Councils listed by star rating

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Three stars

Council	Type of Council	Region	Adults		Children		Performance Rating
			Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?	Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?
Bexley	OL	L	Yes (H)	Excellent	Yes (H)	Excellent	***
Blackburn with Darwen	UA	NW	Most	Excellent (H)	Most	Excellent (H)	*** (H)
Bolton	M	NW	Most (H)	Excellent	Most	Excellent	*** (H)
Cornwall	S	SW	Most	Promising	Yes	Excellent	***
Derbyshire	S	EM	Yes (H)	Excellent (H)	Most (H)	Promising	*** (H)
Kensington & Chelsea	IL	L	Yes	Excellent	Yes	Excellent	***
Kent	S	SE	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
Kingston upon Thames	OL	L	Most	Excellent	Yes	Promising	***
Kirklees	M	Y&H	Most	Excellent (H)	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	*** (H)
Knowsley	M	NW	Most	Excellent (H)	Most	Excellent (H)	*** (H)
Leicestershire	S	EM	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
Newcastle upon Tyne	M	NE	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
North Lincolnshire	UA	Y&H	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
Sunderland	M	NE	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
Wandsworth	IL	L	Most	Excellent	Most	Excellent	***
Westminster	IL	L	Yes	Excellent	Yes	Excellent	***

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Two stars

Council	Type of Council	Region	Adults		Children		Performance Rating
			Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?	Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?
Barnet	OL	L	Most	Promising	Some	Promising (H)	** (H)
Barnsley	M	Y&H	Most	Excellent	Some	Promising	**
Bath & NE Somerset	UA	SW	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Bracknell Forest	UA	SE	Some	Promising (H)	Most (H)	Promising (H)	** (H)
Bradford	M	Y&H	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
Bristol	UA	SW	Some	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Bury	M	NW	Some	Promising (H)	Most	Promising (H)	** (H)
Calderdale	M	Y&H	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Cambridgeshire	S	E	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Camden	IL	L	Some (L)	Excellent	Most	Promising	**
Cheshire	S	NW	Most	Promising	Most	Promising	**
City of London	IL	L	Most	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Croydon	OL	L	Most (H)	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Derby	UA	EM	Some	Promising	Most	Promising (L)	**
Devon	S	SW	Most (H)	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Doncaster	M	Y&H	Some	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Dorset	S	SW	Some (L)	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Dudley	M	WM	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Durham	S	NE	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
East Riding of Yorkshire	UA	Y&H	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
East Sussex	S	SE	Some (H)	Promising (H)	Most	Excellent (H)	** (H)
Essex	S	E	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Gateshead	M	NE	Some	Excellent  (H)	Most	Excellent  (H)	**
Gloucestershire	S	SW	Some	Promising (H)	Most (H)	Promising (H)	** (H)
Hackney	IL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Hammersmith & Fulham	IL	L	Most	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	**
Hampshire	S	SE	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	Some (L)	Excellent (H)	**
Hartlepool	UA	NE	Most	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	**
Herefordshire	UA	WM	Some	Uncertain (L)	Most	Excellent (H)	**
Hertfordshire	S	E	Most	Promising (L)	Most	Promising	**
Isle of Wight	UA	SE	Most (H)	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Kingston upon Hull	UA	Y&H	Most (H)	Uncertain (L)	Most	Uncertain (L)	**
Leeds	M	Y&H	Most (H)	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Leicester	UA	EM	Most (H)	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Luton	UA	E	Most	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	**
Manchester	M	NW	Most	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	** (H)
Medway Towns	UA	SE	Some (L)	Uncertain (L)	Most	Excellent	**
Middlesbrough	UA	NE	Most	Promising	Some (L)	Promising	**
Milton Keynes	UA	SE	Most (H)	Promising	Most (H)	Promising (L)	** (H)
North Yorkshire	S	Y&H	Most	Promising	Most (H)	Promising (H)	** (H)
Northumberland	S	NE	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Nottingham	UA	EM	Most	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Nottinghamshire	S	EM	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Oxfordshire	S	SE	Some	Promising (H)	Most (H)	Promising (H)	** (H)
Poole	UA	SW	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Portsmouth	UA	SE	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	Most	Promising	**
Redbridge	OL	L	Most (H)	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Rutland	UA	EM	Most (H)	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	** (H)
Salford	M	NW	Most (H)	Promising	Some (L)	Promising	**
Sandwell	M	WM	Most	Excellent	Some	Promising	**
Sefton	M	NW	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Sheffield	M	Y&H	Some	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Shropshire	S	WM	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Solihull	M	WM	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
Somerset	S	SW	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	Some	Promising	** (H)
South Gloucestershire	UA	SW	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Southampton	UA	SE	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	Some	Excellent (H)	** (H)
Southwark	IL	L	Most	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	**
St. Helens	M	NW	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
Stockport	M	NW	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
Stockton-on-Tees	UA	NE	Most	Promising	Some	Promising	**
Surrey	S	SE	Most (H)	Excellent (H)	Some	Promising (H)	** (H)
Tameside	M	NW	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
Telford & the Wrekin	UA	WM	Some	Excellent (H)	Some	Excellent (H)	** (H)
Thurrock	UA	E	Most	Promising	Some (L)	Promising	**
Tower Hamlets	IL	L	Most (H)	Promising	Most	Excellent	**
Warrington	UA	NW	Most	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Warwickshire	S	WM	Some	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
West Sussex	S	SE	Some	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Wigan	M	NW	Most	Promising	Most	Promising	**
Wiltshire	S	SW	Most (H)	Promising (H)	Some (L)	Promising	** (H)
Wokingham	UA	SE	Some	Promising	Most (H)	Promising	** (H)
Worcestershire	S	WM	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	** (H)
York	UA	Y&H	Some	Promising	Most	Excellent (H)	**

