Early years foundation stage profile results by council, England

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

England

576,725

2025/26 · Children assessed

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:21 UTC

Early years foundation stage profile results by council, England

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

Data table

163 rows

Area	Children assessed	Good level of development	Expected level in every goal	Expected level in communication, language and literacy	Expected level in no goal
Kent E10000016	17,242	12,752	12,619	12,943	754
Essex E10000012	16,107	11,898	11,731	12,082	632
Hampshire E10000014	13,966	10,633	10,509	10,865	375
Birmingham E08000025	13,467	9,286	9,063	9,404	980
Hertfordshire E10000015	13,122	9,708	9,472	9,893	412
Lancashire E10000017	12,674	8,887	8,701	9,056	732
Surrey E10000030	12,456	9,606	9,511	9,805	276
Staffordshire E10000028	8,958	6,621	6,496	6,739	436
West Sussex E10000032	8,779	6,334	6,232	6,457	257
Leeds E08000035	8,617	5,913	5,810	6,014	382
Nottinghamshire E10000024	8,574	6,150	6,027	6,248	359
Norfolk E10000020	7,896	5,640	5,561	5,781	230
Derbyshire E10000007	7,379	5,292	5,149	5,376	316
Oxfordshire E10000025	7,181	5,407	5,340	5,501	185
Leicestershire E10000018	7,173	5,328	5,235	5,422	286
Devon E10000008	7,035	5,172	5,111	5,298	225
Lincolnshire E10000019	6,979	5,019	4,933	5,115	292
Suffolk E10000029	6,941	4,871	4,782	4,956	314
Cambridgeshire E10000003	6,629	4,801	4,720	4,901	205
Warwickshire E10000031	6,473	4,658	4,595	4,747	283
Bradford E08000032	6,459	4,333	4,177	4,374	384
Manchester E08000003	6,095	3,987	3,855	4,045	412
Buckinghamshire E06000060	6,006	4,591	4,514	4,670	185
Gloucestershire E10000013	5,980	4,363	4,289	4,497	160
Worcestershire E10000034	5,708	4,171	4,100	4,257	217
Sheffield E08000039	5,490	3,743	3,690	3,823	235
North Yorkshire E06000065	5,410	4,121	4,052	4,199	173
Somerset E06000066	5,220	3,881	3,816	3,974	175
Liverpool E08000012	5,085	3,455	3,390	3,514	288
Cornwall E06000052	4,972	3,745	3,670	3,836	143
East Sussex E10000011	4,795	3,529	3,461	3,579	146
Wiltshire E06000054	4,773	3,596	3,542	3,687	175
County Durham E06000047	4,772	3,342	3,241	3,393	276
Kirklees E08000034	4,707	3,312	3,208	3,369	241
West Northamptonshire E06000062	4,682	3,431	3,365	3,499	182
Bristol, City of E06000023	4,526	3,345	3,290	3,418	147
Sandwell E08000028	4,233	2,857	2,764	2,884	360
Croydon E09000008	4,177	3,093	3,053	3,145	176
Coventry E08000026	4,165	2,829	2,786	2,877	307
Newham E09000025	4,124	3,048	2,962	3,082	320
Leicester E06000016	4,075	2,866	2,784	2,919	267
Cheshire East E06000049	3,992	2,958	2,886	3,010	151
Wakefield E08000036	3,913	2,952	2,824	2,994	211
North Northamptonshire E06000061	3,871	2,740	2,657	2,793	163
Redbridge E09000026	3,840	2,856	2,797	2,888	218
Barnet E09000003	3,734	2,755	2,715	2,800	153
Ealing E09000009	3,713	2,730	2,673	2,766	151
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	3,658	2,609	2,575	2,657	152
Bolton E08000001	3,656	2,473	2,407	2,503	250
Wigan E08000010	3,652	2,512	2,441	2,542	226
Bromley E09000006	3,639	2,800	2,768	2,849	128
Hillingdon E09000017	3,594	2,630	2,575	2,673	178
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	3,561	2,649	2,591	2,685	129
Walsall E08000030	3,538	2,499	2,417	2,526	224
Milton Keynes E06000042	3,534	2,700	2,649	2,732	150
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	3,514	2,534	2,493	2,577	152
Dudley E08000027	3,473	2,399	2,317	2,429	252
Doncaster E08000017	3,424	2,460	2,420	2,480	222
Enfield E09000010	3,424	2,439	2,358	2,476	186
Brent E09000005	3,353	2,420	2,369	2,441	180
