Multiplication tables check average score by council, England

The average score out of 25 of Year 4 pupils who took the multiplication tables check in each of England's 153 councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

2024/25

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:22 UTC

Average score

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

In order

Ranked by the hub Average 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 =.

1Richmond upon Thames22.5
=2Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202522.4
=2Newham22.4
=2Redbridge22.4
5Camden22.3
=6Brent22.2
=6Hammersmith and Fulham22.2
=8Slough22.1
=8Sutton22.1
=10Harrow22
=10Hartlepool22
=10Tower Hamlets22
=10Waltham Forest22
=14Ealing21.9
=14Greenwich21.9
=14Luton21.9
=14Middlesbrough21.9
=14Wandsworth21.9
=19Barnet21.8
=19Lewisham21.8
=19Warrington21.8
=22Doncaster21.7
=22Hillingdon21.7
=22Plymouth21.7
=22Redcar and Cleveland21.7
=22Wakefield21.7
=22Wokingham21.7
=28Birmingham21.6
=28Bolton21.6
=28Bromley21.6
=28Croydon21.6
=28Dudley21.6
=28Enfield21.6
=28Stockton-on-Tees21.6
=28Sunderland21.6
=28Trafford21.6
=28York21.6
=38Blackburn with Darwen21.5
=38Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole21.5
=38North Somerset21.5
=38Solihull21.5
=38Southwark21.5
=38Surrey21.5
=44Gateshead21.4
=44Havering21.4
=44Milton Keynes21.4
=44Rochdale21.4
=44Salford21.4
=44South Gloucestershire21.4
=44Torbay21.4
=51Barking and Dagenham21.3
=51Bedford21.3
=51Hounslow21.3
=51Kingston upon Thames21.3
=51Leicester21.3
=51Newcastle upon Tyne21.3
=51Peterborough21.3
=51Westminster21.3
=51Wolverhampton21.3
=60Cheshire East21.2
=60Darlington21.2
=60Hackney21.2
=60Islington21.2
=60Merton21.2
=60Sandwell21.2
=60Staffordshire21.2
=60West Northamptonshire21.2
=60Windsor and Maidenhead21.2
=60Wirral21.2
=70Bath and North East Somerset21.1
=70Bexley21.1
=70Bristol, City of21.1
=70Cornwall21.1
=70Coventry21.1
=70Haringey21.1
=70Leicestershire21.1
=70Medway21.1
=70Stoke-on-Trent21.1
=70Swindon21.1
=70Wigan21.1
=81Bracknell Forest21
=81Bury21
=81Hertfordshire21
=81Kensington and Chelsea21
=81South Tyneside21
=81Thurrock21
=87Calderdale20.9
=87County Durham20.9
=87Kingston upon Hull, City of20.9
=87Nottinghamshire20.9
=87Reading20.9
=87Rotherham20.9
=87Walsall20.9
=87West Berkshire20.9
=95Dorset20.8
=95East Riding of Yorkshire20.8
=95Essex20.8
=95Gloucestershire20.8
=95Manchester20.8
=95North Lincolnshire20.8
=95North Yorkshire20.8
=95Warwickshire20.8
=95Worcestershire20.8
=104Bradford20.7
=104Cheshire West and Chester20.7
=104Herefordshire, County of20.7
=104Kirklees20.7
=104Lambeth20.7
=104Lincolnshire20.7
=104Nottingham20.7
=104Oldham20.7
=104Rutland20.7
=104Sefton20.7
=104Somerset20.7
=104Stockport20.7
=104Tameside20.7
=104West Sussex20.7
=118Cambridgeshire20.6
=118Hampshire20.6
=118Leeds20.6
=118North Northamptonshire20.6
=118Northumberland20.6
=123Blackpool20.5
=123Derby20.5
=123Devon20.5
=123Lancashire20.5
=123North Tyneside20.5
=123Telford and Wrekin20.5
=123Wiltshire20.5
=130Oxfordshire20.4
=130Portsmouth20.4
=130St. Helens20.4
=133Buckinghamshire20.3
=133Kent20.3
=133North East Lincolnshire20.3
=133Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202520.3
=133Shropshire20.3
=133Southend-on-Sea20.3
=133Suffolk20.3
=140Central Bedfordshire20.2
=140Cumberland20.2
=140Derbyshire20.2
=140East Sussex20.2
144Westmorland and Furness20.1
145Southampton20
146Liverpool19.9
=147Knowsley19.8
=147Norfolk19.8
149Brighton and Hove19.7
150Isle of Wight19.6
151Halton19.3

No figure published for Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), City of London (suppressed (c): the DfE suppresses the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, each with a single school, its methodology says), Isles of Scilly (suppressed (c): the DfE suppresses the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, each with a single school, its methodology says), Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019).

