Question 1

How many schools are there in London?

Accepted Answer

London has 3,070 open schools — 1,905 primary, 551 secondary, 190 special, 75 nursery, teaching 1,398,198 pupils in total.

Question 2

How many schools in London are rated Good or Outstanding?

Accepted Answer

2,292 of the 2,412 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 594 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 3,070: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.

Question 3

What is the average Academic Performance in London?

Accepted Answer

6.5 out of 10, averaged across the 2,706 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.

Question 4

Why do some London schools have no Ofsted rating?

Accepted Answer

658 schools in London currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.

Question 5

Which local authorities are in London?

Accepted Answer

London contains 33 local authorities, including Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden and 27 more. Most admissions and school-place decisions are made at that level rather than regionally.

Question 6

How many pupils in London are eligible for free school meals?

Accepted Answer

29.2% — 367,284 of 1,257,855 pupils at the 2,533 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Local authority	Schools	Pupils	Good or better	Academic Performance
Barking and Dagenham	67	46,055	96%of 57	6.0/10
Barnet	168	67,997	90%of 144	6.8/10
Bexley	90	43,011	92%of 78	5.6/10
Brent	102	49,165	94%of 86	5.9/10
Bromley	116	57,429	98%of 94	6.9/10
Camden	89	28,726	100%of 59	7.4/10
City of London	6	2,891	100%of 2	9.6/10
Croydon	154	62,909	90%of 120	5.7/10
Ealing	112	54,505	94%of 93	6.8/10
Enfield	107	55,209	99%of 83	5.9/10
Greenwich	102	46,827	95%of 81	6.6/10
Hackney	104	42,007	79%of 92	6.0/10
Hammersmith and Fulham	78	25,796	100%of 58	7.6/10
Haringey	94	38,591	95%of 76	6.5/10
Harrow	72	42,333	98%of 51	7.2/10
Havering	90	43,743	99%of 74	6.1/10
Hillingdon	108	54,655	95%of 81	5.6/10
Hounslow	87	46,778	100%of 66	6.7/10
Islington	69	22,433	97%of 59	6.4/10
Kensington and Chelsea	71	23,369	91%of 46	6.7/10
Kingston upon Thames	64	30,572	96%of 47	6.9/10
Lambeth	95	35,469	92%of 74	5.9/10
Lewisham	95	39,093	98%of 80	5.9/10
Merton	72	31,699	96%of 53	6.5/10
Newham	109	61,359	98%of 93	7.4/10
Redbridge	94	59,357	96%of 69	7.1/10
Richmond upon Thames	83	38,924	100%of 55	7.9/10
Southwark	115	46,793	97%of 92	6.4/10
Sutton	72	42,386	96%of 53	6.9/10
Tower Hamlets	108	46,019	97%of 92	6.9/10
Waltham Forest	83	43,161	96%of 74	6.9/10
Wandsworth	112	41,050	96%of 83	6.7/10
Westminster	82	27,887	98%of 47	7.2/10

Schools in London

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Local authorities in London

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