Medway E06000035	3,303	2,410	2,377	2,434	150
Wolverhampton E08000031	3,292	2,233	2,159	2,259	282
South Gloucestershire E06000025	3,261	2,517	2,469	2,553	96
Stockport E08000007	3,217	2,346	2,300	2,391	117
Havering E09000016	3,195	2,279	2,210	2,295	136
Oldham E08000004	3,159	2,145	2,076	2,171	200
Waltham Forest E09000031	3,158	2,440	2,415	2,475	121
Nottingham E06000018	3,110	2,111	2,065	2,129	177
Derby E06000015	3,103	2,151	2,102	2,184	206
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	3,101	2,253	2,214	2,277	187
Wirral E08000015	3,069	2,160	2,109	2,197	151
Salford E08000006	3,063	2,039	1,986	2,076	158
Luton E06000032	3,058	2,132	2,043	2,154	171
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	3,036	2,163	2,102	2,223	103
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	3,005	2,116	2,073	2,136	165
Rotherham E08000018	3,000	2,136	2,110	2,175	172
Dorset E06000059	2,998	2,246	2,221	2,293	80
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	2,996	2,073	1,998	2,087	224
Tower Hamlets E09000030	2,994	2,115	2,070	2,134	272
Hounslow E09000018	2,959	2,156	2,077	2,183	149
Harrow E09000015	2,915	2,162	2,117	2,184	109
Greenwich E09000011	2,912	2,203	2,175	2,223	173
Lewisham E09000023	2,910	2,201	2,181	2,222	123
Northumberland E06000057	2,895	2,081	2,062	2,131	130
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	2,892	2,007	1,898	2,035	163
Shropshire E06000051	2,828	2,048	2,040	2,102	96
Sunderland E08000024	2,813	1,999	1,977	2,026	201
Rochdale E08000005	2,791	1,837	1,794	1,874	168
Bexley E09000004	2,771	2,093	2,061	2,121	122
Sefton E08000014	2,697	1,892	1,854	1,932	129
Peterborough E06000031	2,679	1,876	1,793	1,901	159
Haringey E09000014	2,647	1,985	1,963	2,016	115
Swindon E06000030	2,616	1,909	1,857	1,947	115
Cumberland E06000063	2,583	1,836	1,799	1,899	106
Trafford E08000009	2,580	1,946	1,920	2,002	74
Tameside E08000008	2,539	1,701	1,664	1,733	128
Barnsley E08000038	2,531	1,862	1,825	1,876	122
Wandsworth E09000032	2,481	1,880	1,869	1,917	103
Hackney E09000012	2,460	1,738	1,716	1,773	126
Southampton E06000045	2,456	1,719	1,687	1,734	143
Southwark E09000028	2,454	1,814	1,801	1,834	144
Plymouth E06000026	2,416	1,736	1,705	1,771	112
Solihull E08000029	2,393	1,801	1,773	1,840	90
Lambeth E09000022	2,280	1,670	1,654	1,714	87
Thurrock E06000034	2,278	1,662	1,648	1,679	118
Bedford E06000055	2,266	1,612	1,558	1,638	120
Sutton E09000029	2,256	1,641	1,603	1,663	102
Calderdale E08000033	2,198	1,495	1,462	1,521	157
North Somerset E06000024	2,192	1,704	1,689	1,734	70
Brighton and Hove E06000043	2,114	1,507	1,484	1,548	80
Warrington E06000007	2,103	1,557	1,509	1,587	94
Slough E06000039	2,089	1,538	1,511	1,554	121
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	2,085	1,688	1,656	1,726	41
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	2,071	1,467	1,432	1,487	101
Bury E08000002	2,065	1,430	1,394	1,468	79
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	2,063	1,481	1,460	1,503	98
North Tyneside E08000022	2,060	1,485	1,441	1,516	85
Portsmouth E06000044	2,048	1,445	1,419	1,462	82
Wokingham E06000041	1,978	1,578	1,561	1,606	47
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	1,954	1,353	1,320	1,370	139
Merton E09000024	1,935	1,457	1,447	1,474	77
Gateshead E08000037	1,915	1,336	1,320	1,370	85
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	1,867	1,397	1,376	1,415	87
St. Helens E08000013	1,861	1,296	1,262	1,319	116
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	1,836	1,323	1,295	1,371	54
Knowsley E08000011	1,805	1,224	1,205	1,230	112
Middlesbrough E06000002	1,795	1,189	1,146	1,200	158
