Key stage 4 results in alternative provision by council, England

Provisional until the DfE's revised release each spring

The share of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in alternative provision with grade 4 or 5 or above in English and maths, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

2.9%

2025/26 · Grade 4 or above in English and maths

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:20 UTC

Key stage 4 results in alternative provision by council, England

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

In order

Ranked by the hub 2025/26

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 =.

Grade 4 or above in English and maths

1Lewisham23.8%
2Bedford17.9%
3Barnet13.8%
4South Gloucestershire12.5%
5Kingston upon Thames11.8%
6Barking and Dagenham10.4%
=7Tower Hamlets9.5%
=7Wokingham9.5%
9Islington8.6%
10Hammersmith and Fulham8.3%
11Blackburn with Darwen7.8%
=12Redcar and Cleveland7.7%
=12Wirral7.7%
14Stockport7.1%
15Luton6.7%
=16Haringey6.5%
=16Kirklees6.5%
=16Newham6.5%
=16Plymouth6.5%
=16Redbridge6.5%
=21Slough6.1%
=21St. Helens6.1%
=21Trafford6.1%
24Leicestershire6.0%
=25Milton Keynes5.3%
=25Warrington5.3%
=25Westmorland and Furness5.3%
28Ealing5.2%
29Wandsworth5.1%
=30Croydon4.7%
=30Walsall4.7%
=32Derby4.5%
=32Kensington and Chelsea4.5%
=32Surrey4.5%
=32Westminster4.5%
36Gateshead4.4%
=37Bristol, City of4.3%
=37Herefordshire, County of4.3%
39Hertfordshire4.2%
=40Dorset4.0%
=40North Tyneside4.0%
=42Liverpool3.8%
=42North Yorkshire3.8%
44Hillingdon3.7%
=45Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole3.6%
=45Lancashire3.6%
47Cumberland3.4%
48Essex3.2%
=49Greenwich3.1%
=49Merton3.1%
=51Harrow2.9%
=51North Lincolnshire2.9%
=51Nottinghamshire2.9%
=54Hampshire2.8%
=54Swindon2.8%
=54West Berkshire2.8%
=57Bexley2.7%
=57County Durham2.7%
=59Cheshire West and Chester2.6%
=59Cornwall2.6%
=59Havering2.6%
=62Middlesbrough2.5%
=62Oldham2.5%
=62Torbay2.5%
=65Salford2.4%
=65Solihull2.4%
=67Brent2.3%
=67Doncaster2.3%
=67Hackney2.3%
=67Leeds2.3%
=67West Northamptonshire2.3%
=67Wiltshire2.3%
=73Birmingham2.2%
=73Buckinghamshire2.2%
=73Stoke-on-Trent2.2%
=76East Riding of Yorkshire2.1%
=76Lambeth2.1%
=76Manchester2.1%
=76Medway2.1%
=76Staffordshire2.1%
=81Dudley2.0%
=81Enfield2.0%
=81Rotherham2.0%
=81York2.0%
85Bromley1.9%
=86Norfolk1.8%
=86Oxfordshire1.8%
=86West Sussex1.8%
89Barnsley1.7%
=90Bradford1.6%
=90Derbyshire1.6%
=90Lincolnshire1.6%
=90North Northamptonshire1.6%
=94Cambridgeshire1.5%
=94Cheshire East1.5%
=94Wakefield1.5%
97Bolton1.4%
=98Blackpool1.3%
=98Northumberland1.3%
=98Nottingham1.3%
=98Sandwell1.3%
=102Newcastle upon Tyne1.2%
=102Sheffield1.2%
=104Somerset1.0%
=104Worcestershire1.0%
106Suffolk0.7%
=107Bracknell Forest0.0%
=107Brighton and Hove0.0%
=107Bury0.0%
=107Calderdale0.0%
=107Camden0.0%
=107Central Bedfordshire0.0%
=107Coventry0.0%
=107Darlington0.0%
=107Devon0.0%
=107East Sussex0.0%
=107Gloucestershire0.0%
=107Halton0.0%
=107Hartlepool0.0%
=107Hounslow0.0%
=107Isle of Wight0.0%
=107Kent0.0%
=107Kingston upon Hull, City of0.0%
=107Knowsley0.0%
=107Leicester0.0%
=107North East Lincolnshire0.0%
=107North Somerset0.0%
=107Peterborough0.0%
=107Reading0.0%
=107Rochdale0.0%
=107Rutland0.0%
=107Sefton0.0%
=107Shropshire0.0%
=107South Tyneside0.0%
=107Southampton0.0%
=107Southend-on-Sea0.0%
=107Southwark0.0%
=107Stockton-on-Tees0.0%
=107Sunderland0.0%
=107Sutton0.0%
=107Tameside0.0%
=107Telford and Wrekin0.0%
=107Thurrock0.0%
=107Waltham Forest0.0%
=107Warwickshire0.0%
=107Wigan0.0%
=107Windsor and Maidenhead0.0%
=107Wolverhampton0.0%

