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Most Improving Schools in England 2026

The 100 schools across England showing the strongest combined improvement signals — Ofsted journey, attendance trend, and overall trajectory.

By the numbers

100
most improving schools
75
primary
25
secondary
100
have climbed out of Inadequate

How it is calculated

Methodology. Trajectory score combines four signals: Ofsted rating trend (±30 pts), big rating jumps such as Inadequate → Good (±25 pts), absence trend (±15 pts) and absence change magnitude (±15 pts). A small bonus is added for currently Outstanding schools. Schools with a score ≥ 25 are considered. Top 100 shown. The Last inspected column shows when each school's current Ofsted judgement was made — judgements over four years old are flagged as ageing, as they may pre-date significant change. Source: Ofsted current and historical inspection records as of August 2026; absence data from DfE 2024–25. Schools with no Ofsted history (e.g. recent academy conversions) are excluded.

Top 100 most improving schools

# Signals
1 Monega Primary School London Primary 82 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Jan 2022 ageing
2 Stillington Primary School York Primary 80 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2024
3 St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-on-Tees Secondary 80 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2021 ageing
4 Astrea Academy Woodfields Doncaster Secondary 80 Inadequate → Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2024
5 Farnborough Spencer Academy Nottingham Secondary 80 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2022
6 Armley Park Primary School Leeds Primary 80 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2024
7 St Columba CE Primary School Fareham Primary 80 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2024
8 The Lowry Academy Manchester Secondary 80 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024
9 The Meadows Primary School Bristol Primary 79 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2022 ageing
10 Cage Green Primary School Tonbridge Primary 79 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2023
11 Blaise High School Bristol Secondary 79 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2023
12 Antingham and Southrepps Primary School Norwich Primary 78 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2023
13 The Hyndburn Academy Blackburn Secondary 78 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2022 ageing
14 St Luke's Church of England School Exeter Secondary 78 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2024
15 Beddington Park Academy Croydon Primary 78 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Oct 2023
16 Turves Green Boys' School Birmingham Secondary 78 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2024
17 E-ACT Shenley Academy Birmingham Secondary 77 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Inadequate Dec 2018 ageing
18 Richard de Clare Community Academy Halstead Primary 77 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2022 ageing
19 Bordesley Village Primary School Birmingham Primary 77 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2021 ageing
20 Holybrook Primary School Bradford Primary 77 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Apr 2022 ageing
21 St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Bolton Primary 77 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2024
22 E-ACT Nechells Academy Birmingham Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2021 ageing
23 Pembroke Park Primary School Salisbury Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Dec 2023
24 Copperfield Academy Gravesend Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2021 ageing
25 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Gillingham Primary 76 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2023
26 Royal Rise Primary School Tonbridge Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2021 ageing
27 Trinity Academy Grammar Sowerby Bridge Secondary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2023
28 Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery Whitchurch Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2022 ageing
29 The Adeyfield Academy Hemel Hempstead Secondary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2023
30 Brookfields Primary School Birmingham Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2023
31 Harris Primary Academy Croydon Croydon Primary 76 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Sep 2023
32 West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy Grantham Primary 76 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Oct 2023
33 Fulwood Academy Preston Secondary 75 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2023
34 Bay Leadership Academy Morecambe Secondary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Oct 2022
35 Badocks Wood E-ACT Academy Bristol Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2022
36 City of London Academy Highbury Grove London Secondary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2022 ageing
37 Westgate Hill Primary Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne Primary 75 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Oct 2021 ageing
38 St Edward's CofE Primary School Shrewsbury Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2022 ageing
39 Yeo Valley Primary School Barnstaple Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2023
40 South Norwood Primary London Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2023
41 The Welldon Park Academy Harrow Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2023
42 St Stephen's CofE First School Redditch Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2024
43 Avonbourne Boys' Academy Bournemouth Secondary 75 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Nov 2023
44 Darley Dene Primary School Addlestone Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jul 2024
45 de Vere Primary School Halstead Primary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jul 2023
46 Marnel Junior School Basingstoke Primary 75 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Jan 2024
47 Rye Hills Academy Redcar Secondary 75 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2024
48 Norham High School North Shields Secondary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2022 ageing
49 Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Great Yarmouth Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2021 ageing
50 Lift Four Dwellings Primary Birmingham Primary 74 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2023
51 Alice Ingham Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Rochdale Primary 74 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2024
52 Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy London Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2022
53 Morland Church of England Primary School Ipswich Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2022
54 Ark Acton Academy London Secondary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2023
55 Calverley Parkside Primary School Pudsey Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Dec 2022
56 Harris Academy Ockendon South Ockendon Secondary 74 Inadequate → Outstanding Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Outstanding Feb 2024
57 St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Spalding Spalding Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2024
58 Hateley Heath Academy West Bromwich Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024
59 Fosse Mead Primary Academy Leicester Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jul 2024
60 Othery Village School Bridgwater Primary 74 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2024
61 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Sheffield Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2021 ageing
62 Chesterton Primary School Newcastle-Under-Lyme Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2021 ageing
63 St George's CofE School Kidderminster Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2024
64 Coaley Church of England Primary Academy Dursley Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2022 ageing
65 Birchfield Primary School Birmingham Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2022
66 Edenbridge Primary School Edenbridge Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Oct 2022
67 Roxton Church of England Academy Bedford Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Apr 2023
68 Cape Cornwall School Penzance Secondary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2023
69 Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School Cambridge Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2022
70 Tameside Primary Academy Wednesbury Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2023
71 Newtown Primary School West Bromwich Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jul 2024
72 Kinson Academy Bournemouth Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2022 ageing
73 Morecambe Bay Academy Morecambe Secondary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2023
74 AIM Academy North London London Secondary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Dec 2023
75 St Matthias Church of England Primary School Malvern Link Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2024
76 The Orchards School Bromsgrove Primary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2024
77 Ashby School Ashby-De-La-Zouch Secondary 73 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2024
78 Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester Secondary 72 Requires Improvement → Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024
79 Austin Farm Academy Plymouth Primary 72 Requires Improvement → Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jul 2023
80 Ranikhet Academy Reading Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2021 ageing
81 Minehead First School Minehead Primary 72 Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024
82 Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy Great Yarmouth Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2023
83 Holyhead Primary Academy Wednesbury Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2022 ageing
84 Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery Harlow Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2021 ageing
85 Louth Academy Louth Secondary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2022 ageing
86 Thorpe Primary Academy Peterborough Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Sep 2022
87 St Matthew's CofE Primary School Redhill Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2022 ageing
88 New Close Primary School Warminster Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Mar 2022 ageing
89 St John's C of E Academy Coleford Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jan 2022 ageing
90 Wooburn Green Primary School High Wycombe Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2022 ageing
91 Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School Burton-on-Trent Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2022 ageing
92 Sandhills Community Primary School Oxford Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2022
93 Van Gogh Primary London Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2023
94 Priorswood Primary School Taunton Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Nov 2022
95 Marlborough Road Academy Salford Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Jun 2023
96 All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Thirsk Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Oct 2023
97 Cockburn Haigh Road Academy Leeds Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Dec 2023
98 Avanti Gardens School Bristol Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024
99 St Paul's CofE Primary School Salford Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good May 2024
100 Osborne Primary School Birmingham Primary 72 Inadequate → Good Ofsted improving Climbed out of Inadequate Attendance improving Good Feb 2024

Caveats

Read this list in context. Rankings reflect the latest published official inputs available to Schools Near Me. Missing or older records can affect comparability; use each school profile to inspect the source dates before making a decision.