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	1,770	1,351	1,333	1,381	43
Reading E06000038	1,687	1,222	1,202	1,234	66
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	1,681	1,222	1,201	1,249	81
North Lincolnshire E06000013	1,634	1,160	1,145	1,179	95
West Berkshire E06000037	1,615	1,209	1,192	1,241	44
York E06000014	1,602	1,179	1,158	1,193	66
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	1,550	1,101	1,085	1,112	64
Islington E09000019	1,540	1,088	1,064	1,108	91
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	1,540	1,174	1,167	1,199	54
South Tyneside E08000023	1,509	1,069	1,042	1,088	69
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	1,493	1,104	1,084	1,131	29
Blackpool E06000009	1,481	976	951	992	98
Bracknell Forest E06000036	1,407	1,050	1,036	1,072	49
Camden E09000007	1,330	984	975	1,003	66
Halton E06000006	1,291	848	830	865	63
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	1,282	980	967	1,005	46
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	1,230	863	842	875	70
Darlington E06000005	1,089	764	741	782	63
Torbay E06000027	1,060	770	760	781	35
Isle of Wight E06000046	1,058	762	746	778	47
Hartlepool E06000001	986	674	659	681	90
Westminster E09000033	966	717	703	736	51
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	898	632	625	643	46
Rutland E06000017	312	242	238	248	7
City of London E09000001	58	47	45	48	0
Isles of Scilly E06000053	21	17	17	17	0
North East	26,140	18,385	17,976	18,685	1,493
North West	78,762	54,715	53,441	55,724	4,197
Yorkshire and The Humber	56,463	39,937	38,966	40,567	2,790
East Midlands	49,258	35,330	34,555	35,933	2,255
West Midlands	65,268	46,178	45,169	46,903	3,930
East of England	66,501	48,206	47,259	49,057	2,600
London	86,725	64,168	63,045	65,093	4,231
South East	95,207	71,096	70,134	72,346	3,186
South West	52,401	39,001	38,360	39,872	1,705
England	576,725	417,016	408,905	424,180	26,387

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Children assessed · 132 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

21 to 1,795
1,795 to 2,456
2,456 to 3,036
3,036 to 3,713
3,713 to 13k

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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Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:21 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:21 UTC; 815 of 815 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:16Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	815 of 815 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	815 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	815 of 815 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2025/26 ended 61 days before retrieval (limit 550)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	1650 of 1650 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.1's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019ac0fb-e082-7202-871f-439d6d036893/csv?dataSetVersion=1.1, 165 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	50 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 50 within the rounding the DfE states (50 exactly)
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	660 of 660 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states
Pass	Each region's and England's average is its parts' weighted by their counts	10 of 10 averages of a region or England are their parts' weighted by their counts, within half the last place of each as written
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results – HTTP 200

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.