Reached the higher level at 11 in England's schools
Across England's state schools, reached the higher level at 11 averaged 8.3% in 2024/25 (14,282 schools). Since 2016 it has risen by 2.6 points, which is good news. Official definition: ks2 higher standard.
The trend
Trend
Reached the higher level at 11
2016 to 2025
All state schoolsPrimarySecondary
Since 2016: +2.6%
Year by year
| Year | All | Primary | Secondary | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 14,282 |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 13,740 |
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 13,484 |
| 2018/19 | 10.7% | 10.8% | 9.6% | 11,885 |
| 2017/18 | 10.2% | 10.2% | 9.7% | 11,032 |
| 2016/17 | 9.2% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 10,129 |
| 2015/16 | 5.8% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 9,564 |
By region
Latest year, best first. The tick is the England figure.
Every council
151 councils ranked, best first. Councils with very few schools swing more from year to year.
| # | Council | Reached the higher level at 11 | Schools | vs England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond upon Thames | 21.2% | 38 | +12.9 pts |
| 2 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 19.6% | 36 | +11.3 pts |
| 3 | Kensington and Chelsea | 18.6% | 25 | +10.3 pts |
| 4 | Sutton | 18.0% | 30 | +9.6 pts |
| 5 | Camden | 16.8% | 38 | +8.5 pts |
| 6 | Waltham Forest | 16.4% | 50 | +8.1 pts |
| 7 | Newham | 16.4% | 66 | +8.1 pts |
| 8 | Redbridge | 15.9% | 53 | +7.6 pts |
| 9 | Haringey | 15.4% | 50 | +7.1 pts |
| 10 | Greenwich | 15.4% | 62 | +7.1 pts |
| 11 | Hackney | 15.4% | 50 | +7.0 pts |
| 12 | Hounslow | 15.0% | 47 | +6.7 pts |
| 13 | Barnet | 14.0% | 86 | +5.6 pts |
| 14 | Wandsworth | 13.9% | 53 | +5.6 pts |
| 15 | Trafford | 13.6% | 55 | +5.3 pts |
| 16 | Bromley | 13.3% | 68 | +4.9 pts |
| 17 | Solihull | 13.2% | 45 | +4.9 pts |
| 18 | Bexley | 13.2% | 55 | +4.9 pts |
| 19 | Islington | 13.1% | 40 | +4.7 pts |
| 20 | Ealing | 12.9% | 58 | +4.5 pts |
| 21 | Westminster | 12.8% | 32 | +4.5 pts |
| 22 | Tower Hamlets | 12.3% | 61 | +3.9 pts |
| 23 | Kingston upon Thames | 12.2% | 28 | +3.9 pts |
| 24 | Slough | 12.1% | 27 | +3.7 pts |
| 25 | Southwark | 11.9% | 63 | +3.5 pts |
| 26 | Thurrock | 11.8% | 39 | +3.5 pts |
| 27 | Wokingham | 11.5% | 37 | +3.2 pts |
| 28 | Merton | 11.5% | 42 | +3.1 pts |
| 29 | Buckinghamshire | 11.4% | 141 | +3.1 pts |
| 30 | Lambeth | 11.3% | 58 | +3.0 pts |
| 31 | Havering | 11.2% | 49 | +2.9 pts |
| 32 | Enfield | 11.2% | 64 | +2.9 pts |
| 33 | Southend-on-Sea | 10.9% | 27 | +2.6 pts |
| 34 | Rutland | 10.6% | 17 | +2.3 pts |
| 35 | Surrey | 10.5% | 205 | +2.2 pts |
| 36 | Wolverhampton | 10.5% | 63 | +2.2 pts |
| 37 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 10.5% | 52 | +2.2 pts |
