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Attainment 8 in alternative provision by council, England

Provisional until the DfE's revised release each spring

The average Attainment 8 score of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in alternative provision in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

4.9

2025/26

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:20 UTC
Average Attainment 8 score
02468North East5.8North West4.8Yorkshire and The Humber4.4East Midlands4.3West Midlands4.6East of England4.6London6.4South East4.2South West4.7

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

In order

Ranked by the hub Average Attainment 8 score

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 =.

  1. 1Hammersmith and Fulham15.7
  2. 2Bedford15.2
  3. 3Lewisham14.4
  4. 4Barking and Dagenham12.6
  5. 5West Northamptonshire11.4
  6. 6Derby11.1
  7. 7Haringey10.8
  8. =8Kensington and Chelsea10.5
  9. =8Middlesbrough10.5
  10. 10Westminster10.4
  11. 11South Gloucestershire10.1
  12. 12Stockport10
  13. 13Tower Hamlets9.6
  14. =14Islington8.9
  15. =14Redbridge8.9
  16. 16Redcar and Cleveland8.8
  17. 17York8.5
  18. 18Gateshead8.3
  19. =19Newham7.4
  20. =19West Berkshire7.4
  21. =21Ealing7.3
  22. =21Medway7.3
  23. =23Cornwall7.2
  24. =23Slough7.2
  25. =25Barnet7
  26. =25Brent7
  27. =25Merton7
  28. =25Plymouth7
  29. =25Walsall7
  30. 30North Tyneside6.9
  31. 31Warrington6.8
  32. =32Blackburn with Darwen6.7
  33. =32County Durham6.7
  34. =32Hertfordshire6.7
  35. 35Salford6.5
  36. =36Birmingham6.4
  37. =36Cumberland6.4
  38. =36Luton6.4
  39. =36Torbay6.4
  40. 40Wandsworth6.3
  41. 41Westmorland and Furness6.2
  42. =42Kingston upon Hull, City of6.1
  43. =42Kingston upon Thames6.1
  44. 44Sheffield6
  45. 45Wokingham5.9
  46. 46Liverpool5.8
  47. =47Dorset5.6
  48. =47Isle of Wight5.6
  49. =47Southwark5.6
  50. =50Bristol, City of5.5
  51. =50North Somerset5.5
  52. =50Staffordshire5.5
  53. 53Manchester5.4
  54. =54Havering5.3
  55. =54Trafford5.3
  56. =54Windsor and Maidenhead5.3
  57. 57Rotherham5.1
  58. =58Buckinghamshire5
  59. =58Lancashire5
  60. =58West Sussex5
  61. =61Harrow4.8
  62. =61Herefordshire, County of4.8
  63. =61Shropshire4.8
  64. =64Bradford4.7
  65. =64Hackney4.7
  66. =64North Yorkshire4.7
  67. =67Oldham4.6
  68. =67Wirral4.6
  69. 69Calderdale4.5
  70. =70Brighton and Hove4.4
  71. =70Kirklees4.4
  72. =72Derbyshire4.3
  73. =72Essex4.3
  74. =72Swindon4.3
  75. =75Barnsley4.2
  76. =75Bromley4.2
  77. =75Nottingham4.2
  78. =75Solihull4.2
  79. =79Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4.1
  80. =79Camden4.1
  81. =79Cheshire East4.1
  82. =79Doncaster4.1
  83. =79East Sussex4.1
  84. =79Norfolk4.1
  85. =79North Lincolnshire4.1
  86. =79St. Helens4.1
  87. =79Thurrock4.1
  88. =79Waltham Forest4.1
  89. =79Worcestershire4.1
  90. =90Croydon3.9
  91. =90Darlington3.9
  92. 92Surrey3.8
  93. =93Bolton3.7
  94. =93Hampshire3.7
  95. =93Leeds3.7
  96. =93Telford and Wrekin3.7
  97. 97Greenwich3.6
  98. =98Leicestershire3.5
  99. =98Southend-on-Sea3.5
  100. =100Bury3.4
  101. =100Newcastle upon Tyne3.4
  102. 102Enfield3.3
  103. =103Hillingdon3.2
  104. =103Lambeth3.2
  105. =103Milton Keynes3.2
  106. =103Rochdale3.2
  107. =103Wigan3.2
  108. =103Wolverhampton3.2
  109. =109Cheshire West and Chester3.1
  110. =109Hartlepool3.1
  111. =111Central Bedfordshire3
  112. =111Sandwell3
  113. =111Somerset3
  114. =111Tameside3
  115. =115Bracknell Forest2.8
  116. =115Nottinghamshire2.8
  117. =115Sefton2.8
  118. =115Warwickshire2.8
  119. 119Blackpool2.7
  120. =120Lincolnshire2.6
  121. =120South Tyneside2.6
  122. =120Stoke-on-Trent2.6
  123. 123Cambridgeshire2.5
  124. 124Devon2.4
  125. =125Gloucestershire2.3
  126. =125Halton2.3
  127. =125Northumberland2.3
  128. =125Southampton2.3
  129. 129East Riding of Yorkshire2.2
  130. =130Bexley2.1
  131. =130Kent2.1
  132. =130North Northamptonshire2.1
  133. =130Sutton2.1
  134. =134Coventry2
  135. =134Dudley2
  136. =134Stockton-on-Tees2
  137. 137Leicester1.9
  138. 138Hounslow1.8
  139. 139Wiltshire1.7
  140. =140Oxfordshire1.6
  141. =140Reading1.6
  142. 142North East Lincolnshire1.5
  143. 143Wakefield1.4
  144. 144Suffolk1.3
  145. 145Knowsley1.1
  146. =146Peterborough0.8
  147. =146Sunderland0.8
  148. 148Rutland0.7