Data table

163 rows

Area	Average score
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	22.5
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	22.4
Newham E09000025	22.4
Redbridge E09000026	22.4
Camden E09000007	22.3
Brent E09000005	22.2
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	22.2
Slough E06000039	22.1
Sutton E09000029	22.1
Hartlepool E06000001	22
Harrow E09000015	22
Tower Hamlets E09000030	22
Waltham Forest E09000031	22
Middlesbrough E06000002	21.9
Luton E06000032	21.9
Ealing E09000009	21.9
Greenwich E09000011	21.9
Wandsworth E09000032	21.9
Warrington E06000007	21.8
Barnet E09000003	21.8
Lewisham E09000023	21.8
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	21.7
Plymouth E06000026	21.7
Wokingham E06000041	21.7
Doncaster E08000017	21.7
Wakefield E08000036	21.7
Hillingdon E09000017	21.7
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	21.6
York E06000014	21.6
Bolton E08000001	21.6
Trafford E08000009	21.6
Sunderland E08000024	21.6
Birmingham E08000025	21.6
Dudley E08000027	21.6
Bromley E09000006	21.6
Croydon E09000008	21.6
Enfield E09000010	21.6
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	21.5
North Somerset E06000024	21.5
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	21.5
Solihull E08000029	21.5
Southwark E09000028	21.5
Surrey E10000030	21.5
South Gloucestershire E06000025	21.4
Torbay E06000027	21.4
Milton Keynes E06000042	21.4
Rochdale E08000005	21.4
Salford E08000006	21.4
Gateshead E08000037	21.4
Havering E09000016	21.4
Leicester E06000016	21.3
Peterborough E06000031	21.3
Bedford E06000055	21.3
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	21.3
Wolverhampton E08000031	21.3
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	21.3
Hounslow E09000018	21.3
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	21.3
Westminster E09000033	21.3
Darlington E06000005	21.2
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	21.2
Cheshire East E06000049	21.2
West Northamptonshire E06000062	21.2
Wirral E08000015	21.2
Sandwell E08000028	21.2
Hackney E09000012	21.2
Islington E09000019	21.2
Merton E09000024	21.2
Staffordshire E10000028	21.2
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	21.1
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	21.1
Bristol, City of E06000023	21.1
Swindon E06000030	21.1
Medway E06000035	21.1
Cornwall E06000052	21.1
Wigan E08000010	21.1
Coventry E08000026	21.1
Bexley E09000004	21.1
Haringey E09000014	21.1
Leicestershire E10000018	21.1
Thurrock E06000034	21
Bracknell Forest E06000036	21
Bury E08000002	21
South Tyneside E08000023	21
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	21
Hertfordshire E10000015	21
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	20.9
West Berkshire E06000037	20.9
Reading E06000038	20.9
County Durham E06000047	20.9
Rotherham E08000018	20.9
Walsall E08000030	20.9
Calderdale E08000033	20.9
Nottinghamshire E10000024	20.9
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	20.8
North Lincolnshire E06000013	20.8
Dorset E06000059	20.8
North Yorkshire E06000065	20.8
Manchester E08000003	20.8
Essex E10000012	20.8
Gloucestershire E10000013	20.8
Warwickshire E10000031	20.8
Worcestershire E10000034	20.8
Rutland E06000017	20.7
Nottingham E06000018	20.7
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	20.7
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	20.7
Somerset E06000066	20.7
Oldham E08000004	20.7
Stockport E08000007	20.7
Tameside E08000008	20.7
Sefton E08000014	20.7
Bradford E08000032	20.7
Kirklees E08000034	20.7
Lambeth E09000022	20.7
Lincolnshire E10000019	20.7
West Sussex E10000032	20.7
Northumberland E06000057	20.6
North Northamptonshire E06000061	20.6
Leeds E08000035	20.6
Cambridgeshire E10000003	20.6
Hampshire E10000014	20.6
Blackpool E06000009	20.5
Derby E06000015	20.5
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	20.5
Wiltshire E06000054	20.5
North Tyneside E08000022	20.5
Devon E10000008	20.5
Lancashire E10000017	20.5
Portsmouth E06000044	20.4
St. Helens E08000013	20.4
Oxfordshire E10000025	20.4
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	20.3
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	20.3
Shropshire E06000051	20.3
Buckinghamshire E06000060	20.3
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	20.3
Kent E10000016	20.3
Suffolk E10000029	20.3
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	20.2
Cumberland E06000063	20.2
Derbyshire E10000007	20.2
East Sussex E10000011	20.2
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	20.1
Southampton E06000045	20
Liverpool E08000012	19.9
Knowsley E08000011	19.8
Norfolk E10000020	19.8
Brighton and Hove E06000043	19.7
Isle of Wight E06000046	19.6
Halton E06000006	19.3
Isles of Scilly E06000053	suppressed (c): the DfE suppresses the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, each with a single school, its methodology says
City of London E09000001	suppressed (c): the DfE suppresses the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, each with a single school, its methodology says
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	21.2
North West	20.8
Yorkshire and The Humber	20.9
East Midlands	20.8
West Midlands	21.2
East of England	20.7
London	21.7
South East	20.7
South West	21
England	21

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Average score · 130 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

19.3 to 20.7
20.7 to 21
21 to 21.3
21.3 to 21.7
21.7 to 22.5

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, 11:22 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:22 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 2024/25 ended 426 days before retrieval (limit 550)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	2805 of 2805 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019a838e-700c-72d5-96b8-d6751bf5ba54/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 165 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	80 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 64 within the rounding the DfE states (9 exactly); not made, 16 for a figure marked 'c' (suppressed (c): the DfE suppresses the Isles of Scilly and the City of London, each with a single school, its methodology says)
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	1304 of 1304 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 16 for a figure marked 'c'
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/multiplication-tables-check-attainment – HTTP 200

Notes

Pupils in Year 4 in state-funded schools eligible for the multiplication tables check, as the DfE's data set by region and local authority places them: those who took it and those who did not, and why. The check is scored out of 25.
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: “All percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. Average scores are rounded to 1 decimal place.” Its regions' counts of pupils are rounded to the nearest 10.
The DfE's figures for 2025/26 are not yet in its data set.