| 38 | Hartlepool | 10.5% | 27 | +2.1 pts |
| 39 | Hertfordshire | 10.3% | 336 | +1.9 pts |
| 40 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 10.2% | 32 | +1.9 pts |
| 41 | Sunderland | 10.2% | 75 | +1.9 pts |
| 42 | Croydon | 10.1% | 78 | +1.8 pts |
| 43 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 10.1% | 68 | +1.7 pts |
| 44 | Kent | 9.9% | 424 | +1.6 pts |
| 45 | Bolton | 9.7% | 88 | +1.4 pts |
| 46 | Redcar and Cleveland | 9.7% | 43 | +1.4 pts |
| 47 | Essex | 9.7% | 388 | +1.3 pts |
| 48 | Brent | 9.6% | 53 | +1.3 pts |
| 49 | Wigan | 9.6% | 97 | +1.3 pts |
| 50 | Oxfordshire | 9.6% | 228 | +1.3 pts |
| 51 | Gloucestershire | 9.6% | 208 | +1.2 pts |
| 52 | Lewisham | 9.5% | 67 | +1.2 pts |
| 53 | Harrow | 9.5% | 39 | +1.2 pts |
| 54 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 9.4% | 69 | +1.1 pts |
| 55 | Warrington | 9.4% | 57 | +1.1 pts |
| 56 | Leeds | 9.2% | 214 | +0.8 pts |
| 57 | Wakefield | 9.2% | 98 | +0.8 pts |
| 58 | Barking and Dagenham | 9.0% | 43 | +0.7 pts |
| 59 | Hillingdon | 8.9% | 55 | +0.6 pts |
| 60 | Milton Keynes | 8.8% | 58 | +0.5 pts |
| 61 | Herefordshire, County of | 8.8% | 72 | +0.5 pts |
| 62 | Reading | 8.8% | 37 | +0.5 pts |
| 63 | Telford and Wrekin | 8.8% | 40 | +0.4 pts |
| 64 | Stockport | 8.7% | 69 | +0.3 pts |
| 65 | South Tyneside | 8.6% | 38 | +0.3 pts |
| 66 | Hampshire | 8.5% | 302 | +0.2 pts |
| 67 | Bury | 8.5% | 55 | +0.2 pts |
| 68 | York | 8.4% | 47 | +0.1 pts |
| 69 | Torbay | 8.4% | 30 | +0.0 pts |
| 70 | North East Lincolnshire | 8.3% | 43 | +0.0 pts |
| 71 | County Durham | 8.3% | 184 | +0.0 pts |
| 72 | Barnsley | 8.2% | 73 | -0.2 pts |
| 73 | Staffordshire | 8.0% | 227 | -0.3 pts |
| 74 | Stockton-on-Tees | 8.0% | 53 | -0.3 pts |
| 75 | Derbyshire | 8.0% | 245 | -0.3 pts |
| 76 | Swindon | 8.0% | 54 | -0.3 pts |
| 77 | Cornwall | 7.9% | 209 | -0.4 pts |
| 78 | West Northamptonshire | 7.9% | 139 | -0.4 pts |
| 79 | St. Helens | 7.9% | 52 | -0.4 pts |
| 80 | Liverpool | 7.9% | 106 | -0.5 pts |
| 81 | Birmingham | 7.8% | 264 | -0.5 pts |
| 82 | Bath and North East Somerset | 7.8% | 53 | -0.5 pts |
| 83 | Darlington | 7.7% | 28 | -0.7 pts |
| 84 | Cambridgeshire | 7.6% | 195 | -0.7 pts |
| 85 | Dudley | 7.6% | 75 | -0.7 pts |
| 86 | Wiltshire | 7.6% | 174 | -0.8 pts |
| 87 | Plymouth | 7.6% | 66 | -0.8 pts |
| 88 | Gateshead | 7.5% | 62 | -0.8 pts |
| 89 | North Somerset | 7.5% | 56 | -0.9 pts |
| 90 | Lancashire | 7.5% | 445 | -0.9 pts |
| 91 | North Yorkshire | 7.4% | 232 | -0.9 pts |
| 92 | Somerset | 7.4% | 154 | -0.9 pts |
| 93 | Warwickshire | 7.4% | 156 | -1.0 pts |
| 94 | Nottinghamshire | 7.3% | 225 | -1.0 pts |
| 95 | Sandwell | 7.3% | 84 | -1.1 pts |
| 96 | North Lincolnshire | 7.3% | 52 | -1.1 pts |
| 97 | Luton | 7.2% | 37 | -1.1 pts |
| 98 | Dorset | 7.2% | 89 | -1.1 pts |
| 99 | Salford | 7.2% | 69 | -1.1 pts |