No figure published for Bath and North East Somerset (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’), City of London (suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality), Isles of Scilly (no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4), Portsmouth (suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality), Richmond upon Thames (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’).

Data table

162 rows

AreaAverage Attainment 8 score
Hammersmith and Fulham E0900001315.7
Bedford E0600005515.2
Lewisham E0900002314.4
Barking and Dagenham E0900000212.6
West Northamptonshire E0600006211.4
Derby E0600001511.1
Haringey E0900001410.8
Middlesbrough E0600000210.5
Kensington and Chelsea E0900002010.5
Westminster E0900003310.4
South Gloucestershire E0600002510.1
Stockport E0800000710
Tower Hamlets E090000309.6
Islington E090000198.9
Redbridge E090000268.9
Redcar and Cleveland E060000038.8
York E060000148.5
Gateshead E080000378.3
West Berkshire E060000377.4
Newham E090000257.4
Medway E060000357.3
Ealing E090000097.3
Slough E060000397.2
Cornwall E060000527.2
Plymouth E060000267
Walsall E080000307
Barnet E090000037
Brent E090000057
Merton E090000247
North Tyneside E080000226.9
Warrington E060000076.8
Blackburn with Darwen E060000086.7
County Durham E060000476.7
Hertfordshire E100000156.7
Salford E080000066.5
Torbay E060000276.4
Luton E060000326.4
Cumberland E060000636.4
Birmingham E080000256.4
Wandsworth E090000326.3
Westmorland and Furness E060000646.2
Kingston upon Hull, City of E060000106.1
Kingston upon Thames E090000216.1
Sheffield E080000396
Wokingham E060000415.9
Liverpool E080000125.8
Isle of Wight E060000465.6
Dorset E060000595.6
Southwark E090000285.6
Bristol, City of E060000235.5
North Somerset E060000245.5
Staffordshire E100000285.5
Manchester E080000035.4
Windsor and Maidenhead E060000405.3
Trafford E080000095.3
Havering E090000165.3
Rotherham E080000185.1
Buckinghamshire E060000605
Lancashire E100000175
West Sussex E100000325
Herefordshire, County of E060000194.8
Shropshire E060000514.8
Harrow E090000154.8
North Yorkshire E060000654.7
Bradford E080000324.7
Hackney E090000124.7
Oldham E080000044.6
Wirral E080000154.6
Calderdale E080000334.5
Brighton and Hove E060000434.4
Kirklees E080000344.4
Swindon E060000304.3
Derbyshire E100000074.3
Essex E100000124.3
Nottingham E060000184.2
Solihull E080000294.2
Barnsley E080000384.2
Bromley E090000064.2
North Lincolnshire E060000134.1
Thurrock E060000344.1
Cheshire East E060000494.1
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E060000584.1
St. Helens E080000134.1
Doncaster E080000174.1
Camden E090000074.1
Waltham Forest E090000314.1
East Sussex E100000114.1
Norfolk E100000204.1
Worcestershire E100000344.1
Darlington E060000053.9
Croydon E090000083.9
Surrey E100000303.8
Telford and Wrekin E060000203.7
Bolton E080000013.7
Leeds E080000353.7
Hampshire E100000143.7
Greenwich E090000113.6
Southend-on-Sea E060000333.5
Leicestershire E100000183.5
Bury E080000023.4
Newcastle upon Tyne E080000213.4
Enfield E090000103.3
Milton Keynes E060000423.2
Rochdale E080000053.2
Wigan E080000103.2
Wolverhampton E080000313.2
Hillingdon E090000173.2
Lambeth E090000223.2
Hartlepool E060000013.1
Cheshire West and Chester E060000503.1
Central Bedfordshire E060000563
Somerset E060000663
Tameside E080000083
Sandwell E080000283
Bracknell Forest E060000362.8
Sefton E080000142.8
Nottinghamshire E100000242.8
Warwickshire E100000312.8
Blackpool E060000092.7
Stoke-on-Trent E060000212.6
South Tyneside E080000232.6
Lincolnshire E100000192.6
Cambridgeshire E100000032.5
Devon E100000082.4
Halton E060000062.3
Southampton E060000452.3
Northumberland E060000572.3
Gloucestershire E100000132.3
