Outstanding schools in England
All 1,090 open schools holding Ofsted’s highest grade — with the date each was last inspected, its attainment score, and what parents say.
- Outstanding
- 1,090
- Primary
- 1,090
- Secondary
- 370
- regions
- 9
open schools
rated outstanding
rated outstanding
covered
An outstanding judgement reflects one inspection, on one date. Most outstanding schools were exempt from routine reinspection between 2012 and 2020, so some of these gradings are old — and Ofsted stopped awarding overall grades in September 2024, so a school inspected since then cannot appear here at all. Each profile shows the inspection date and the full history.
Outstanding schools by region
Where the 1,090 outstanding schools are. Follow a region to browse every school in it, rated or not.
Every outstanding school · page 22 of 22
Listed alphabetically. Every school here holds the same Ofsted judgement, so there is no order among them to publish — the score beside each one is Academic Performance, which moves each school off that shared grade by its DfE attainment.
- Whitings Hill Primary SchoolBarnet · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior SchoolKent · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- Wigton Moor Primary SchoolLeeds · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- Willaston CofE Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolDerbyshire · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- William Morris Primary SchoolOxfordshire · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- William Patten Primary SchoolHackney · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- Willow Brook Primary School AcademyWaltham Forest · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- Willows Primary AcademyStaffordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- Wimbledon Park Primary SchoolMerton · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- Wimboldsley Community Primary SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary7.9/10Outstanding
- Windhill21Hertfordshire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Windrush Thamesmead Primary SchoolGreenwich · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- Wingfield Primary SchoolGreenwich · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- Winstanley Community Primary SchoolWigan · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- Winteringham Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Winton Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- Wistaston AcademyCheshire East · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- Witham St Hughs AcademyLincolnshire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Wolfson Hillel Primary SchoolEnfield · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolCheshire West and Chester · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- Wood End SchoolHertfordshire · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGloucestershire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- Woodfield Primary SchoolWolverhampton · Primary8.7/10Outstanding
- Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- Woodland View Primary SchoolWest Northamptonshire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Woods Loke Primary SchoolSuffolk · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- Woodthorpe Primary SchoolYork · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- Woolenwick Infant and Nursery SchoolHertfordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- Woolmore Primary SchoolTower Hamlets · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- Wymondham College Prep School Norfolk · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- Wyndcliffe Primary SchoolBirmingham · Primary8.7/10Outstanding
- Wynyard Church of England Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- Yardley Hastings Primary SchoolWest Northamptonshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- Yardley Primary SchoolWaltham Forest · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- Yavneh Primary SchoolHertfordshire · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- Yeading Infant and Nursery SchoolHillingdon · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- Yerbury Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- Yesoiday Hatorah Girls AcademyBury · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- Zouch AcademyWiltshire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
Questions about outstanding ratings
- How many Ofsted Outstanding schools are there in England?
- 1,090 open schools in England currently hold an Ofsted judgement of Outstanding. The figure changes as schools are reinspected, and covers only schools still open.
- What does an Outstanding rating actually mean?
- Outstanding is the highest of Ofsted's four overall grades, above Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. It reflects the inspector's judgement at the time of that inspection across areas such as quality of education, behaviour, personal development and leadership.
- How old can an Outstanding rating be?
- Potentially several years. Between 2012 and 2020 most Outstanding schools were exempt from routine reinspection, so a number of the schools listed here have not had a full inspection in a long time. Each school's profile shows the date of its most recent inspection and its full inspection history.
- Does Outstanding mean the best exam results?
- No. Measured across every school holding both, an Ofsted grade barely predicts attainment at all — schools in the lowest attainment decile average almost the same grade as those in the highest. Every school here also carries a Mindful Eye Academic Performance score, which combines the two, so you can see where results sit alongside the judgement.
- Why do some schools have no overall grade at all?
- Ofsted stopped awarding a single-word overall grade in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas. Schools inspected since then hold no overall judgement, so they cannot appear on this page whatever the inspection found.