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One star

Council	Type of Council	Region	Adults		Children		Performance Rating
			Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?	Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?
Barking & Dagenham	OL	L	Some	Uncertain	Some	Promising (H)	*
Blackpool	UA	NW	Some	Uncertain	Some	Uncertain	*
Bournemouth	UA	SW	Some	Promising	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Brent	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Brighton & Hove	UA	SE	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Uncertain	*
Buckinghamshire	S	SE	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Coventry	M	WM	Some	Promising	Some (H)	Uncertain	* (H)
Darlington	UA	NE	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
Ealing	OL	L	Some	Uncertain	Most (H)	Promising	*
Enfield	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Greenwich	IL	L	Some	Promising	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Halton	UA	NW	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Haringey	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some (H)	Uncertain	* (H)
Harrow	OL	L	Some	Uncertain	Some	Promising (H)	*
Havering	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Hillingdon	OL	L	Some	Uncertain	Some (L)	Promising	*
Hounslow	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Isles of Scilly	S	SW	Some (L)	Uncertain	Some	Uncertain	*
Islington	IL	L	Most (H)	Promising	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Lambeth	IL	L	Some	Uncertain (L)	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Lancashire	S	NW	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Lewisham	IL	L	Most	Promising	Some	Uncertain	*
Lincolnshire	S	EM	Some	Promising	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Liverpool	M	NW	Some	Uncertain (L)	Some	Promising	*
Merton	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Newham	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Norfolk	S	E	Some	Promising	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
North East Lincolnshire	UA	Y&H	Some	Promising (H)	Some (H)	Promising (H)	* (H)
North Somerset	UA	SW	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
North Tyneside	M	NE	Some	Uncertain	Some	Promising	*
Northamptonshire	S	EM	Some	Promising	Some	Promising (H)	*
Peterborough	UA	E	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Reading	UA	SE	Some	Excellent (H)	Some (L)	Promising	* (L)
Redcar & Cleveland	UA	NE	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising (H)	*
Richmond upon Thames	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Rochdale	M	NW	Some	Promising	Some (L)	Uncertain (L)	* (L)
Rotherham	M	Y&H	Most	Promising (L)	Some (L)	Uncertain (L)	* (L)
Slough	UA	SE	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
South Tyneside	M	NE	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
Southend-on-Sea	UA	E	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
Staffordshire	S	WM	Most	Uncertain	Some	Promising	*
Stoke-on-Trent	UA	WM	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Suffolk	S	E	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
Sutton	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	Some	Promising	*
Torbay	UA	SW	Some	Uncertain	Some	Uncertain	*
Trafford	M	NW	Some	Uncertain	Some	Uncertain	*
Wakefield	M	Y&H	Some (H)	Promising	Some	Promising	* (H)
Walsall	M	WM	Some (H)	Promising (H)	Some (H)	Promising (H)	* (H)
West Berkshire	UA	SE	Some	Promising	Some	Promising	*
Windsor & Maidenhead	UA	SE	Some	Uncertain	Some (H)	Uncertain	* (H)
Wirral	M	NW	Most (H)	Uncertain (L)	Some	Uncertain (L)	*
Wolverhampton	M	WM	Most	Promising	Some	Uncertain	*

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Zero stars

Council	Type of Council	Region	Adults		Children		Performance Rating
			Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?	Serving people well?	Capacity for improvement?
Bedfordshire	S	E	Some	Promising (H)	No	Uncertain	-
Birmingham	M	WM	Some	Promising (H)	No	Uncertain	-
Bromley	OL	L	Some	Promising (H)	No	Promising (H)	-
Cumbria	S	NW	Some	Uncertain	No (L)	Poor (L)	- (L)
Oldham	M	NW	Some	Uncertain	Some	Poor (L)	- (L)
Plymouth	UA	SW	Some (L)	Uncertain	No (L)	Poor (L)	- (L)
Swindon	UA	SW	No (L)	Uncertain (H)	Some	Uncertain	-
Waltham Forest	OL	L	Some	Uncertain	No	Uncertain	-

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Key to the codes used in these tables:

• (H) and (L) indicate a change in rating since 2002 (higher or lower, respectively)
• The codes for type of council are:
  Inner London - IL
  Outer London - OL
  Metropolitan District _ M
  Shire County - S
  UA - Unitary Authority
• The region codes are:
  E - Eastern
  EM - East Midlands
  L - London
  NE - North East
  NW - North West
  SE - South East
  SW - South West
  WM - West Midlands
  Y&H - Yorkshire and Humberside