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Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all authorities and south east authorities

Table 4.1: Number of days since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit with a published report as at 17/10/2024

SE Rank	South East LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited	Ntl Rank 153
1	Windsor and Maidenhead	ILACS1	Good	1,739	8
2	Milton Keynes	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,088	21
3	Buckinghamshire	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,046	28
4	Surrey	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,004	30
5	West Berkshire	ILACS1	Good	948	42
6	Kent	ILACS1	Outstanding	892	51
7	Bracknell Forest	ILACS1	Outstanding	857	53
8	Slough	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	633	80
9	Wokingham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	591	88
10	West Sussex	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	584	90
11	Portsmouth	ILACS2	Good	521	97
12	Southampton	ILACS2	Good	500	98
13	Medway	ILACS2	Good	458	105
14	Isle of Wight	ILACS2	Good	353	113
15	East Sussex	ILACS2	Good	311	122
16	Oxfordshire	ILACS2	Good	248	124
17	Brighton and Hove	ILACS2	Outstanding	220	129
18	Reading	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	178	133
19	Hampshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	129	146

National Rank of 153	National LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited
1	Gateshead	ILACS1	Good	1,998
2	Tower Hamlets	ILACS1	Good	1,956
3	Southend-on-Sea	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,921
4	Westminster	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,865
5	Kensington and Chelsea	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,865
6	Kingston upon Thames	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,823
7	Thurrock	ILACS1	Good	1,802
8	Windsor and Maidenhead	ILACS1	Good	1,739
9	Devon	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,732
10	Croydon	ILACS1	Good	1,718
11	Harrow	ILACS1	Good	1,711
12	City of London	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,690
13	North Tyneside	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,683
14	Islington	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,683
15	Sunderland	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,207
16	Leicester	ILACS1	Good	1,123
17	Dorset	ILACS1	Good	1,116
18	Walsall	ILACS1	Good	1,109
19	North East Lincolnshire	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,109

Table 4.2: Last 20 published reports: number of days waited, and position on the waiting list when picked, at the start of last Ofsted full inspection

Start Date	Local Authority	Wait between inspection type	Grade Before	Grade After	Position in waiting list when taken	Days waited
July 2024	Enfield	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1	1,967
July 2024	Cheshire West and Chester	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Requires Improvement	2	1,946
July 2024	Kirkless	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	5	1,855
July 2024	Waltham Forest	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1	1,988
July 2024	Cornwall	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Good	10	1,722
July 2024	Hackney	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	12	1,694
June 2024	Warrington	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	10	1,799
June 2024	Hampshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	5=	1,869
June 2024	Barnet	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	8	1,855
June 2024	Redbridge	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	5=	1,869
June 2024	Suffolk	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Requires Improvement	5	1,883
June 2024	South Gloucestershire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	2	1,918
June 2024	Greenwich	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	20	1,638
May 2024	Nottinghamshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	16	1,687
May 2024	Oldham	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	1	1,939
May 2024	Halton	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Inadequate	27	1,533
May 2024	Telford and Wrekin	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	24	1,561
Apr 2024	Reading	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Requires Improvement	17	1,680
Apr 2024	Northumberland	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	27	1,554
Apr 2024	Westmoreland and Furness	New Authority – ILACS2	New Authority	Good	115	388

Table 4.3: All-time longest waits for a main inspection as at 25/8/2024

National Rank	LA	Wait between inspection type	Grade before	Grade after	Days waited	Dates
1	Sefton	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Inadequate	2,191	Feb 2016 – Feb 2022
2	Poole (now closed)	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,142	Oct 2011 – Sep 2017
3	Oxfordshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	2,128	Apr 2018 – Feb 2024
4	Brighton and Hove	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	2,072	Jul 2018 – Mar 2024
5	Bury	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Inadequate	2,072	Feb 2016 – Oct 2021
6	Blackburn with Darwen	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,072	Jan 2012 – Sep 2017
7	Hartlepool	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	2,065	Jul 2018 – Mar 2024
8	Sheffield	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Good	2,064	Nov 2013 – Jul 2019
9	Derbyshire	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,057	Nov 2013 – Jul 2019
10	Wolverhampton	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Requires Improvement	Good	2,051	Jun 2011 – Jan 2017
11	Southwark	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Good	2,030	Mar 2017 – Sep 2022
12	Camden	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,030	Feb 2012 – Sep 2017
13	Richmond upon Thames	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,016	Mar 2012 – Sep 2017
14	Warwickshire	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,010	May 2017 – Nov 2021
15	Havering	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Inadequate	2,009	Jun 2018 – Dec 2023
16	Bracknell Forest	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,006	Oct 2011 – Apr 2017
17	Merton	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,005	Jan 2012 – July 2017
18	Hillingdon	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	1,995	Apr 2018 – Oct 2023
19	Waltham Forest	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1,988	Jan 2019 – Jul 2024
20	Wirral	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	1,988	Jan 2011 – Jul 2016
20	Peterborough	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1,981	Jun 2018 – Nov 2023

NB the database starts from the date of SLAC inspections which run between June 2009 and July 2012

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All the data on these pages have been produced by SESLIP analysis of information published at Ofsted’s report pages, which involves manual data transfer and is therefore subject to errors and omissions. If you spot anything that looks wrong, please contact Richard Tyndall 07880-787007