Early learning goals at the expected level per child by council, England

The average number of the 17 early learning goals at which children were at the expected level at the end of reception in each of England's 153 councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

14.43

2025/26

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC

Goals at the expected level per child

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

In order

Ranked by the hub Goals at the expected level per child

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 =.

1City of London15.83
2Richmond upon Thames15.64
3Isles of Scilly15.62
4Wokingham15.44
5Surrey15.24
6Kingston upon Thames15.23
7North Somerset15.16
8Windsor and Maidenhead15.15
9Bath and North East Somerset15.14
=10Buckinghamshire15.10
=10Hampshire15.10
=10Rutland15.10
=13South Gloucestershire15.07
=13West Berkshire15.07
15Trafford15.06
16Dorset15.05
17Oxfordshire15.02
=18Bracknell Forest15.01
=18North Yorkshire15.01
20Wiltshire14.95
21Hammersmith and Fulham14.93
22Bromley14.92
23Gloucestershire14.91
=24Cornwall14.89
=24Solihull14.89
=24Wandsworth14.89
27Devon14.84
28Bristol, City of14.83
29Milton Keynes14.82
=30Shropshire14.80
=30Waltham Forest14.80
=32Hertfordshire14.79
=32West Sussex14.79
34Somerset14.78
35Westmorland and Furness14.77
36Leicestershire14.76
37Cheshire East14.72
38Southend-on-Sea14.71
=39East Riding of Yorkshire14.69
=39East Sussex14.69
=39Essex14.69
=39Kent14.69
=39Lewisham14.69
=39Merton14.69
45Cambridgeshire14.68
46Bexley14.67
47Worcestershire14.66
=48Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole14.65
=48Stockport14.65
=50Haringey14.64
=50West Northamptonshire14.64
=52Brighton and Hove14.61
=52Norfolk14.61
=54Barnet14.60
=54Lambeth14.60
=56Torbay14.58
=56York14.58
=58Herefordshire, County of14.56
=58Warrington14.56
60Croydon14.55
=61Central Bedfordshire14.53
=61Ealing14.53
=63Derbyshire14.52
=63Gateshead14.52
=63Staffordshire14.52
=66Hackney14.51
=66Northumberland14.51
=68Lincolnshire14.50
=68Reading14.50
70Harrow14.49
=71Cumberland14.47
=71Medway14.47
=71Nottinghamshire14.47
=71Westminster14.47
75Sutton14.46
=76Cheshire West and Chester14.45
=76Warwickshire14.45
=78Greenwich14.42
=78Isle of Wight14.42
=78Thurrock14.42
81Wakefield14.41
=82Hillingdon14.40
=82Redbridge14.40
=82Swindon14.40
85North East Lincolnshire14.38
86Suffolk14.37
=87Plymouth14.36
=87Telford and Wrekin14.36
=89Camden14.34
=89Kensington and Chelsea14.34
=89North Northamptonshire14.34
=89North Tyneside14.34
93Slough14.30
=94North Lincolnshire14.28
=94Sefton14.28
=96Bury14.27
=96Havering14.27
98Portsmouth14.24
99Newcastle upon Tyne14.22
100Brent14.21
101Barnsley14.20
=102Hounslow14.19
=102South Tyneside14.19
=102Stockton-on-Tees14.19
=105Kirklees14.18
=105Southwark14.18
=107Rotherham14.13
=107Wirral14.13
109Lancashire14.12
=110Doncaster14.10
=110Sheffield14.10
112Barking and Dagenham14.09
113County Durham14.08
114Islington14.07
115Newham14.06
116Bedford14.05
117Leeds14.04
=118Darlington14.03
=118Enfield14.03
120Sunderland13.98
=121Peterborough13.94
=121St. Helens13.94
123Southampton13.93
124Salford13.92
125Calderdale13.91
=126Liverpool13.90
=126Wigan13.90
=128Luton13.89
=128Walsall13.89
=130Halton13.88
=130Tameside13.88
132Derby13.87
133Dudley13.86
=134Kingston upon Hull, City of13.84
=134Redcar and Cleveland13.84
136Leicester13.82
137Knowsley13.81
138Nottingham13.78
139Tower Hamlets13.74
140Birmingham13.71
141Blackburn with Darwen13.70
142Rochdale13.67
=143Bradford13.63
=143Oldham13.63
=145Bolton13.58
=145Coventry13.58
147Blackpool13.56
148Stoke-on-Trent13.55
149Wolverhampton13.41
150Hartlepool13.36
151Sandwell13.33
152Middlesbrough13.31
153Manchester13.29