No figure published for Bath and North East Somerset, City of London, Isles of Scilly (no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4), Portsmouth, Richmond upon Thames.

Grade 5 or above in English and maths

1Bedford10.7%
2Lewisham10.0%
3Kingston upon Thames7.4%
=4Barking and Dagenham6.3%
=4South Gloucestershire6.3%
=6Milton Keynes5.3%
=6Warrington5.3%
=6Westmorland and Furness5.3%
9Ealing5.2%
10Westminster4.5%
=11Herefordshire, County of4.3%
=11Redbridge4.3%
13Blackburn with Darwen3.9%
14Wirral3.8%
15Stockport3.6%
=16Barnet3.4%
=16Wandsworth3.4%
18Haringey3.2%
19Hertfordshire3.1%
20Trafford3.0%
=21Harrow2.9%
=21Islington2.9%
=21North Lincolnshire2.9%
24Redcar and Cleveland2.6%
25Oldham2.5%
=26Croydon2.4%
=26Salford2.4%
=26Tower Hamlets2.4%
=29Derby2.3%
=29Hackney2.3%
=29Wiltshire2.3%
=32Kirklees2.2%
=32Newham2.2%
=32Plymouth2.2%
=32Stoke-on-Trent2.2%
=36Essex2.0%
=36Slough2.0%
=38North Yorkshire1.9%
=38Nottinghamshire1.9%
=40Barnsley1.7%
=40Cornwall1.7%
=40Surrey1.7%
43Bradford1.6%
=44Cheshire East1.5%
=44Merton1.5%
=44Wakefield1.5%
=47Bristol, City of1.4%
=47Manchester1.4%
=49Liverpool1.3%
=49Northumberland1.3%
=49Sandwell1.3%
=52Leicestershire1.2%
=52Middlesbrough1.2%
=52Solihull1.2%
=52Walsall1.2%
=52West Northamptonshire1.2%
=57East Riding of Yorkshire1.0%
=57Greenwich1.0%
=57Somerset1.0%
=57Worcestershire1.0%
61Dorset0.8%
=62Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0.7%
=62County Durham0.7%
=62North Tyneside0.7%
=62Nottingham0.7%
=66Derbyshire0.5%
=66Lancashire0.5%
68Birmingham0.4%
=69Bexley0.0%
=69Blackpool0.0%
=69Bolton0.0%
=69Bracknell Forest0.0%
=69Brent0.0%
=69Brighton and Hove0.0%
=69Bromley0.0%
=69Buckinghamshire0.0%
=69Bury0.0%
=69Calderdale0.0%
=69Cambridgeshire0.0%
=69Camden0.0%
=69Central Bedfordshire0.0%
=69Cheshire West and Chester0.0%
=69Coventry0.0%
=69Cumberland0.0%
=69Darlington0.0%
=69Devon0.0%
=69Doncaster0.0%
=69Dudley0.0%
=69East Sussex0.0%
=69Enfield0.0%
=69Gateshead0.0%
=69Gloucestershire0.0%
=69Halton0.0%
=69Hammersmith and Fulham0.0%
=69Hampshire0.0%
=69Hartlepool0.0%
=69Havering0.0%
=69Hillingdon0.0%
=69Hounslow0.0%
=69Isle of Wight0.0%
=69Kensington and Chelsea0.0%
=69Kent0.0%
=69Kingston upon Hull, City of0.0%
=69Knowsley0.0%
=69Lambeth0.0%
=69Leeds0.0%
=69Leicester0.0%
=69Lincolnshire0.0%
=69Luton0.0%
=69Medway0.0%
=69Newcastle upon Tyne0.0%
=69Norfolk0.0%
=69North East Lincolnshire0.0%
=69North Northamptonshire0.0%
=69North Somerset0.0%
=69Oxfordshire0.0%
=69Peterborough0.0%
=69Reading0.0%
=69Rochdale0.0%
=69Rotherham0.0%
=69Rutland0.0%
=69Sefton0.0%
=69Sheffield0.0%
=69Shropshire0.0%
=69South Tyneside0.0%
=69Southampton0.0%
=69Southend-on-Sea0.0%
=69Southwark0.0%
=69St. Helens0.0%
=69Staffordshire0.0%
=69Stockton-on-Tees0.0%
=69Suffolk0.0%
=69Sunderland0.0%
=69Sutton0.0%
=69Swindon0.0%
=69Tameside0.0%
=69Telford and Wrekin0.0%
=69Thurrock0.0%
=69Torbay0.0%
=69Waltham Forest0.0%
=69Warwickshire0.0%
=69West Berkshire0.0%
=69West Sussex0.0%
=69Wigan0.0%
=69Windsor and Maidenhead0.0%
=69Wokingham0.0%
=69Wolverhampton0.0%
=69York0.0%