East Riding of Yorkshire E060000112.2
North Northamptonshire E060000612.1
Bexley E090000042.1
Sutton E090000292.1
Kent E100000162.1
Stockton-on-Tees E060000042
Coventry E080000262
Dudley E080000272
Leicester E060000161.9
Hounslow E090000181.8
Wiltshire E060000541.7
Reading E060000381.6
Oxfordshire E100000251.6
North East Lincolnshire E060000121.5
Wakefield E080000361.4
Suffolk E100000291.3
Knowsley E080000111.1
Peterborough E060000310.8
Sunderland E080000240.8
Rutland E060000170.7
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Portsmouth E06000044suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality
City of London E09000001suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality
Richmond upon Thames E09000027not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Isles of Scilly E06000053no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4
North East5.8
North West4.8
Yorkshire and The Humber4.4
East Midlands4.3
West Midlands4.6
East of England4.6
London6.4
South East4.2
South West4.7
England4.9

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Average Attainment 8 score · 131 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

  • 0.7 to 3
  • 3 to 4.1
  • 4.1 to 5.4
  • 5.4 to 7
  • 7 to 15.7

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.

Source and licence

Publisher
Department for Education
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Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
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Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:20 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:20 UTC; 162 of 162 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedDepartment for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:43Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures162 of 162 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers162 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure162 of 162 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassEES data set is currentlatest period 2025/26 ended 62 days before retrieval (limit 550)
PassThe data set's CSV agrees1148 of 1148 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 2.0.1's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/18e39901-6f20-1676-bfb3-a581063b3a0a/csv?dataSetVersion=2.0.1, 164 rows read)
PassThe councils add up to their region and the regions to England30 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 24 within the rounding the DfE states (24 exactly); not made, 4 for a figure marked 'c' (suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality); not made, 2 for a figure marked 'z' (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’); E06000053, which the data set gives no row for, in no sum; 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
PassEach share and average is its count over its whole480 of 480 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 6 for a figure marked 'z'; not made, 6 for a figure marked 'c'
PassSource page answershttps://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in alternative provision (pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and free schools), by the council area their provision is in, as the DfE's alternative provision data set gives them.
  • 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: “For the 2026 provisional statistical release, it has been assessed and determined that no suppression of data is required above school level (or equivalent).” Its release says “This release is based on provisional data”, revised the following spring.
  • The Isles of Scilly has no row. The DfE gives no Progress 8 scores for these pupils, whose key stage 2 tests were cancelled in 2020.