Data table

163 rows

Area	Goals at the expected level per child
City of London E09000001	15.83
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	15.64
Isles of Scilly E06000053	15.62
Wokingham E06000041	15.44
Surrey E10000030	15.24
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	15.23
North Somerset E06000024	15.16
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	15.15
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	15.14
Hampshire E10000014	15.10
Buckinghamshire E06000060	15.10
Rutland E06000017	15.10
West Berkshire E06000037	15.07
South Gloucestershire E06000025	15.07
Trafford E08000009	15.06
Dorset E06000059	15.05
Oxfordshire E10000025	15.02
North Yorkshire E06000065	15.01
Bracknell Forest E06000036	15.01
Wiltshire E06000054	14.95
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	14.93
Bromley E09000006	14.92
Gloucestershire E10000013	14.91
Wandsworth E09000032	14.89
Solihull E08000029	14.89
Cornwall E06000052	14.89
Devon E10000008	14.84
Bristol, City of E06000023	14.83
Milton Keynes E06000042	14.82
Waltham Forest E09000031	14.80
Shropshire E06000051	14.80
Hertfordshire E10000015	14.79
West Sussex E10000032	14.79
Somerset E06000066	14.78
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	14.77
Leicestershire E10000018	14.76
Cheshire East E06000049	14.72
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	14.71
East Sussex E10000011	14.69
Merton E09000024	14.69
Kent E10000016	14.69
Essex E10000012	14.69
Lewisham E09000023	14.69
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	14.69
Cambridgeshire E10000003	14.68
Bexley E09000004	14.67
Worcestershire E10000034	14.66
Stockport E08000007	14.65
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	14.65
West Northamptonshire E06000062	14.64
Haringey E09000014	14.64
Norfolk E10000020	14.61
Brighton and Hove E06000043	14.61
Barnet E09000003	14.60
Lambeth E09000022	14.60
Torbay E06000027	14.58
York E06000014	14.58
Warrington E06000007	14.56
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	14.56
Croydon E09000008	14.55
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	14.53
Ealing E09000009	14.53
Staffordshire E10000028	14.52
Derbyshire E10000007	14.52
Gateshead E08000037	14.52
Hackney E09000012	14.51
Northumberland E06000057	14.51
Reading E06000038	14.50
Lincolnshire E10000019	14.50
Harrow E09000015	14.49
Cumberland E06000063	14.47
Westminster E09000033	14.47
Nottinghamshire E10000024	14.47
Medway E06000035	14.47
Sutton E09000029	14.46
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	14.45
Warwickshire E10000031	14.45
Isle of Wight E06000046	14.42
Thurrock E06000034	14.42
Greenwich E09000011	14.42
Wakefield E08000036	14.41
Redbridge E09000026	14.40
Swindon E06000030	14.40
Hillingdon E09000017	14.40
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	14.38
Suffolk E10000029	14.37
Plymouth E06000026	14.36
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	14.36
North Northamptonshire E06000061	14.34
North Tyneside E08000022	14.34
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	14.34
Camden E09000007	14.34
Slough E06000039	14.30
North Lincolnshire E06000013	14.28
Sefton E08000014	14.28
Bury E08000002	14.27
Havering E09000016	14.27
Portsmouth E06000044	14.24
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	14.22
Brent E09000005	14.21
Barnsley E08000038	14.20
Hounslow E09000018	14.19
South Tyneside E08000023	14.19
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	14.19
Southwark E09000028	14.18
Kirklees E08000034	14.18
Rotherham E08000018	14.13
Wirral E08000015	14.13
Lancashire E10000017	14.12
Sheffield E08000039	14.10
Doncaster E08000017	14.10
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	14.09
County Durham E06000047	14.08
Islington E09000019	14.07
Newham E09000025	14.06
Bedford E06000055	14.05
Leeds E08000035	14.04
Enfield E09000010	14.03
Darlington E06000005	14.03
Sunderland E08000024	13.98
St. Helens E08000013	13.94
Peterborough E06000031	13.94
Southampton E06000045	13.93
Salford E08000006	13.92
Calderdale E08000033	13.91
Wigan E08000010	13.90
Liverpool E08000012	13.90
Luton E06000032	13.89
Walsall E08000030	13.89
Halton E06000006	13.88
Tameside E08000008	13.88
Derby E06000015	13.87
Dudley E08000027	13.86
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	13.84
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	13.84
Leicester E06000016	13.82
Knowsley E08000011	13.81
Nottingham E06000018	13.78
Tower Hamlets E09000030	13.74
Birmingham E08000025	13.71
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	13.70
Rochdale E08000005	13.67
Bradford E08000032	13.63
Oldham E08000004	13.63
Coventry E08000026	13.58
Bolton E08000001	13.58
Blackpool E06000009	13.56
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	13.55
Wolverhampton E08000031	13.41
Hartlepool E06000001	13.36
Sandwell E08000028	13.33
Middlesbrough E06000002	13.31
Manchester E08000003	13.29
North East	14.11
North West	14.06
Yorkshire and The Humber	14.20
East Midlands	14.40
West Midlands	14.07
East of England	14.56
London	14.47
South East	14.87
South West	14.84
England	14.43

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Goals at the expected level per child · 132 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

13.29 to 13.90
13.90 to 14.22
14.22 to 14.49
14.49 to 14.80
14.80 to 15.83

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, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC; 163 of 163 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	163 of 163 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	163 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	163 of 163 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 62 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); no sum can show one council's figure filed under another's code: only the CSV's agreement, and another publication where there is one, bear on that
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.