No figure published for Bath and North East Somerset, City of London, Isles of Scilly (no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4), Portsmouth, Richmond upon Thames.

Data table

162 rows

Area	Grade 4 or above in English and maths	Grade 5 or above in English and maths
Lewisham E09000023	23.8%	10.0%
Bedford E06000055	17.9%	10.7%
Barnet E09000003	13.8%	3.4%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	12.5%	6.3%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	11.8%	7.4%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	10.4%	6.3%
Wokingham E06000041	9.5%	0.0%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	9.5%	2.4%
Islington E09000019	8.6%	2.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	8.3%	0.0%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	7.8%	3.9%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	7.7%	2.6%
Wirral E08000015	7.7%	3.8%
Stockport E08000007	7.1%	3.6%
Luton E06000032	6.7%	0.0%
Plymouth E06000026	6.5%	2.2%
Kirklees E08000034	6.5%	2.2%
Haringey E09000014	6.5%	3.2%
Newham E09000025	6.5%	2.2%
Redbridge E09000026	6.5%	4.3%
Slough E06000039	6.1%	2.0%
Trafford E08000009	6.1%	3.0%
St. Helens E08000013	6.1%	0.0%
Leicestershire E10000018	6.0%	1.2%
Warrington E06000007	5.3%	5.3%
Milton Keynes E06000042	5.3%	5.3%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	5.3%	5.3%
Ealing E09000009	5.2%	5.2%
Wandsworth E09000032	5.1%	3.4%
Walsall E08000030	4.7%	1.2%
Croydon E09000008	4.7%	2.4%
Derby E06000015	4.5%	2.3%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	4.5%	0.0%
Westminster E09000033	4.5%	4.5%
Surrey E10000030	4.5%	1.7%
Gateshead E08000037	4.4%	0.0%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	4.3%	4.3%
Bristol, City of E06000023	4.3%	1.4%
Hertfordshire E10000015	4.2%	3.1%
Dorset E06000059	4.0%	0.8%
North Tyneside E08000022	4.0%	0.7%
North Yorkshire E06000065	3.8%	1.9%
Liverpool E08000012	3.8%	1.3%
Hillingdon E09000017	3.7%	0.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	3.6%	0.7%
Lancashire E10000017	3.6%	0.5%
Cumberland E06000063	3.4%	0.0%
Essex E10000012	3.2%	2.0%
Greenwich E09000011	3.1%	1.0%
Merton E09000024	3.1%	1.5%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	2.9%	2.9%
Harrow E09000015	2.9%	2.9%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	2.9%	1.9%
Swindon E06000030	2.8%	0.0%
West Berkshire E06000037	2.8%	0.0%
Hampshire E10000014	2.8%	0.0%
County Durham E06000047	2.7%	0.7%
Bexley E09000004	2.7%	0.0%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	2.6%	0.0%
Cornwall E06000052	2.6%	1.7%
Havering E09000016	2.6%	0.0%
Middlesbrough E06000002	2.5%	1.2%
Torbay E06000027	2.5%	0.0%
Oldham E08000004	2.5%	2.5%
Salford E08000006	2.4%	2.4%
Solihull E08000029	2.4%	1.2%
Wiltshire E06000054	2.3%	2.3%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	2.3%	1.2%
Doncaster E08000017	2.3%	0.0%
Leeds E08000035	2.3%	0.0%
Brent E09000005	2.3%	0.0%
Hackney E09000012	2.3%	2.3%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	2.2%	2.2%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	2.2%	0.0%
Birmingham E08000025	2.2%	0.4%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	2.1%	1.0%
Medway E06000035	2.1%	0.0%
Manchester E08000003	2.1%	1.4%
Lambeth E09000022	2.1%	0.0%
Staffordshire E10000028	2.1%	0.0%
York E06000014	2.0%	0.0%
Rotherham E08000018	2.0%	0.0%
