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Not judged means Ofsted explicitly records no current graded overall judgement. No current overall grade means the school matches an Ofsted record but its overall-effectiveness field is blank, which can include schools awaiting a graded inspection under their current URN or reports produced without an overall grade.

National overview

Open schools in the Ofsted dataset

3,756 other open establishments are excluded from these rating figures because they do not match the current Ofsted dataset. This includes establishments outside Ofsted’s remit and records without a matching URN.

Ofsted rating distribution

Current overall effectiveness data for matched open schools.

21,854 schools
Outstanding
1,126 5.2%
Good
7,377 33.8%
Requires improvement
1,049 4.8%
Inadequate
188 0.9%
Not judged
3,266 14.9%
No current overall grade
8,848 40.5%

School landscape

Largest phases recorded in Department for Education data.

Primary
16,618
Secondary
3,164
Nursery
374
All Through
159
Middle Deemed Secondary
85
Middle Deemed Primary
3

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