield E08000039	68.18%	67.21%	69.64%	4.28%
Calderdale E08000033	68.02%	66.52%	69.20%	7.14%
Liverpool E08000012	67.94%	66.67%	69.11%	5.66%
Coventry E08000026	67.92%	66.89%	69.08%	7.37%
Oldham E08000004	67.90%	65.72%	68.72%	6.33%
Nottingham E06000018	67.88%	66.40%	68.46%	5.69%
Wolverhampton E08000031	67.83%	65.58%	68.62%	8.57%
Knowsley E08000011	67.81%	66.76%	68.14%	6.20%
Bolton E08000001	67.64%	65.84%	68.46%	6.84%
Sandwell E08000028	67.49%	65.30%	68.13%	8.50%
Bradford E08000032	67.08%	64.67%	67.72%	5.95%
Tameside E08000008	66.99%	65.54%	68.26%	5.04%
Salford E08000006	66.57%	64.84%	67.78%	5.16%
Middlesbrough E06000002	66.24%	63.84%	66.85%	8.80%
Blackpool E06000009	65.90%	64.21%	66.98%	6.62%
Rochdale E08000005	65.82%	64.28%	67.14%	6.02%
Halton E06000006	65.69%	64.29%	67.00%	4.88%
Manchester E08000003	65.41%	63.25%	66.37%	6.76%
North East	70.33%	68.77%	71.48%	5.71%
North West	69.47%	67.85%	70.75%	5.33%
Yorkshire and The Humber	70.73%	69.01%	71.85%	4.94%
East Midlands	71.72%	70.15%	72.95%	4.58%
West Midlands	70.75%	69.21%	71.86%	6.02%
East of England	72.49%	71.07%	73.77%	3.91%
London	73.99%	72.70%	75.06%	4.88%
South East	74.68%	73.66%	75.99%	3.35%
South West	74.43%	73.20%	76.09%	3.25%
England	72.31%	70.90%	73.55%	4.58%

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Good level of development · 132 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

65.41% to 69.32%
69.32% to 71.08%
71.08% to 72.96%
72.96% to 74.99%
74.99% to 81.03%

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Notes

Children assessed at the end of the reception year against the 17 early learning goals: a good level of development where a child is at the expected level in the goals of the prime areas and of literacy and mathematics, as the DfE defines it.
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE's methodology: “Percentages and averages are unrounded in the underlying data sets” The DfE gives them to six decimal places, and the hub keeps them so.

Good level of development at the end of reception by council, England

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