Dudley E08000027	2.0%	0.0%
Enfield E09000010	2.0%	0.0%
Bromley E09000006	1.9%	0.0%
Norfolk E10000020	1.8%	0.0%
Oxfordshire E10000025	1.8%	0.0%
West Sussex E10000032	1.8%	0.0%
Barnsley E08000038	1.7%	1.7%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	1.6%	0.0%
Bradford E08000032	1.6%	1.6%
Derbyshire E10000007	1.6%	0.5%
Lincolnshire E10000019	1.6%	0.0%
Cheshire East E06000049	1.5%	1.5%
Wakefield E08000036	1.5%	1.5%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	1.5%	0.0%
Bolton E08000001	1.4%	0.0%
Blackpool E06000009	1.3%	0.0%
Nottingham E06000018	1.3%	0.7%
Northumberland E06000057	1.3%	1.3%
Sandwell E08000028	1.3%	1.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	1.2%	0.0%
Sheffield E08000039	1.2%	0.0%
Somerset E06000066	1.0%	1.0%
Worcestershire E10000034	1.0%	1.0%
Suffolk E10000029	0.7%	0.0%
Hartlepool E06000001	0.0%	0.0%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	0.0%	0.0%
Darlington E06000005	0.0%	0.0%
Halton E06000006	0.0%	0.0%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	0.0%	0.0%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	0.0%	0.0%
Leicester E06000016	0.0%	0.0%
Rutland E06000017	0.0%	0.0%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	0.0%	0.0%
North Somerset E06000024	0.0%	0.0%
Peterborough E06000031	0.0%	0.0%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	0.0%	0.0%
Thurrock E06000034	0.0%	0.0%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	0.0%	0.0%
Reading E06000038	0.0%	0.0%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	0.0%	0.0%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	0.0%	0.0%
Southampton E06000045	0.0%	0.0%
Isle of Wight E06000046	0.0%	0.0%
Shropshire E06000051	0.0%	0.0%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	0.0%	0.0%
Bury E08000002	0.0%	0.0%
Rochdale E08000005	0.0%	0.0%
Tameside E08000008	0.0%	0.0%
Wigan E08000010	0.0%	0.0%
Knowsley E08000011	0.0%	0.0%
Sefton E08000014	0.0%	0.0%
South Tyneside E08000023	0.0%	0.0%
Sunderland E08000024	0.0%	0.0%
Coventry E08000026	0.0%	0.0%
Wolverhampton E08000031	0.0%	0.0%
Calderdale E08000033	0.0%	0.0%
Camden E09000007	0.0%	0.0%
Hounslow E09000018	0.0%	0.0%
Southwark E09000028	0.0%	0.0%
Sutton E09000029	0.0%	0.0%
Waltham Forest E09000031	0.0%	0.0%
Devon E10000008	0.0%	0.0%
East Sussex E10000011	0.0%	0.0%
Gloucestershire E10000013	0.0%	0.0%
Kent E10000016	0.0%	0.0%
Warwickshire E10000031	0.0%	0.0%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Portsmouth E06000044	suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality	suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality
City of London E09000001	suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality	suppressed (c): withheld by the DfE to protect confidentiality
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Isles of Scilly E06000053	no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4	no alternative provision with pupils at the end of key stage 4
North East	2.6%	0.6%
North West	2.7%	1.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber	1.8%	0.8%
East Midlands	2.3%	0.9%
West Midlands	1.8%	0.7%
East of England	3.1%	1.6%
London	5.4%	2.3%
South East	2.3%	0.4%
South West	2.9%	1.1%
England	2.9%	1.1%

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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.