| 100 | Medway | 7.2% | 54 | -1.1 pts |
| 101 | North Tyneside | 7.2% | 50 | -1.2 pts |
| 102 | Westmorland and Furness | 7.1% | 98 | -1.2 pts |
| 103 | Stoke-on-Trent | 7.1% | 64 | -1.3 pts |
| 104 | Devon | 7.1% | 269 | -1.3 pts |
| 105 | Northumberland | 7.0% | 70 | -1.3 pts |
| 106 | Middlesbrough | 7.0% | 40 | -1.3 pts |
| 107 | Cheshire East | 7.0% | 114 | -1.3 pts |
| 108 | Worcestershire | 6.9% | 129 | -1.4 pts |
| 109 | Southampton | 6.9% | 45 | -1.4 pts |
| 110 | Walsall | 6.8% | 61 | -1.5 pts |
| 111 | Nottingham | 6.8% | 74 | -1.5 pts |
| 112 | West Berkshire | 6.7% | 52 | -1.7 pts |
| 113 | Suffolk | 6.7% | 223 | -1.7 pts |
| 114 | Peterborough | 6.6% | 58 | -1.7 pts |
| 115 | Bradford | 6.6% | 158 | -1.7 pts |
| 116 | Derby | 6.5% | 60 | -1.8 pts |
| 117 | Rotherham | 6.5% | 84 | -1.9 pts |
| 118 | Leicestershire | 6.4% | 211 | -1.9 pts |
| 119 | Bracknell Forest | 6.4% | 26 | -1.9 pts |
| 120 | Halton | 6.3% | 48 | -2.0 pts |
| 121 | Doncaster | 6.3% | 87 | -2.0 pts |
| 122 | Sheffield | 6.3% | 110 | -2.1 pts |
| 123 | Lincolnshire | 6.2% | 245 | -2.1 pts |
| 124 | East Sussex | 6.2% | 131 | -2.2 pts |
| 125 | West Sussex | 6.1% | 191 | -2.2 pts |
| 126 | Cheshire West and Chester | 6.1% | 115 | -2.2 pts |
| 127 | North Northamptonshire | 6.0% | 91 | -2.3 pts |
| 128 | Shropshire | 6.0% | 96 | -2.3 pts |
| 129 | Blackburn with Darwen | 6.0% | 51 | -2.4 pts |
| 130 | Calderdale | 5.9% | 76 | -2.4 pts |
| 131 | Wirral | 5.9% | 75 | -2.4 pts |
| 132 | Knowsley | 5.5% | 48 | -2.8 pts |
| 133 | Cumberland | 5.5% | 111 | -2.8 pts |
| 134 | Kirklees | 5.5% | 100 | -2.8 pts |
| 135 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 5.4% | 106 | -3.0 pts |
| 136 | Leicester | 5.3% | 72 | -3.0 pts |
| 137 | Manchester | 5.2% | 125 | -3.1 pts |
| 138 | Norfolk | 5.1% | 265 | -3.2 pts |
| 139 | Sefton | 5.1% | 69 | -3.2 pts |
| 140 | Bristol, City of | 5.0% | 92 | -3.4 pts |
| 141 | Brighton and Hove | 4.6% | 41 | -3.7 pts |
| 142 | Coventry | 4.6% | 83 | -3.8 pts |
| 143 | South Gloucestershire | 4.6% | 81 | -3.8 pts |
| 144 | Rochdale | 4.5% | 55 | -3.8 pts |
| 145 | Tameside | 4.4% | 59 | -3.9 pts |
| 146 | Isle of Wight | 4.3% | 36 | -4.1 pts |
| 147 | Blackpool | 4.0% | 31 | -4.3 pts |
| 148 | Oldham | 3.9% | 71 | -4.4 pts |
| 149 | Central Bedfordshire | 3.4% | 50 | -4.9 pts |
| 150 | Bedford | 3.2% | 51 | -5.1 pts |
| 151 | Portsmouth | 3.1% | 32 | -5.2 pts |
How to read this
Each figure is a simple average across open state schools that have the measure published. A school counts once whatever its size, so the figures can differ a little from the Department for Education's national figures, which count pupils. Special schools and alternative provision are left out of results measures. Independent schools are left out throughout. Sources and update calendar.