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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
76
primary
24
secondary
100
have climbed out of Inadequate

Top 100 most improving schools

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

Methodology & sources

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. Source: Ofsted current and historical inspection records to April 2026; absence data from DfE 2023–24. Schools with no Ofsted history (e.g. recent academy conversions) are excluded.